So came the meeting of two strangers
yet fantastic friends
drawn together thru need
and cause
identifying with ideas
and bending the law
and from them grew need
and from them arose life
separation came
parting hearts, pain, and
hidden tears
friends for a day
stretched across countless
years
circles chased, circles caught
friends for a day
a time never to be forgotten
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Let's share
Will you share the years
of growth, pain, smiles, and tears with me
will you open your heart
and I mine
and share full trust and honesty
will you fall and climb
together with me
you walked into my life
one step at a time
please stay and share
your life and mine
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of growth, pain, smiles, and tears with me
will you open your heart
and I mine
and share full trust and honesty
will you fall and climb
together with me
you walked into my life
one step at a time
please stay and share
your life and mine
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Ceased to be
Ted dreamed one too many a dream. This had become a nightly occurrence, ever since his son's suicide. He had to do something, anything before it was too late. He wasn't very old, fifty two, perhaps. His hair striped black and white, like an old movie's hero. A strong man by nature, yet he couldn't take the pain any longer, he had to do something, he'd dreamed one too many a bad dream.... so Ted ceased to be.
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Thorns of dust
A new year comes again
our footsteps do not retrace
an ocean view once shared
a special place
I considered ours, rising into view
enjoyed now alone, no more with you
The rose I sent as a sign of my trust
has withered, its thorns now turned to dust
you need not walk along the water lapping
ripples and soft ocean breeze blowing
or watch the gulls dip and dive... listen
says yesterday, I knew that he was going
it was only my heart that refused the truth of knowing
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our footsteps do not retrace
an ocean view once shared
a special place
I considered ours, rising into view
enjoyed now alone, no more with you
The rose I sent as a sign of my trust
has withered, its thorns now turned to dust
you need not walk along the water lapping
ripples and soft ocean breeze blowing
or watch the gulls dip and dive... listen
says yesterday, I knew that he was going
it was only my heart that refused the truth of knowing
12311977
Monday, December 30, 2013
Get a Life
There are steps and lessons we'd like to skip in life but we were sent here to experience a certain journey and all the events along the way. We can choose to try to drown them, ignore them or refute them but they keep coming up in life's moments calling to us.
Sometimes in small quiet ways, a dream, an intuition, a moment of familiarity in an unknown place. At other times it can be a seismic wake up call telling us to get back on track, there are things to do, and we're wasting time.
We have a purpose to accomplish and it's time we started getting a clue. Remembering who we truly are and who sent us. At times nothing is left but our faith and as we turn to it we know a sense of peace, of spiritual growth, a revelation of life itself.
We can either get it or give up. One path helps us to climb to a higher level. The other commands a repeat performance until we get it right. Warning bells will keep going off trying to wake us to a greater purpose. To consciousness and greater joy for then we know the angels walk with us, guide us, lead us, protect us, and share the experience of life.
They will never leave us for their purpose is to be with us. When we stop struggling and let go and let God we find ourselves in an accelerated world where synchronicity is a common occurrence, where the right people, the right opportunities in the right places, at the right time, magically appear as if they were waiting in the wings for their cue.
The prompting was our new willingness. We experience a greater understanding and appreciation of our life and all life. A greater awareness and recognition. A heightened sense of reality and more blessings than we thought possible. What came before was a preparation. Now we have found the path and our true self. Life is glorious!
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Sometimes in small quiet ways, a dream, an intuition, a moment of familiarity in an unknown place. At other times it can be a seismic wake up call telling us to get back on track, there are things to do, and we're wasting time.
We have a purpose to accomplish and it's time we started getting a clue. Remembering who we truly are and who sent us. At times nothing is left but our faith and as we turn to it we know a sense of peace, of spiritual growth, a revelation of life itself.
We can either get it or give up. One path helps us to climb to a higher level. The other commands a repeat performance until we get it right. Warning bells will keep going off trying to wake us to a greater purpose. To consciousness and greater joy for then we know the angels walk with us, guide us, lead us, protect us, and share the experience of life.
They will never leave us for their purpose is to be with us. When we stop struggling and let go and let God we find ourselves in an accelerated world where synchronicity is a common occurrence, where the right people, the right opportunities in the right places, at the right time, magically appear as if they were waiting in the wings for their cue.
The prompting was our new willingness. We experience a greater understanding and appreciation of our life and all life. A greater awareness and recognition. A heightened sense of reality and more blessings than we thought possible. What came before was a preparation. Now we have found the path and our true self. Life is glorious!
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Liquid Fire
Remove the pale outer skin
from the heart
and it pulsates red
deep within it
bringing life to all it reaches
giving love as well
with its warm, liquid fire
but the loins
are the furnace of desire
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from the heart
and it pulsates red
deep within it
bringing life to all it reaches
giving love as well
with its warm, liquid fire
but the loins
are the furnace of desire
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Under the sea
Under the sea
the waves roll over
and oh so gently
crash and roar
right above me
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the waves roll over
and oh so gently
crash and roar
right above me
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Era of damnation
Two thousand years
and still counting
keeping track
of days and minutes
this era of damnation
surely must end
in salvation
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and still counting
keeping track
of days and minutes
this era of damnation
surely must end
in salvation
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Sunday, December 29, 2013
Until my birthday
It's been a decade since your passing
I nearly forgot, until my birthday
a nice why to remind me, you
dying on that day....
