Christ, I'm worn and torn

I've got scars on my face and hands and in my brain. I'm a Utopian and a realist. I know I am not unique because I see your humanity come through here all the time. You might post about your cats, but you really want everybody to feel you. You might post because you are having trouble with your lover, but you are just searching for that one little thread of empathy. You may post something humorous in the hope that you have someone to laugh with.

I am worn and torn and tattered and ripped and I hate myself sometimes and here I am all alone. Some people who have not experienced the "underneath" side of life go searching for it like it's some great mystery. If you've got a bit of sense you will never stray from daddy's trust fund. You will never know what it's like to fight for your place from the bottom up.

But a lot of people here know what that feels like and I salute you. Here you are and you have not given up. Here I am to bare witness. I know that life should not be this hard, but we survive in the hope of a better day. For ourselves and for our children. Peace.

that my husband has seen what you have...the underside of life, as you so aptly put it. I have not, in any real sense. However, I lately have become more aware of the enormity of what it is that I *don't* know about it...if that makes any sense.
I am sorry that you have had to see what you have seen..but in a way, you are privileged, because you know the truth. All I know is that I can only guess at the truth. I feel as if that makes me a child in an adult world sometimes.

Thanks for your writing, and take care of yourself.

I post because I need someone to talk to, being at home alone a lot. I don't have many friends anymore, since I found myself and my husband (we refuse to compromise); and his dear self is gone working so very hard for me and baby boy. I am a Leo and a social person, and crave human interaction daily.

I think you know what's there. I post for the same reasons that you do even though I am a Libra. We all need some sort of social interaction no matter what type of person we are. We are social animals and we need each other. Now if we could get everybody to agree on something!

All we've passed through,
and all that's passed through us,
and all we've left behind,
and we're still standing,
and walking into the future,
eyes open wide with the wisdom
and the foolishness
of optimism