Invisibility, secrets, etc...

topic posted Fri, February 2, 2007 - 8:26 PM by  Unsubscribed
Euphoria, starting that thread here, is that okay? If not, I can delete it.

On the invisibility thing, I couldn't believe today...the person who has worked at this apartment complex as long as I've been here, that I've talked to, had no idea who I was. She knew I was familiar, but didn't KNOW exactly who I was. It was the strangest thing. I attribute it to my hair being longer than usual. Lots of other things, I suppose, I don't get all dolled up anymore either.

But I've talked to her so many times. About her breast cancer and about various managers who've been here, and all kinds of things. Today, I was a familiar stranger.

And the secrets thing. Do you get that online too? Because I do. People that tell you their "secrets" and then disappear. I don't quite understand that. I even wrote a "poem" about it, I wonder if I still have a copy somewhere?
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    Re: Invisibility, secrets, etc...

    Fri, February 2, 2007 - 8:29 PM
    Here's the poem, Euphoria:

    Keeper of Secrets

    It's me that you'll talk to
    with anger and fear
    expelling your demons
    while calling me dear

    I'm open always
    Morning or night
    to reach out and hold you
    and feel you fight

    I let you scream
    as your claws draw blood
    and out come your secrets
    a momentous flood

    I take them in
    and hold them safe
    while you scream bloody murder
    to try to save face

    I take the abuse
    and take all the pain
    freeing your heart
    from a lifetime of shame

    I stand there beaten,
    broken, and blue
    and hear you say
    I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU

    I watch you go
    as many have done
    and wait for the next one
    they surely will come

    In time perhaps
    Your hatred will lessen
    That good often comes
    from a confession

    Your spirit is lighter
    it's burden transferred
    to a strange lonely woman
    who seems absurd

    I work on my wounds
    your pains, our sorrows,
    always hoping for
    a brighter tomorrow

    I watch you afar
    and see the man
    who's forgotten
    who I am

    But I keep them safe
    those secrets of yours
    kept behind a million
    locked doors

    The Keeper of Secrets
    cannot tell a lie
    and will hold all your secrets
    'til the day she dies
  • Re: Invisibility, secrets, etc...

    Sun, February 4, 2007 - 10:28 AM
    Far be it for me to say what anyone else can or can't post!

    I seriously believe that when some people share a deeply personal secret they've never told anyone before that perhaps some kind of mental block goes up towards that person. Maybe it's a matter of having purged the painful information they must then purge the memory of the purge itself. Hence, all details of the encounter are forgotten, including the person it was shared with.

    Yeah, I've found the same thing to happen online, too, as well as other online experiences that seem to be rather anomalous.

    Great poem!
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      Re: Invisibility, secrets, etc...

      Sun, February 4, 2007 - 2:52 PM
      I wonder if that's why they have those confessionals in religious places, where you can't really see the person you're confessing to. So that the person can speak their secrets, and be forgiven, and carry a lighter load, but not resent the person that they told their secrets to.

      When people tell you secrets, do those people seem to be so angry? It's like they're angry at me, while telling me whatever it is that they "have" to tell me. I guess I've felt that way too, being angry about the secret and directing that anger at the person I'm talking with.

      Some people though seem to hold on to that anger and continue coming after the person who knows their secret. I'm not sure why. It's not like I can forget it, if the person keeps coming back and being in my face. If they go away, back to wherever they were before we ran into each other, then I do tend to forget.

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