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I nearly forgot, until my birthday
a nice why to remind me, you
dying on that day....
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Of life
Split pea soup
coleslaw and apple pie
it's the little things
for which I'm grateful
moments of bliss
a true thanksgiving
of life, of life
indeed
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coleslaw and apple pie
it's the little things
for which I'm grateful
moments of bliss
a true thanksgiving
of life, of life
indeed
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I blinked
A new year at midnight
I couldn't keep my eyes open
I blinked and didn't notice
nothing seemed different
nothing had changed
funny thing
this passing of time
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I couldn't keep my eyes open
I blinked and didn't notice
nothing seemed different
nothing had changed
funny thing
this passing of time
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Saturday, December 28, 2013
Just more empty words
He was no rock
no support either
just empty words
saying things
he thought I wanted
him to say
or me to hear
I waited for the action
for the follow through
it never came
just more empty.... words
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no support either
just empty words
saying things
he thought I wanted
him to say
or me to hear
I waited for the action
for the follow through
it never came
just more empty.... words
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A winter's day
Morning tea
some reading
journaling
and relaxing
no better way
to start a winter's day
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some reading
journaling
and relaxing
no better way
to start a winter's day
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Swallowed by stars
I'm pulled into silence
swallowed by stars
embraced by the universe
folded up by time
dying starts a new journey
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swallowed by stars
embraced by the universe
folded up by time
dying starts a new journey
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Friday, December 27, 2013
Sharing is giving
Sharing is one of the most rewarding experiences we can have. To ourselves and to those we share with. Sharing is not just a giving of an abundance of money. It can be a meal together. Sharing the events of your day. Getting to know someone and sharing the adventures of your life.
It can be experiencing something together: a movie, walk, a day at the beach or shopping. It can be a hobby you have in common with others. It can be a teaching to those who want to learn. Sharing your talent to bring joy into the lives of a few or many. It can be a laugh of mutual humor. You can pray together. Play together.
You can share with a whole group or just one other. But it is an opening up of yourself and taking an interest in others. Sharing is a reward in itself. Some accomplishments we can share long after we are gone, such as: art, music, discoveries and inventions.
Some things we share effect the growth of generations to come. Some sharing can bring devastation to the lives of many, such as unsafe sex causing disease and death. Sharing can be of information you have that can help others.
Sharing can be remembering times past or a hope and goal for the future. Sharing nowadays can be done with unlimited legions on the internet or cyberspace. People even claim to share cybersex. Sharing should be a giving to another of something we value most ourself.
Love tops the list. The angels are always willing to share with us, if we let them. The help us to gain greater spiritual knowledge that we may bring to others. They share our existence in a corresponding plane. They bring synchronicity in our lives, which shares with us what we need to know, when it is appropriate we learn it. Mostly they share God's love with us for it is He that sends them to share this life experience.
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It can be experiencing something together: a movie, walk, a day at the beach or shopping. It can be a hobby you have in common with others. It can be a teaching to those who want to learn. Sharing your talent to bring joy into the lives of a few or many. It can be a laugh of mutual humor. You can pray together. Play together.
You can share with a whole group or just one other. But it is an opening up of yourself and taking an interest in others. Sharing is a reward in itself. Some accomplishments we can share long after we are gone, such as: art, music, discoveries and inventions.
Some things we share effect the growth of generations to come. Some sharing can bring devastation to the lives of many, such as unsafe sex causing disease and death. Sharing can be of information you have that can help others.
Sharing can be remembering times past or a hope and goal for the future. Sharing nowadays can be done with unlimited legions on the internet or cyberspace. People even claim to share cybersex. Sharing should be a giving to another of something we value most ourself.
Love tops the list. The angels are always willing to share with us, if we let them. The help us to gain greater spiritual knowledge that we may bring to others. They share our existence in a corresponding plane. They bring synchronicity in our lives, which shares with us what we need to know, when it is appropriate we learn it. Mostly they share God's love with us for it is He that sends them to share this life experience.
05021999
Love's no crime
Let's go off some place
just you and I
down the pages of time
we'll smile and cry
lines filling our faces
love's no crime
and needs no reason why....
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just you and I
down the pages of time
we'll smile and cry
lines filling our faces
love's no crime
and needs no reason why....
