"The shoe fit" so to speak... this is in response to Zanelle's post on "Older Women who Wear Grey instead of Purple"... hopefully in our youth and success-oriented world we find enough heart to at least not judge those who are out, whether by choice or circumstances. I am sure this is unfortunately a minority view, if only judged by the ratings...

I love your poem. I understand being happy to be quiet, stress free and coping well with pain. Your poem really made me think and I know I am judgmental just like my mother. I think every situation is different and it is wrong to put people in compartments. My friend is struggling with her new loss of movement and she needs to get the courage to go out of the house and face her fears. She has a computer for emails but does not understand how to find any other uses for the thing.
As I was writing this I knew that I was ignoring some fire inside her. She has lots more than just grey in her mind and yet I see her missing some opportunities that no one can give her but herself. I see you writing poems and enjoying Open Salon and I think you might have quite a bit of color in you. I am loud and garish sometimes and hope I haven't offended you too much. At least we got that great poem out of this exchange.