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About me - Toadee

I aspire!
and that's about as far as I get!

I have been known to hang around on bookcrossing.com and occassionally enjoy a bit of Live Journal (where I have cunningly disguised my self as Sprained-Rabbit)

I am a 44 year old father of 4 but I often feel like

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Humorous poems for children: 1 of 156
I tried to be a pirate I've got all the pirate stuff a patch to cover up one eye a sword so I'll look tough I made my hair a mess made sure my face was hairy but i couldn't see where i was going and no-one thought that i was scary. Now pirates usually have a parrot and a big black pirate's hat but I could only find my teddy ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Questions: 4 of 140
If you knew my heart would you? In the harsh reality of daylight could you? If I dared to strip away my layers until you saw the centre of my being and spoke plain words of mundane things would you, could you love me? More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Depression: 46 of 694
When I'm down, I feel like a half drawn cartoon. I'm here, and it may be fairly obvious who, or what I am although I'm some how incomplete I'm here in outline but I'm not awfully solid I'm empty, lacking colour and background there is no movement, no life. I am unanimated When I am complete I'll have resilience and comic imm... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Divorce: 7 of 93
Living in this ruin which was our home staring balefully at wallpaper torn and stained by conflict barely covering the cracks. Each door hangs loose no longer neatly dividing the parts of this life no way in, only out. each window cracked and broken lacking clarity and vision, frame distorted leaking rain and chilled winds l... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Loneliness: 120 of 579
Among jigsaw faces wandering, lost trying to fit to make the picture complete Finding I'm the right piece in the wrong puzzle sky on a car's roof Faces blending, changing as pieces are shuffled reforming on the floor always nearly joining never quite familiar always finding what I want (when I don't need it) in the corner of... More..
Health & Fitness > Mental Illness What is self injury?: 2 of 9
For those who have never self injured or felt inclined to do so it must be extremely difficult to understand. An often used cry when people hear about self injury is that it is for attention and I have to say that there are times that this is true but it begs the question, why does this person meed to go to such lengths for ... More..
Relationships & Family > Successful Dating Dating guidelines for finding a life-long mate: 4 of 16
Consider, if you will, what you really believe with regards to life long mates. If you don't believe there is such a thing, thanks for bearing with me thus far but our association is, alas, at an end. If you wish to continue in your quest for a partner who will be with you to the grave then STOP! before you go out hunting wo... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Engagements & Proposals How to tell if your partner is ready for marriage: 3 of 11
When the day comes that you know that you can be totally honest with your partner and you know that your partner is totally honest with you, then you might be ready for marriage! When you embark on a marriage you are beginning a life long endeavour and the two of you must enter with both eyes open and your feet on the ground... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Love: 223 of 784
I blew a bubble filled with love and watched it floating high above it looked so small and weak and soft as it made it's way aloft but as my I saw my bubble die the wind caught my love and made it fly beyond the shores across the sea on flew the love that I set free the spinning earth through night and day sent my love upon ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Not me: 5 of 16
Harmony, alas, is transient there comes a day, you'll see That day you're not together out seeing another supermarket You'll use your magical touch on beans, fishfingers not me More..