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But for today
For the warmth of you
for the shelter of your arms
my body yearns
to be safe from the storms of life
and shut the world out
from just us two
tomorrow it may be we'll part
but for today... you have my heart
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for the shelter of your arms
my body yearns
to be safe from the storms of life
and shut the world out
from just us two
tomorrow it may be we'll part
but for today... you have my heart
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Thursday, December 26, 2013
Cling to hope
We all need to cling to hope in times of helplessness. When we feel a loss of control in our lives. As if we are swimming upstream, against the tide and the debris of a lifetime is not floating past, but is churning forcefully in the waves trying to drown us in despair. To overcome us with its weight, or knock us senseless with its branches.
The purpose is not to become defeated, but to look for that outcropping we can grasp to save ourselves. That hope that is grounded in the spiritual. That seeking of divine intervention that is called faith. That in the right time all will be well. We only need to cling to that single, simple truth that God will see us through all things. That we are never alone. That angels walk with us, and that miracles happen everyday, and that they will happen to you.
Faith can and does move mountains. We are never, ever helpless as long as we reach for spiritual guidance. Look for the opportunity in the smallest grain of sand, the helping hand, each prayer we say and in each new day. Just hang on.
Never let go of that faith. It is your lifeline in the stormy waters of life. Cling to hope. It is your strength in adversity, your support when the bottom falls out, your light in the tunnel and your salvation.
We can also help ourselves by helping others. We are never helpless as long as we can give, even if all we have to give is time. Giving not only helps others, but helps us regain our sense of self. Life isn't futile, it is fruitful. Be not in fear but in faith.
Take pride in accomplishing something daily no matter how small. Each small success we accomplish is a step up out of the flood. Sometimes we need to break away to begin again, and sometimes a storm carries us downstream to do just that.
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The purpose is not to become defeated, but to look for that outcropping we can grasp to save ourselves. That hope that is grounded in the spiritual. That seeking of divine intervention that is called faith. That in the right time all will be well. We only need to cling to that single, simple truth that God will see us through all things. That we are never alone. That angels walk with us, and that miracles happen everyday, and that they will happen to you.
Faith can and does move mountains. We are never, ever helpless as long as we reach for spiritual guidance. Look for the opportunity in the smallest grain of sand, the helping hand, each prayer we say and in each new day. Just hang on.
Never let go of that faith. It is your lifeline in the stormy waters of life. Cling to hope. It is your strength in adversity, your support when the bottom falls out, your light in the tunnel and your salvation.
We can also help ourselves by helping others. We are never helpless as long as we can give, even if all we have to give is time. Giving not only helps others, but helps us regain our sense of self. Life isn't futile, it is fruitful. Be not in fear but in faith.
Take pride in accomplishing something daily no matter how small. Each small success we accomplish is a step up out of the flood. Sometimes we need to break away to begin again, and sometimes a storm carries us downstream to do just that.
05011999
Roses at dusk
Roses at dusk
an unexpected surprise
love at sunset
and fading years ahead
basking in the moment
before it goes away
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an unexpected surprise
love at sunset
and fading years ahead
basking in the moment
before it goes away
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Still gone
I can almost see your face
through the haze of time
and the days of forgetting
I reach out to touch it
your smile in my tears
knowing you're still gone
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through the haze of time
and the days of forgetting
I reach out to touch it
your smile in my tears
knowing you're still gone
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Later
My mind and my body
on ten-cent battlefields...
My body is young
and eager for the touch of other bodies.
My mind is old
and quiet
and full of words
that will only mean something
later...
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on ten-cent battlefields...
My body is young
and eager for the touch of other bodies.
My mind is old
and quiet
and full of words
that will only mean something
later...
05261972
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Mistletoe
If you were my darling
and I your mistletoe
I would hang above your head
and reach to touch you so
or put me in your buttonhole
close upon your chest
and there with you I'll be
to greet each Christmas guest
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and I your mistletoe
I would hang above your head
and reach to touch you so
or put me in your buttonhole
close upon your chest
and there with you I'll be
to greet each Christmas guest
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Passing Flury
Snow flakes
melt away
like my memories
soon a blank slate
of nothing today
just a passing flury
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melt away
like my memories
soon a blank slate
of nothing today
just a passing flury
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Haunting Memory
The departed come back to me
and sit beneath my Christmas tree
this is a holiday of haunting memory
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and sit beneath my Christmas tree
this is a holiday of haunting memory
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Sit by the sea
Let the world come to me
I'd rather just sit beside the sea
lost in the moment and happy
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I'd rather just sit beside the sea
lost in the moment and happy
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Christmas Tears
My tears are for Christmas past
things that will never be again
the joy of those days
and memories I thought would last
but all good things do end
and slowly fade away
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things that will never be again
the joy of those days
and memories I thought would last
but all good things do end
and slowly fade away
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Give me trees
A tree is gift enough
for me
to watch it grow
year after year
as seasons come
and go
where birds
make home...
yes, give me trees
as far as I can see
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for me
to watch it grow
year after year
as seasons come
and go
where birds
make home...
yes, give me trees
as far as I can see
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I stand in darkness
How can we be lovers
if we aren't even friends?
Relationships develop so fast.
Push, no time for tomorrow.
Accomplish everything today
but wait, please slow down
let me show you what I am,
where I am,
and where I am going.
