tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post2717385919562192427..comments2024-03-29T03:09:23.361-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): An Open Letter To My Younger SelfFireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-69071062472760958832013-03-03T12:45:42.219-05:002013-03-03T12:45:42.219-05:00This made me cry, Shay. I wish so many younger &qu...This made me cry, Shay. I wish so many younger "selves" could read something like this and have hope. It's so difficult when one is in the thick of misery to see a way out. This was beautiful!Lolamousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508347229501155001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-725665814064143622013-03-02T23:17:00.120-05:002013-03-02T23:17:00.120-05:00I already told you what this poem did to me. And I...I already told you what this poem did to me. And I still don't appreciate it. ;)<br /><br />These are particularly inspired lines:<br /><br />"she has made herself an eclipse,<br />blacking everything that might turn to light in your hands" (in my head, I was reading it as "blacking <i>out</i> everything")<br /><br />"Say goodbye to doctors. You were never really sick"<br /><br />"You were not born to be so shy.<br />You were not born to look down and say yes to whatever somebody said"<br /><br />"You think you are not loved.<br />You're not,<br />but you will be"<br /><br />"You think you are ugly,<br />but you will create words so beautiful that your devils will weep"<br /><br />Your first stanza sounds like Sylvia, not just her circumstances, but her writing style.Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212391351233448784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-82140806480486117722013-03-02T14:35:39.523-05:002013-03-02T14:35:39.523-05:00Well, hang a light on it.
Strong & clear, &a...Well, hang a light on it. <br /><br />Strong & clear, & powerful, but also inordinately sensitive. A good disaster recovery. But I am sorry that you had the disaster in need of recovering from. ~MaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-79723380153647538692013-03-02T08:54:27.803-05:002013-03-02T08:54:27.803-05:00If only we could do that! If only we could still t...If only we could do that! If only we could still that little voice that always says, "Yes , you are."<br /><br />Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-86684720426510191832013-03-02T05:19:40.688-05:002013-03-02T05:19:40.688-05:00Shay! What a masterpiece this is. One of my favori...Shay! What a masterpiece this is. One of my favorites you've everever written. Should be circulated in viral fashion throughout the web. In fact, I will do my part by sharing the link to this with a young fb friend of mine. I know, from what he has shared of his angst, that it will resonate. <br />Love this. Love you. Mostly, love you loving you!Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-80664476701276927532013-03-01T02:24:10.662-05:002013-03-01T02:24:10.662-05:00I love this! We swallow lies and can't digest ...I love this! We swallow lies and can't digest truth. May this reach the right readers to open their eyes to truth!Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-70328643707131284512013-02-28T22:36:23.590-05:002013-02-28T22:36:23.590-05:00Oh my younger self would have loved to get an open...Oh my younger self would have loved to get an open letter like this. I hope many read it and more share it. So moving. Mystic_Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00099062213372011260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-53292465515265636652013-02-28T20:59:57.544-05:002013-02-28T20:59:57.544-05:00This . . . this is gospel. I love it.This . . . this is gospel. I love it.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-53018651987293092692013-02-28T19:52:25.721-05:002013-02-28T19:52:25.721-05:00I know I left a comment saying this is moving me t...I know I left a comment saying this is moving me to tears from the way it meshes with my life too and from all the loving it contains of you to yourself. It also spoke of a letter written to my younger self that is lost. I feel yours speaks to me as well, and that I sometimes still need to see it. The comment ended with love. If you find it, feel free to delete this one! Wonderful letter!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-47832123899740131982013-02-28T17:18:14.760-05:002013-02-28T17:18:14.760-05:00I hope you find it a tribute that I was inspired t...I hope you find it a tribute that I was inspired to write a similar poem to my younger self. Thanks so much, Shay de Lady - Ol' Man MoskowitzBuddah Moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-68250485786344054932013-02-28T16:33:53.252-05:002013-02-28T16:33:53.252-05:00You are as young as you think and feel...NOT as ol...You are as young as you think and feel...NOT as old as you are!<br />You are beautiful inside and out.<br />I know these things because...Well, you know.<br /><br />The Crimson Goddess...:PG-Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14968807697181554781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-49720976085604552102013-02-28T15:20:21.183-05:002013-02-28T15:20:21.183-05:00The second stanza...yes, that resonates with me an...The second stanza...yes, that resonates with me and then the rest so open heart surgery-like and beautiful never-endingly so beautiful. I just ♥ the heck out of this letter, Shay. Thank you for writing and sharing. Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-90927999670413158492013-02-28T14:39:30.660-05:002013-02-28T14:39:30.660-05:00Cooks--
