Changing according to the people that are around you has nothing to do with not having your own personality. Actually, behaving differently with different kind of people IS part of having your own personality, as long as its attached to your own personal values and ideas etc. Since no person has one straight character it is nearly impossible to behave the same all the time

 So, now I am a sour old boy? For all it matters, I´m still young and female

Not to mention what will happen to your unique being if you decide NOT to send to at least another 10 (there are graduations ofcourse, from 10 onwards) strong and beautiful woman

Whaha lovely Poem

 I wasn´t trying to say that was poetry. I think I specifically mentioned ´piece of writing´. Actually I don´t enjoy those kind of discussions about the concept of what is to be considered as real literature or literary prose, poetry etc, I tend to just divide between ´rhymes´ and ´poetry´

Yes. Couldn´t agree with that more, but I tend to like graphomaniacs as well on a different kind of level. I was merely saying that something doesnt need to be sophisticated or literary of highstyle to produce emotions in the human ´heart´, I tried to avoid a discussion about the essence of Poetry really (sorry had to write that with a capital )

Now one of my favourite poetry came to my mind. It is from a Dutch poet, and I´m afraid I cant translate it with the same ´touch´ and stilistic forms as Ida Gerhardt has written it, but I still thought it was worth mentioning.

De Gestorvene

Zeven maal om de aarde te gaan,
als het zou moeten op handen en voeten;
zeven maal, om die éne te groeten
die daar lachend te wachten zou staan.
Zeven maal om de aarde te gaan.

Zeven maal over de zeeën te gaan,
schraal in de kleren, wat zou het mij deren,
kon ik uit de dood ik die éne doen keren.
Zeven maal over de zeeën te gaan-
zeven maal, om met zijn tweeën te staan.

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The Departed

To go seven times around the earth,
if necessary on hands and feet;
seven times, to greet that one
who would be standing await with a smile.
To go seven times around the earth.

To go seven times over the seas,
threadbare clothes, what harm would that do me,
(if) could I bring back that one from the dead.
To go seven times over the seas,
seven times, to stand as two together.

 I get your point, especially considering all those kinds of posts we have seen before, but since when is writing literary (poetry) a requirement for a piece of writing to make a person feel something? I fidn that a rather elitair way of thinking.

And generally it´s the things that have been said a 1000 times that are a common feeling that everybody knows but then again, I myself prefer when things are written or said differently, even though they mean the same. And then just for the ´magic´ that I find in special usage of language as a medium.

Another example:

Nasýlsýn?

Eeeee iþte napayým

How are you?

Hmmm well, what should I do? (Im ok, just the same as usual, dont expect to hear any exciting news from me, something like that )

Ýþte böyle: that´s the way it is.

´Ya bilmiyorum iþte´

Well I just don´t know! (don´t ask further because Ive told you I just dont know)

Ýþte, ben de öyle dedim ona.

See, I said the same to her.

Precisely, that´s what I told her as well!

 You´re right, change ÝS good sometimes

Strange. My ´little´ sister is in Oslo! Its kind of silent around the house without having her around