Look around, reach out,
there's a human being
to be discovered....
I stand in darkness
wondering if
light will ever
come my way again....
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if we aren't even friends?
Relationships develop so fast.
Push, no time for tomorrow.
Accomplish everything today
but wait, please slow down
let me show you what I am,
where I am,
and where I am going.
Look around, reach out,
there's a human being
to be discovered....
I stand in darkness
wondering if
light will ever
come my way again....
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Monday, December 23, 2013
Shower upon the earth
Loneliness is
a rainy night
with no one there
to care
that your man
has turned away
and all the clouds
of gray
shower upon the earth
like the tears
that trace down your face
and you're alone
in this lonely place
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a rainy night
with no one there
to care
that your man
has turned away
and all the clouds
of gray
shower upon the earth
like the tears
that trace down your face
and you're alone
in this lonely place
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Another day
I couldn't clean you
out of my veins
such was my addition
blinding and foolish
my love unreturned
drawing me back
for more and more
pushing me to the edge
time after time
nearly insane
until I put you away
drained, but healing
I lived to love
another day
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out of my veins
such was my addition
blinding and foolish
my love unreturned
drawing me back
for more and more
pushing me to the edge
time after time
nearly insane
until I put you away
drained, but healing
I lived to love
another day
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Old Fruit
Looking up
at love's tree
I've never picked
fresh fruit
I've always found mine
on the ground
placed there
by an invisible
sometimes visible
hand
I never particularly
cared for old fruit
it's alright, I guess
but some of the taste
is gone
some of the firmness
is lost
and
much of it is soiled
as it is handled
by the shoppers
in the market-place-world
of would-be lovers...
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at love's tree
I've never picked
fresh fruit
I've always found mine
on the ground
placed there
by an invisible
sometimes visible
hand
I never particularly
cared for old fruit
it's alright, I guess
but some of the taste
is gone
some of the firmness
is lost
and
much of it is soiled
as it is handled
by the shoppers
in the market-place-world
of would-be lovers...
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Sunday, December 22, 2013
Making Memories
You can't take memories
with you, or keep them
they fade and die
over time, 'tis true
but you can make them
share them, praise them
and spread them
through the winds of time
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with you, or keep them
they fade and die
over time, 'tis true
but you can make them
share them, praise them
and spread them
through the winds of time
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Melody
Renew your dreams
with each rising sun
tear at the seams
pursue folly and fun
shout and scream
your melody must be sung
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with each rising sun
tear at the seams
pursue folly and fun
shout and scream
your melody must be sung
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Try
Our endeavors
rewards in themselves
discovery of who
and what we are
and who we can be
all we have to do
is try....
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rewards in themselves
discovery of who
and what we are
and who we can be
all we have to do
is try....
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A journey of dreams
A mile of moonlight
waiting before us
parting the shadows
leading the way
step forward
cast away your fear
discovery awaits
in a journey of dreams
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waiting before us
parting the shadows
leading the way
step forward
cast away your fear
discovery awaits
in a journey of dreams
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Scent
We douse ourselves
in scent, a disguise
to try and cover up
our bullshit
avoiding authenticity
and that which
would set us free
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in scent, a disguise
to try and cover up
our bullshit
avoiding authenticity
and that which
would set us free
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Running Rivers
The source and sound
mixed in blood
running rivers of time
waiting for the aged
to come forward
and set themselves...
free
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mixed in blood
running rivers of time
waiting for the aged
to come forward
and set themselves...
free
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Adornments
The lights go up
red and green
and sparkling colors
in between
the season brings
childlike joy
and songs to sing
the world
our wonderful toy
for a day of love
and peace
blessings from above
await...
let's adorn our tree
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red and green
and sparkling colors
in between
the season brings
childlike joy
and songs to sing
the world
our wonderful toy
for a day of love
and peace
blessings from above
await...
let's adorn our tree
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Making Music
We were a song
with no chorus
making our own music
until something
went wrong
along the way
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with no chorus
making our own music
until something
went wrong
along the way
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Looking out my window
People in windows
somehow seem so
so far away
yet not really
surrounded by their
window frames
hid behind their
window pane
structured shelters
from the rain
they sit within
and I the same
and people's eyes
that they look through
we look through
both me
both you
the grass smells green
the leaves fall brown
the seasons change
the world turns round
and all the while...
while we're looking
through windows
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somehow seem so
so far away
yet not really
surrounded by their
window frames
hid behind their
window pane
structured shelters
from the rain
they sit within
and I the same
and people's eyes
that they look through
we look through
both me
both you
the grass smells green
the leaves fall brown
the seasons change
the world turns round
and all the while...
while we're looking
through windows
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Saturday, December 21, 2013
Two Years Dead
Edna woke to darkness
she'd give Henry her two cents
come the morning light
bills must be paid
to keep the lights on
even if Henry was,
two years dead....
