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  You Have Left Me

  by compound complex in

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  you have left me.. .

  it may as well be the moon where you have taken up residence.. .

  i gaze upon beauty supernal -- heaven's vault -- and imagine you there, on the moon, a speck upon the bright and glassy plate of a night sky.

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  Compound and complex " I feel a sadness so deep that friends wonder why both art and blinds remain undrawn"

  The Rebel. Maybe it's because we live in a room with the blinds down and the lights on. Once or twise, perhaps , it is granted us to switch the lights off and open the blinds. Then for a moment the darkness outside becomes the brightness, and the blinds can be opened. Yet only occassionally in life do moments come when we can switch the light off and open the blinds....these are the moments the " SAD POET" can be found in " happiness"
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  The lazy mans way to start a new O.P.

  by The Rebel in

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  hope you are understanding, if i shorten a reply i made on another thread and make it an o.p.. i honestly believe, we are all here as writers creating our small masterpieces.

  i believe each of our posts brings light to the air of who we really are.

  this forum is our form of artistic expression which we were denied in the organisation.

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  Thanks Millie. X

  compound complex, why not change your Errol Flynn avetor? Believe me your personal values carry more rebellion against the existing order than even Errol Flynns portrayal as Captain Blood. So I think the recent photo of yourself that you posted on flippers O.P, used as an avetor would personalize your posts. When a person writes with intensity, and emotion, I believe those words,are not written in a persons image but in their likeness. Such an image of yourself, the "sad poet" would help readers understand the real you, and your projection of feelings and emotion.

  p.s

  just a suggestion :-)
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  The lazy mans way to start a new O.P.

  by The Rebel in

  1. jw
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  hope you are understanding, if i shorten a reply i made on another thread and make it an o.p.. i honestly believe, we are all here as writers creating our small masterpieces.

  i believe each of our posts brings light to the air of who we really are.

  this forum is our form of artistic expression which we were denied in the organisation.

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  LoveUnHateExams " I believe that most of us posters don't write masterpieces"

  The Rebel, But imagine this place is a maternity ward, and the nurse informs you that you now have a beautiful little child. You may feel embarrassed as a white father if the child is black, but it's still a masterpiece😩
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  The lazy mans way to start a new O.P.

  by The Rebel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hope you are understanding, if i shorten a reply i made on another thread and make it an o.p.. i honestly believe, we are all here as writers creating our small masterpieces.

  i believe each of our posts brings light to the air of who we really are.

  this forum is our form of artistic expression which we were denied in the organisation.

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  Iown Mylife " I enjoy getting to write without worrying about who might not approve of the content"

  The Rebel. I went to a Polish wedding on Saturday, with each speech a snaps was drunk, ( Vodka) my wife got out of it because she was driving, as for myself I drunk my share with a few bottles of the grooms home made beer. Anyway my point was this was very different from a Jehovers Witness wedding, but it was a great wedding, and nobody was drunk except myself ( I am not used to vodka) and I learnt from it, why should I disapprove of a the " content" of other wonderful people's enjoyment. Once again It was a great wedding, and more importantly between two people who obviously loved each other.
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  The lazy mans way to start a new O.P.

  by The Rebel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hope you are understanding, if i shorten a reply i made on another thread and make it an o.p.. i honestly believe, we are all here as writers creating our small masterpieces.

  i believe each of our posts brings light to the air of who we really are.

  this forum is our form of artistic expression which we were denied in the organisation.

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  Hope you are understanding, if I shorten a reply i made on another thread and make it an O.P.

  I honestly believe, we are all here as writers creating our small masterpieces. I believe each of our posts brings light to the air of who we really are. This forum is our form of artistic expression which we were denied in the organisation. I feel if watchtower survivors can be respecting of each other's moral, religious and scientific standpoint, then as a group we have achieved something that was impossible in an organisation where independent thinking was denied.

  As for myself I appreciate being able to express the dominant emotions within me, and I now try to unite in harmony with each poster, even when our feelings and beliefs are contradictory to each other. By doing so I feel I have come along way. A very long way. I am sorry for all those posts in which I have failed in that objective.

