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mmm_w
I'm not surprised you relate...thank you for your compliment. I wish I could write music; I think people who can make music are the luckiest of all artists.
posted by
Krisles
on June 26, 2005 at 8:36 PM
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what a beautiful and yet achingly sad post....... i wish true soul felt lonliness on no one....... Its amazing how a song can bring something into the light, which we never saw clearly before....
posted by
mmm-w
on June 26, 2005 at 7:42 PM
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Spitfire
I appreciate that more than you can imagine...expecially since I admire your style so much. Thank you so for reading and for the comment.
posted by
Krisles
on June 26, 2005 at 6:31 PM
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Queen
What a very beautiful compliment....thank you so much.
posted by
Krisles
on June 26, 2005 at 6:30 PM
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strat
Thank you, kind sir. It was one of the most visceral experiences I've ever had so I'm glad I was able to get it across. Very, very painful.
posted by
Krisles
on June 26, 2005 at 6:29 PM
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frankk
I teared up reading your comment...I bet you miss your mama so. It is such an incredible song, isn't it. Mama has an old vinyl that was made at their wedding with the violin solo on it and I listened to it as a child...have to find it in all the debris of living that has piled up over the years...but don't know if I could stand to listen to it now. Thanks for reading and for sharing.
posted by
Krisles
on June 26, 2005 at 6:26 PM
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Cent
Thank you....and great to see you! I'm like you with not getting lonely; and with how I feel about sadness. This loneliness thing is a whole different animal. I'm glad, in a warped way, to have had the experience of "feeling" it for purposes of my writing....but hated it all the same.
posted by
Krisles
on June 26, 2005 at 6:22 PM
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donaldoji
What a cool quote....wasn't familiar with it. I'm happy to say I had not experienced it personally and still haven't really...but I sure got the full empact empathically and that was enough of the tiger's bite for me. Thanks for reading.
posted by
Krisles
on June 26, 2005 at 6:19 PM
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Krisles,
You have a wonderful way of telling stories. I think it's great how you retain such memories; whether good, bad, or bittersweet like this one. 
posted by
SpitFire70
on June 26, 2005 at 2:01 PM
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You open my heart
up...........pull at the delicate parts and make it O.K. for me like a rose blossoming. Thanks again and again for tip-toe-ing into my heart while sharing yours.
posted by
ALWAYSALOVER
on June 26, 2005 at 11:45 AM
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Another "Wow" from here, Kris.
I think that's one of the most visceral things I've ever read.
posted by
strat
on June 26, 2005 at 11:36 AM
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krisles
We sang that song at my mom's memorial service. At the nursing home where she lived
the last couple years of her life, there was a small group of musicians who would come
in and serenade the residents in the dining room once a week. The singer was my mom's
age and actually knew her from college many years before. She'd dated him briefly before
she met my father. He used to sing that song to her. I asked him to lead it at the service.
Anyway, loneliness or suffering is hard to watch in someone you love when you can't do
anything about it.
posted by
frankk
on June 26, 2005 at 11:25 AM
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Krisles,
You know, it's funny, but I've never really felt lonely, even when being alone for periods of time. But I do understand loss and the pain of grief. Actually it feels good occasionally to wrap oneself in a blanket of melancholy to warm your bones with. It's nice to be sad to give you that balance of happiness and joy to hold it against. I don't feel lonliness, but I do miss people at times that are no longer here, or that I cannot see when I want due to time and distance. Nice post Krisles. Thanks.
Cent
posted by
Cent
on June 26, 2005 at 10:15 AM
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"Loneliness, that cruel tiger. But the tiger and I...
are already old friends." Nikos Kazantzakis
posted by
donaldoji
on June 26, 2005 at 9:39 AM
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teddypoet
Thank you, kind sir......that voice was truly haunting. Those moments of that song were haunting.....I still ache just thinking about them, tears well up; I don't know how she stands the loneliness I felt coming from her. I just never knew. I had seen it and felt aspects of it, but never a full on blast of pure emotion....
posted by
Krisles
on June 26, 2005 at 7:07 AM
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With a voice that haunts the tender Heart...
Wonderful post, Krisles...and a fine several lines by Hammock indeed...
posted by
teddypoet_TheGoodByeFade
on June 26, 2005 at 6:53 AM
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Krisles
Just touch the keys with your heart.
posted by
Hammock_Noweilz
on June 25, 2005 at 4:35 AM
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Touched. Tears. Thank you.
posted by
Krisles
on June 25, 2005 at 4:31 AM
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Loneliness
the barren path, that only the brave follow
too many times, whole hearts are conquered,
and the cold empty souls are left to be swallowed
feelings put forth, mass destruction on end
making the pain feel, barely breathing again
stepping on shrapnel, that only your eyes can see
longing to live again, unalone, in peace and harmony
posted by
Hammock_Noweilz
on June 25, 2005 at 4:27 AM
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