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she'd give Henry her two cents
come the morning light
bills must be paid
to keep the lights on
even if Henry was,
two years dead....
1221121
Friday, December 20, 2013
Tomorrow gone
More yesterdays to count
in each aged way
tomorrows are too few
to ponder for long
we're all here today
and tomorrow gone...
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in each aged way
tomorrows are too few
to ponder for long
we're all here today
and tomorrow gone...
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to be
How very peaceful it would be
to pretend that you're the sea
How fruitful to be a rose
as your fragrance fills a nose
or to give to any bee
your pollen for honey plentifully.
How gentle to be a breeze
that blows 'ore the seas
that kisses the skin of one so fair
and rustles the leaves of the trees that are there
that whistles through the grass where we lay
making love throughout the day....
but I think I would rather be me
completely filled with your ecstasy.
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to pretend that you're the sea
How fruitful to be a rose
as your fragrance fills a nose
or to give to any bee
your pollen for honey plentifully.
How gentle to be a breeze
that blows 'ore the seas
that kisses the skin of one so fair
and rustles the leaves of the trees that are there
that whistles through the grass where we lay
making love throughout the day....
but I think I would rather be me
completely filled with your ecstasy.
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Saying Sorry
I wish you would stop
saying you're sorry
all the time...
to be with you
... is enough!
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saying you're sorry
all the time...
to be with you
... is enough!
082619777
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Serpent Queen
Serpent Queen
your blood runs cold
you've used us up
forking out lies
tales of the might have been
stories of the brave and bold
the innocent and corrupt
whisper and cry
there's no Eden to behold
until we're forgiven
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your blood runs cold
you've used us up
forking out lies
tales of the might have been
stories of the brave and bold
the innocent and corrupt
whisper and cry
there's no Eden to behold
until we're forgiven
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Snow Covered
My snow covered heart
never quite able to thaw
allowing the seeds to start
was my long fatal flaw
after I let love depart...
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never quite able to thaw
allowing the seeds to start
was my long fatal flaw
after I let love depart...
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Daughter of the snake
Daughter of the snake
blind and betrayed
to her own mistakes
and the error of her ways
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blind and betrayed
to her own mistakes
and the error of her ways
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Chains
My chains
kept me here
unable to take flight
and soar with you...
with this I must try
and learn to be content
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kept me here
unable to take flight
and soar with you...
with this I must try
and learn to be content
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Roads to nowhere
Rip apart the map of years
too many roads filled with tears
too many roads to nowhere
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too many roads filled with tears
too many roads to nowhere
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Wild Winds
Let me bring you one last spring
grown with love from seeds sown
oh so long ago, our two hearts one
ours a youthful summer fling
where wild winds did blow
and life was joyous and fun....
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grown with love from seeds sown
oh so long ago, our two hearts one
ours a youthful summer fling
where wild winds did blow
and life was joyous and fun....
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Now
I used to be drunk with your love
now I just drink...
You used to heat me with your warmth
now I just smoke...
You used to make me feel wanted
now I'm just empty..
I once was whole... untouched
now I'm just a shell...
I was good for you
now I'm just bad for myself
abusing what I am
trying to burn the fire you lit
out... douse the coals...
nothing smoldering...
no candles to light the darkness
my self abuse ...
drives much deeper
than you ever could
although I must admit... you tried
I deny myself... to myself
doubtful of everything
especially... love
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now I just drink...
You used to heat me with your warmth
now I just smoke...
You used to make me feel wanted
now I'm just empty..
I once was whole... untouched
now I'm just a shell...
I was good for you
now I'm just bad for myself
abusing what I am
trying to burn the fire you lit
out... douse the coals...
nothing smoldering...
no candles to light the darkness
my self abuse ...
drives much deeper
than you ever could
although I must admit... you tried
I deny myself... to myself
doubtful of everything
especially... love
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Monday, December 16, 2013
There's no oasis
Time a crevice
into which we fall
there's no oasis
just an aging crawl
into the abyss
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into which we fall
there's no oasis
just an aging crawl
into the abyss
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Empty Pockets
Precious are the coins of time
and yet we spend them unwisely
thinking nothing of losing a dime
our pockets empty so swiftly
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and yet we spend them unwisely
thinking nothing of losing a dime
our pockets empty so swiftly
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Us Left behind
We wander after
that we know won't linger
trying to make sense
of memories once intense
a past left behind
for the fading mind
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that we know won't linger
trying to make sense
of memories once intense
a past left behind
for the fading mind
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Splash of color
In a splash of color
the world opened up
reds, greens, and blues too
she'd gotten heaven's favor
an angel's trust
all she dreamed, she could do
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the world opened up
reds, greens, and blues too
she'd gotten heaven's favor
an angel's trust
all she dreamed, she could do
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Part the clouds
The moon parts a sea of clouds
to light my way through the night
pushing aside my fears and doubts
until I'm at rest at your side....
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to light my way through the night
pushing aside my fears and doubts
until I'm at rest at your side....
