sometimes i need the same understanding and leeway i give others
sometimes i need a raincheck not pressure
sometimes i need someone to ask how i feel
sometimes i need basic consideration
sometimes i need a little lead time
sometimes i need others to realize it's not about them
sometimes i need someone to care...really care
sometimes i need to be compensated with love
sometimes i need help not more friggin' work
sometimes i need to be compensated with love
sometimes i need help not more friggin' work
sometimes i need to purge emotions and fatigue
sometimes i just need....damn!
Yes maam!
ReplyDeleteThis really sums up how I feel not now ... but like right now.
ReplyDeleteHello Miss Curvy,
ReplyDeleteThat short post spoke volumes. You defined what you needed.
I just came back from visiting relatives in New Orleans. The spirit in the house in which I stayed was a home of frustrations, resentments and pain. When I asked the woman of the house what would cure the ills of their family (and her, she was very angry), she said, she wasn't getting back what "she" expected. I asked her to define what that was, and she couldn't do it. I suggested that if she couldn't define what she was looking for, she would never find it.
I believe the question was hard for her because from my observation, she wasn't giving away what she expects to receive. It appeared to be her way or the highway.
Three grown folks, living in one dying house (their daughter is a Pharmacist).
I might print your post and drop two of them an anonymous e-mail. Hey, it would at least start a dialog that's better than the one I saw. Anything would beat the wife yelling at her husband, and the daughter holding back tears as she grabbed her bottle of wine on her way to her "place" in the home. It's a lovely and huge home but it's dying inside.
The daughter told me that she's affraid to leave the home because her parents might kill each other. YEAH.... Damn!
@Reggie ~ Hey babe! Wondered how you've been.
ReplyDelete@Tram ~ I hear ya. This doesn't happen often but when it does...ugh!
@Carey ~ Gosh, your relatives sound like mine. It often takes a neutral party to drop a seed of observation and wisdom to shake folks out of that type of situation. It's one thing to deal with it on your own, but adding more folks to it makes things sticky.
What a post! It is everything that I seem to wonder about almost on the daily.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't have said it any better myself.
Sometimes... just purging one's emotions is the most organic way to the land of healing.
ReplyDeleteSometimes... we don't fully know what's eating us, or afflicting our spirits, until we can put a name to those feelings.
Sometimes... the people we love most can be the most taxing, lacking and inconsiderate.
I hope now that you've let this out (breeeeeeathe!), you will experience some more (and much needed) inner peace!
Snatch JOY!
One.
Lin
Love this Mel! Good Job!
ReplyDeleteGreat post. Found your blog today and I'm officially following now.
ReplyDeleteI like that advice in your About Me profile. That's words to live by for sho'!
I I can definitely relate. Loved it! It spoke to the way I am feeling right now.
ReplyDeleteI thought that was a really stunning reflection of true feelings and emotions that all of us go though sometimes...
ReplyDeleteI connected with this piece immediately and it seems everyone else can too. Thanks for posting. Love it!
ReplyDeleteAmen my sis, amen!
ReplyDeleteWell said...and exactly what I am feeling! How did you get in my head...LOL
ReplyDeleteGreat post!
Anutha gem! I like this one!
ReplyDelete@All ~ Thanks for the feedback. It's good to know I wasn't alone :-).
ReplyDelete@Lin ~ How true. You helped me snap outta that craziness :-).
@Eyes on the Prize & MsNoireBerry ~ Thanks and welcome to the fam!