  How do you feel about the small masterpiece you are writing on this forum?
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  Describe your witness self, then describe yourself now.

  by The Rebel in

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  my witness self :-very hollow, slightly lofty, characteristically judgemental, overwhelmingly convincing.. my non-witness self:- and in my imperfect way no longer taking the passive attitude to reality, and most importantly no longer feeling an outsider with my " true" friends..

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  How do I respond to the comments on this thread?

  I honestly believe, we are all here as writers creating our small masterpieces . I believe each of our posts brings light to the air of who we really are. This forum is our form of artistic expression which we were denied in the organisation. So today I have read all your replys, and I feel if watchtower survivors, can be respecting of each other's moral, religious and scientific stand point, then as a group we have archived something that was impossible in an organisation where independent thinking was denied.

  So I now try to unite in harmony with each poster, even when our feelings and beliefs are contradictory to each other. By doing so I feel I have come along way. A very long way. I am sorry for all those posts when I fail at this objective

  Compound & Complex, your posts made me realize that despite my education (or luck of it) I can use words to express myself. That even if my grammar and spelling are poor, it doesn't have to effect expressing the dominant emotions within me. I can only thank you a thousand times for that.
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  Describe your witness self, then describe yourself now.

  by The Rebel in

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  my witness self :-very hollow, slightly lofty, characteristically judgemental, overwhelmingly convincing.. my non-witness self:- and in my imperfect way no longer taking the passive attitude to reality, and most importantly no longer feeling an outsider with my " true" friends..

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  Toesup " now I know what is wrong ( I KNOW TTATT), I don't ask what is wrong anymore. I know.

  The Rebel. Nobody who has seen The Cherry Orchand can forget when the characters make their last tour of the Kingdom Hall, they're leaving. " Goodbye, old home!" .So when we chop down all the Kingdom Halls, lets never let us chop down the Cherry Orchards that reside in them. However we are just luckily enough to see the Cherry Orchand differently. We are no longer under its influence, and I hope someday everyone leaves, and discovers TTATT.
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  Those who are covertly awake.

  by Thisismein1972 in

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  ok, i work as a taxi driver, and have had a few witnesses in my car already.

  as there is no where to run, and being in a confined space, there is no choice other than to create small talk.

  after all, shunning someone who is essentially responsible for taking said witness home could lead to a rather embarrassing outcome!

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  I was in town and an Elders wife went out of her way to say hello with me and inside I burst into laughter. It was appreciative laughter, as I realized it wasn't a question of being "awake" to watchtower indoctrination. It was simply human nature and this lady was simply unable to shun a friend. As for the shunners I don't blame watchtower indoctrination, but I do question the shunners human nature.
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  Describe your witness self, then describe yourself now.

  by The Rebel in

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  2. friends

  my witness self :-very hollow, slightly lofty, characteristically judgemental, overwhelmingly convincing.. my non-witness self:- and in my imperfect way no longer taking the passive attitude to reality, and most importantly no longer feeling an outsider with my " true" friends..

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  I think it's impossible to move from one room to another without being buttonholed by someone, and since leaving the witnesses I am trying not to do this. I have learnt that a person, the real fruit of a person is not always what they believe but what is inside. It's not even who they appear, I have known many a pathetic alcoholic, but when I got to really know them, wow they rate up their with the finest people I have known.
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  Describe your witness self, then describe yourself now.

  by The Rebel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my witness self :-very hollow, slightly lofty, characteristically judgemental, overwhelmingly convincing.. my non-witness self:- and in my imperfect way no longer taking the passive attitude to reality, and most importantly no longer feeling an outsider with my " true" friends..

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  The Rebel

  my witness self :-Very hollow, slightly lofty, characteristically judgemental, overwhelmingly convincing.

  my non-witness self:- And in my imperfect way no longer taking the passive attitude to reality, and most importantly no longer feeling an outsider with my " true" friends.