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Happy World
You never gave me anything
real... I could hold onto
like your child...
I would have loved that
something of yours
to take root inside me
deliver me...
of what is left here
nothing... but loving you
milk my breasts dry
they are swollen
from missing your touch
enter me...
and leave the germs
of your tomorrows to grow
within my swollen belly
to be delivered
into tomorrow's happy world
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real... I could hold onto
like your child...
I would have loved that
something of yours
to take root inside me
deliver me...
of what is left here
nothing... but loving you
milk my breasts dry
they are swollen
from missing your touch
enter me...
and leave the germs
of your tomorrows to grow
within my swollen belly
to be delivered
into tomorrow's happy world
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Sunday, December 15, 2013
Cards
My cards I meant to send
I worked on them for days
each one filled with fading love
for those so far far away
across the bridge of time when
these holidays we would share
when being together was enough
My cards pile up more and more
with each and every passing occasion
I can't seem to manage time anymore
it's forgetting and not procrastination
that keep my cards from going anywhere
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I worked on them for days
each one filled with fading love
for those so far far away
across the bridge of time when
these holidays we would share
when being together was enough
My cards pile up more and more
with each and every passing occasion
I can't seem to manage time anymore
it's forgetting and not procrastination
that keep my cards from going anywhere
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No holiday delights
No more tree
No more lights
No more memories
Nor Silent Nights
Alone and elderly
No holiday delights....
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No more lights
No more memories
Nor Silent Nights
Alone and elderly
No holiday delights....
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Steam Cleaned
I should be able
to write of happiness
I know I've experienced it
somewhere along the way
I've traveled a long road
I should have bumped into it
here and there...
The moon is happiness to lovers
but cold when you're alone
walking barefoot along the beach
is always better with two
hand in hand...
enjoying the sounds
and smells
and brisk salty air
I've kissed
within the small spaces
allotted to me...
made love between commas
long unhurried times
that left lonely memories
I imagine you making love
to all the others
and happiness disappears
as in a vapor
rising out of sight
I'm steam cleaned of it...
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to write of happiness
I know I've experienced it
somewhere along the way
I've traveled a long road
I should have bumped into it
here and there...
The moon is happiness to lovers
but cold when you're alone
walking barefoot along the beach
is always better with two
hand in hand...
enjoying the sounds
and smells
and brisk salty air
I've kissed
within the small spaces
allotted to me...
made love between commas
long unhurried times
that left lonely memories
I imagine you making love
to all the others
and happiness disappears
as in a vapor
rising out of sight
I'm steam cleaned of it...
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Saturday, December 14, 2013
Anything else...
You're restless as a cougar
ambition must be
your middle name
always searching... for what?
you left me
but refuse to denounce me
searching for my happiness
when only one thing
can make me truly happy
having you...
Why do you give a damn?
are you trying to bullshit me
or do you feel guilty
you took my soul...
what else do you want?
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ambition must be
your middle name
always searching... for what?
you left me
but refuse to denounce me
searching for my happiness
when only one thing
can make me truly happy
having you...
Why do you give a damn?
are you trying to bullshit me
or do you feel guilty
you took my soul...
what else do you want?
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Friday, December 13, 2013
New beginnings
There will be endings in all our lives as each day ends, each month ends, each year too. At times what we need with an ending is closure, and that is more spiritual, more emotional than physical.
To put a chapter of our life behind us so that we may move on. For a new door cannot open until another one closes. As a new month cannot begin until the proceeding one ends.
Sometimes closure is delayed because of legalities, healing, or other obstacles that are blocking our path.Use the time for preparation. For a release of any angers, resentments, emotional pain, and any negativity that will hamper us in a new beginning.
Use the time to study, that you may grow into your new life. See time as an opportunity to expand instead of a barricade to your destiny. There is a purpose to all things. A season for all things under the sun.
The divine knows better what we need in preparation on each leg of your journey than we, ourselves do. Take time to listen to what your spirit is saying.
Remember the hardships and challenges of the past and how you succeeded in overcoming them, how much you grew through them, and how everything has contributed in developing who you are today. And know in your adversity, this too shall pass, the purpose is to grow through life's challenges. The storm that took your home, the tragedy that took a loved one, the circumstances that cost you your livelihood.
There is a "something more" to gain from the experience and oftentimes we are impressed by the courage exhibited in such times of trail. The reaching out to others, encouraging the downtrodden. I look around and wouldn't wish anyone's life by my own, for I know the diving has designed this path just for me that there are things to accomplish only I can fulfill.
Bless this path, its endings and new beginnings.
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To put a chapter of our life behind us so that we may move on. For a new door cannot open until another one closes. As a new month cannot begin until the proceeding one ends.
Sometimes closure is delayed because of legalities, healing, or other obstacles that are blocking our path.Use the time for preparation. For a release of any angers, resentments, emotional pain, and any negativity that will hamper us in a new beginning.
Use the time to study, that you may grow into your new life. See time as an opportunity to expand instead of a barricade to your destiny. There is a purpose to all things. A season for all things under the sun.