Because of my own current intractable stru...Cooks--<br />Because of my own current intractable struggles with crazy-mommery, I could only read it as a message to/among sisters, all limping aimlessly around her self-immolation, biting our thumbnails, not sure if we should even hold hands, while we watch her spiral into her own embers, still screaming blame in the most exquisite pathopoeaia ever. So that's what *I* found in the wee box, regardless of what you put in it. But thank you, luv. Now I know it's okay to hold their hands. Plus, it will stop us biting our nails.<br /><br />aeThe.Adjutrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486882288587118276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-72052617449986711172013-02-28T14:16:02.868-05:002013-02-28T14:16:02.868-05:00What a powerful piece. My favorite aspect? The wri...What a powerful piece. My favorite aspect? The writer of the letter embraced her genius, understood what was hers and left the rest of the baggage at the station when she held the hand of her younger self and convinced her she was just right. Just Right. Perfect.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12460881702249079009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-87668327405296330002013-02-28T13:33:35.951-05:002013-02-28T13:33:35.951-05:00the best advice evah!!!!the best advice evah!!!!Darylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241795455748298624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-18852291430375203392013-02-28T12:35:45.852-05:002013-02-28T12:35:45.852-05:00oh Shay, this makes me want to weep and applaud an...oh Shay, this makes me want to weep and applaud and love on my children, all at the same time. i hope you never, ever shut up. keep speaking the truth! truth to power and all that. xoxoMarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07027954226798117530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-44491228473296758882013-02-28T12:18:42.008-05:002013-02-28T12:18:42.008-05:00Love love loved this. You're one of those qui...Love love loved this. You're one of those quiet treasures that I feel blessed to have found. Everyone should have such love and compassion, especially for their younger selves. Bravo, Young Lady.Buddah Moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-4246595246568360502013-02-28T11:12:18.440-05:002013-02-28T11:12:18.440-05:00I am so glad the younger did not kill herself. I ...I am so glad the younger did not kill herself. I would have missed 'meeting' the exceptionally talented mature self. I love the strength in this piece...just reading, I know it was hard-earned. Jennifer Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344877737695801883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-43166104711650803252013-02-28T10:21:17.455-05:002013-02-28T10:21:17.455-05:00can you send this to my younger self as well pleas...can you send this to my younger self as well please because she needs to hear it. I long to be able to share poems like these which are written but can't yet be in the open world. one day.LLM Callinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17199375981896229914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-55231784357552256292013-02-28T09:15:39.647-05:002013-02-28T09:15:39.647-05:00The beauty of hindsight... Yet I know many young g...The beauty of hindsight... Yet I know many young girls who should read this poem and keep something of it for themselves:<br /><br />You think you are set up to fail,<br />poxed by some intractable god.<br />Girl, that's the wrong god.<br /><br />You were not born to be so shy.<br />You were not born to look down...<br />You will find your voice...<br />you will wear red.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-13244036977504472922013-02-28T08:26:19.860-05:002013-02-28T08:26:19.860-05:00A very brave poem--manages to be passionate and co...A very brave poem--manages to be passionate and confessional but not maudlin. Wonderful ownership of great images and growth. I feel as if I am too stuck in many of my same old dramas-- but the distance you've crossed is wonderful. K. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-46355797053460180312013-02-28T07:31:59.283-05:002013-02-28T07:31:59.283-05:00I wonder how many kids don't have your strengt...I wonder how many kids don't have your strength, and never get the chance to look back on their horrible childhood/upbringing?Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-25426115765845664662013-02-28T05:10:42.398-05:002013-02-28T05:10:42.398-05:00Red is my favorite color.
I think it's because...Red is my favorite color.<br />I think it's because I'm a Taurus<br />and I'm constantly fighting the 'bull', my younger self.<br /><br />great piece mi amigaMarcoantonio Arellano (Nene)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10713672589582754484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-66035799865290615532013-02-28T00:23:40.999-05:002013-02-28T00:23:40.999-05:00My love to the girl in red whose words are gorgeou...My love to the girl in red whose words are gorgeous enough to make her devils weep. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02341335929158235018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-71572575592042477892013-02-28T00:12:27.453-05:002013-02-28T00:12:27.453-05:00Beautiful Shay!
I wanted to stand up an yell, &qu...Beautiful Shay! <br />I wanted to stand up an yell, "yes"!<br />Bravo!<br />@>-----------Ellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070952447277684613noreply@blogger.com