Isolation

Why don't you just do as I do just don't read the stuff you don't like? If you chose to leave you are cutting off your nose to spite your face and missing out on a lot of great material from other people.

In other words, stick my head in the sand so I don't miss good material?

:rolleyes:

Thanks, but I'd rather find some more productive use of my time.

I've no need to waste my time on people who consider me nothing more than a character in a video game.
 
I'm not going to call you any names or persecute you, because I don't know you or pretend to. From your responses to simple queries from me and UYS it appears you'd rather be uniquely lonely than part of any sort of community. A community is fundamentally something that excludes, it couldn't be a grouping of ideas and people if it didn't weed out certain ideas and individuals deemed destructive to the core fabric. There's nothing wrong with a community that excludes, and maybe this portion of the Internet community isn't right for you either.

This is, by all accounts, a porn site that some of us happen to post non-pornographic poems and stories to. We're the marginal characters here, because most of what we post isn't pornographic or even erotic. This site is a business supported by ad revenue from other, mostly hardcore, pornography sites. Really the whole poetry section of this website is peripheral and unnecessary to the business generating ad revenue. Most people who read stories here wouldn't notice if every poem was deleted, but some of us have years worth of work posted here and it would be devastating.
 
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I just don't understand how barring living like hermit anyone can expect to find any place in society where everyone agrees with them. For instance I go to a social club and I know damn well half the people haven't got the same views as me but it doesn't stop me visiting or enjoying the place. I don't stand in the middle of the room and say that I am never coming back to this hellish place because your beliefs aren't mine.
 
<snip>It is easier for all of you to either be part of the mob or to remain indifferent when someone like me isn't around pricking your conscience simply by existing.

Easier to kill the beast a la "Lord of the Flies" than it is to grow a conscience.

I have nothing in common with the mob or the spectators, and as there seems to be no other type of person here, I really don't belong.

I entered with hope. I leave knowing there is no hope of finding a kindred spirit.

This is why I remain alone.
It's easier to read a bit of other people's communication and from that try to decipher tone and attitude than it is to join an extant community and make profound outbursts that are only relevant if everyone were on the same page as you profess to be.
 
I'm not picking on you, LoveIsAllYouNeed, but I have a few observations:
You started this thread with the title 'Isolation'.

Obviously, you are feeling isolated. This may be some sort of grief from losing your family, but may also be a part of you and your self-identification. Probably some of both. I have felt alone like that in the past, and the feeling isn't entirely absent today, but no longer plays a major role in my perception of self. This is because I have involvements with quite a few people in several venues to different degrees.

My family is important, as are several of my coworkers and members of my AA group. I don't want to go into a before and after recovery analysis. For me that is probably relevant, but more importantly 'getting a life', which should be applicable for everyone.

I think as others indicated, you may have jumped in here too fast, before getting the lay of the land. I started out slowly, initially posting poems that perhaps were more appropriate as private (but if you look at the hits on your page of submissions, you'll see that the poems labeled erotic get considerably more hits, as expected from a porn site). I participated only a little in the forums early on, and was partially drawn in by the poetry survivor challenge. I now read and remark just about every day, as well as working on and reading poems. Its another community I participate in. There's a wide variety of people here. I get to know them over time by reading their posts. One sees arguments break out, there's lots of light banter, some expression of more significant thoughts and feelings.

Making yourself out to be so distinct can lead to a sens of 'terminal uniqueness'.

I rarely venture outside the 2 poetry forums, and have only read a couple of stories I've encountered here. I'll occasionally, form either curiosity or prurient interest check a few posts in other threads. I've participated in a word game in some BDSM forum, since that's where it lives.

I'm not suggesting you stay or leave, that is up to you.
I've enjoyed your haiku stories.
I hope you find what you're looking for.
 
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choice

if I have learned anything in life...
CHOICE

is the offering of real...
take it...blue
 
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