The divine knows better what we need in preparation on each leg of your journey than we, ourselves do. Take time to listen to what your spirit is saying.
Remember the hardships and challenges of the past and how you succeeded in overcoming them, how much you grew through them, and how everything has contributed in developing who you are today. And know in your adversity, this too shall pass, the purpose is to grow through life's challenges. The storm that took your home, the tragedy that took a loved one, the circumstances that cost you your livelihood.
There is a "something more" to gain from the experience and oftentimes we are impressed by the courage exhibited in such times of trail. The reaching out to others, encouraging the downtrodden. I look around and wouldn't wish anyone's life by my own, for I know the diving has designed this path just for me that there are things to accomplish only I can fulfill.
Bless this path, its endings and new beginnings.
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the other part
I can live without
someone I love
but not without someone
I need....
that kindred soul
that's the other part
of me...
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someone I love
but not without someone
I need....
that kindred soul
that's the other part
of me...
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Hooked
Like overdue library books,
some people stay on my mind...
like a junkie, I'm hooked
on love, on life, sadly blind...
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some people stay on my mind...
like a junkie, I'm hooked
on love, on life, sadly blind...
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Something to remember
I'm not looking for answers anymore,
but for something to remember...
something solid, a tangible reward
to take with me to the ever after...
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but for something to remember...
something solid, a tangible reward
to take with me to the ever after...
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I remember shadows
So many years have climbed over me
since you've gone away
a lifetime in a day
and the years were ones of blossoming for me.
How sad to know
I could not bloom for you.
To know how late I was in finding you.
You were afraid of love already by then.
Now, when I think of you,
I remember shadows
and how kind we thought the world
not to light our secret place.
Sad, too,
to find that feeling gone.
Just when I'm strong enough to keep it.
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since you've gone away
a lifetime in a day
and the years were ones of blossoming for me.
How sad to know
I could not bloom for you.
To know how late I was in finding you.
You were afraid of love already by then.
Now, when I think of you,
I remember shadows
and how kind we thought the world
not to light our secret place.
Sad, too,
to find that feeling gone.
Just when I'm strong enough to keep it.
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Balm
If you loved.... if it was love
on your part
it's doubtful
balm to soothe your wounds
like an animal
to help you heal your past hurts
maybe...
Lust... curiosity
an ego trip out of control
probably much closer to the truth
all I've accused myself of
for what?
It doesn't matter...
Nothing really did to you
so why should I establish
any importance to it
accredit it with any reality
nothing given
leaves what?... Nothing!
gone with the evidence
that I was ever there
I took it all with me
you left nothing
for me to return... not even love
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on your part
it's doubtful
balm to soothe your wounds
like an animal
to help you heal your past hurts
maybe...
Lust... curiosity
an ego trip out of control
probably much closer to the truth
all I've accused myself of
for what?
It doesn't matter...
Nothing really did to you
so why should I establish
any importance to it
accredit it with any reality
nothing given
leaves what?... Nothing!
gone with the evidence
that I was ever there
I took it all with me
you left nothing
for me to return... not even love
032319777
Thursday, December 12, 2013
No Dancing
I wish I'd been younger
and hadn't seen
or known so much
then maybe...
I would dance
with innocent believing
but...
I was never young....
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and hadn't seen
or known so much
then maybe...
I would dance
with innocent believing
but...
I was never young....
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Demons
The demons
of lost love
still haunt me
like bad dreams
that never end
an endless sea
filled with tears
and a heart
that can't mend
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of lost love
still haunt me
like bad dreams
that never end
an endless sea
filled with tears
and a heart
that can't mend
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The Sad Celebration
I've been broken before,
I know what it's like
to see something funny
and not laugh.
I often wished I had never smiled.
Knowing how to
and not being able to
is worse than never knowing.
Sometimes, when I see a child walking,
I can come home faster to my own.
It's because they are clean
and they have hope.
The make me believe in something.
But when there is nothing alive in me at all,
when I've been battered down
with voices,
or the sound of them,
when I have to let go
of someone or something,
when I have to say goodbye
to anything
that's when I know what it's like
to see something funny
and not laugh....
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I know what it's like
to see something funny
and not laugh.
I often wished I had never smiled.
Knowing how to
and not being able to
is worse than never knowing.
Sometimes, when I see a child walking,
I can come home faster to my own.
It's because they are clean
and they have hope.
The make me believe in something.
But when there is nothing alive in me at all,
when I've been battered down
with voices,
or the sound of them,
when I have to let go
of someone or something,
when I have to say goodbye
to anything
that's when I know what it's like
to see something funny
and not laugh....
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Corrupted by a smile
I thought I was above love
couldn't be conquered by man
but was corrupted by a smile
and warm laughing eyes....
Your mouth engorged me
with the fullness of you
leaving me dangling
from your teeth...
The wanting of you has
eroded me from inside out
leaving a hallow case
to be filled with flowers
and laid to rest...
