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listening between the lines
pandora
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the young woman tells me her story
sad and moving
is anything written as we tell it
pain
loss
trials
absorbed then released
what is left
made to fit our skin
that we wear
that we share
more comfortably
with the world
our stories told with purpose
changed with agenda
modified for each set of ears
hoping for understanding
hoping for bonding
hoping no one is listening between the lines
hoping they are
she will tell me what she can
because of who i am
i will listen
trying not to be who i am
listening between the lines
sad and moving
is anything written as we tell it
pain
loss
trials
absorbed then released
what is left
made to fit our skin
that we wear
that we share
more comfortably
with the world
our stories told with purpose
changed with agenda
modified for each set of ears
hoping for understanding
hoping for bonding
hoping no one is listening between the lines
hoping they are
she will tell me what she can
because of who i am
i will listen
trying not to be who i am
listening between the lines
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it's true
you won't catch me answering it
it will be a little automated guy
my friendly robot
pretending not to lie to the caller
I think this fear comes from my little voice
it's fragile
it tells all and then some
I have agreed
"eyes, the window to the soul" ...
to this I add ...
'voice the sound of the spirit'
a phone conversation
a sure fire way to listen between the lines
the voice fills in
where words are missed
thoughts are silent
feelings hidden
the voice can not hide just as the eyes
This is the best thing I've ever read of yours!
It's so true.
A wobble or a stutter or just a hesitation is so revealing.
A person can hear a lot of more than words from a conversation.
not this time
no need ...
donuts galore surround the little girl in
her shopping cart,
Mama and Grandma filling boxes with the tasty treats.
Little one is dressed in a bright red and white striped sundress.
She's holding a colorful sprinkled donut
almost as large as her face.
She rubs her eye and gives a yawn
as I pass by ...
I think to myself oh she is tuckered, a word my Mama used,
tuckered.
For a moment Mama is there with me.
then...
Little one spots me and shouts at the top of her lungs ...
HI!
sometimes things are just pure ...
thanks justam
and I'm often the wobbler
Yeah, me too. More often I stutter when I'm talking really fast. (!)
When I'm giving lectures, I have to be careful not to get too excited about the topic because then I talk really fast and that happens to me in front of a bunch of students. :oops:
so I stopped teaching
is it a fake yawn?
As with doggies when they do that,
experts say they are embarrassed cause we are talking about them.
I can't believe how much they understand ...
it's got to be evolution.
So listening behind the wheel while driving,
just the voice and then a yawn when asked a question,
or discussing a subject.
Is that biding a second of time? a deflection? an excuse? change the subject?
embarrassed at being caught?
true it could be weariness...
but listening between the lines one hears something entirely different...
it hears the mind making use of an involuntary action to protect itself
from further intrusion...
and that yawn is just never fulfilled ... it's fake for sure.
I was blindsided
I stopped listening between the lines
I got distracted with my own dreams
my own hopes fulfilled
my own wishes come true
there between the lines
I could have heard
the foolishness
the selfishness
the carelessness
if only I had listened
and then spoke ...
could I have changed anything
I was instead
foolish
selfish
careless
mothers should know better ...
especially old mothers