Breasts rose scented
from the petals I've eaten
I'm searching for a new soul
to fill what is left
to inhabit this much used body
I began and ended
with the love the conqueror
used... emptiness
his only conquest
not much to show for the trip
was it worth it?
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couldn't be conquered by man
but was corrupted by a smile
and warm laughing eyes....
Your mouth engorged me
with the fullness of you
leaving me dangling
from your teeth...
The wanting of you has
eroded me from inside out
leaving a hallow case
to be filled with flowers
and laid to rest...
Breasts rose scented
from the petals I've eaten
I'm searching for a new soul
to fill what is left
to inhabit this much used body
I began and ended
with the love the conqueror
used... emptiness
his only conquest
not much to show for the trip
was it worth it?
03231977
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Always with me
Some days I can't get past the tears of your memory
you, taken away from the world oh so quickly
are here always, and forever, with me....
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you, taken away from the world oh so quickly
are here always, and forever, with me....
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Filling Blank Pages
I've stitched myself
back together carefully
the thread shows
here and there
but will fall off
when the scars heal
I hide myself
behind sunglasses
dry eyed
wrung out... from weeping
I've folded up
all the corners
that were vulnerable
and cut the edges
I'm like a carbonated soda
with the fizz gone
Someone put my fire out
and now I stand in darkness
many blank pages
of could have beens
left unwritten
I peel off skin
to write on
pale pink... raw
with feeling
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back together carefully
the thread shows
here and there
but will fall off
when the scars heal
I hide myself
behind sunglasses
dry eyed
wrung out... from weeping
I've folded up
all the corners
that were vulnerable
and cut the edges
I'm like a carbonated soda
with the fizz gone
Someone put my fire out
and now I stand in darkness
many blank pages
of could have beens
left unwritten
I peel off skin
to write on
pale pink... raw
with feeling
03231977
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Waiting for nothing
Waiting was hard
but forgetting more so
in an unyielding world
for love to return
for dreams to come true
before being swept away
with age, in time....
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but forgetting more so
in an unyielding world
for love to return
for dreams to come true
before being swept away
with age, in time....
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Warm Sand
My mind so clear
I can close my eyes and see
all the days and nights
of you and me...
I remember the warmth of the sun
the feel of the sand
the sound of the surf
and the touch of your hand
my memories now are all I have
now you are gone from me
so I return to our beach
and listen to the crashing sound of the sea
and with the world shut out
I can still picture in my mind
your happy smile there that day
and some solace then I find
I know if my memory forever were to be lost
of the sea, the rain, the dew
the sun and warmth of the sand
I would still remember you....
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I can close my eyes and see
all the days and nights
of you and me...
I remember the warmth of the sun
the feel of the sand
the sound of the surf
and the touch of your hand
my memories now are all I have
now you are gone from me
so I return to our beach
and listen to the crashing sound of the sea
and with the world shut out
I can still picture in my mind
your happy smile there that day
and some solace then I find
I know if my memory forever were to be lost
of the sea, the rain, the dew
the sun and warmth of the sand
I would still remember you....
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The visual effect
I would want to change myself
I've never been happy
with the total sum of me
I keep trying to rearrange
the visual effect that I have
It's easier to redo your hair color
than to stretch your body
I find...
The only thing I would keep
just the same
is my tongue
I find I like my tongue
just as it is
It's the only thing that feels
sensual... about me
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I've never been happy
with the total sum of me
I keep trying to rearrange
the visual effect that I have
It's easier to redo your hair color
than to stretch your body
I find...
The only thing I would keep
just the same
is my tongue
I find I like my tongue
just as it is
It's the only thing that feels
sensual... about me
03231977
Monday, December 9, 2013
Life changing attitude
God has put in my life what I need to grow and learn. The message is a change of life attitude. Faith not fear. To release the blocks of the past. To be grateful each day for the many blessings in my life. To take time to pray, meditate, listen, and learn.
Synchronicity is a great part of my life. A teacher has appeared when a lesson has needed to be learned. Books, prayers, and a sense of peace have come when most needed. Even laughter when it has been lacking has been provided so that I don't take everything so seriously, but see the lighter side of life.
When I start feeling down I only need remember what life was like before and I feel blessed. No, I don't know all the answers, but I am willing to learn the lessons God knows I need to move on into the next state of my life. To put my personal world in order.
Chaos does not serve right living or honor our spirit. Some lessons I am slower at accepting thus my progress is delayed until I am ready to move on. When I am in limbo I need ask myself what I need to learn and accept at this stage.
Where am I floundering and not listening? For the message is always there waiting for us to acknowledge it. God is ever so patient with us, His children. His love is unconditional.
My journey has been a long one and I could have moved ahead ages ago, but I didn't understand He was waiting for me to ask. I am guided, not led. The choice is up to me to ask, to accept, to seek, to listen, to experience, and to prepared.
God provides what we need when we need it. But He does not force us to accept. I feel as if I were blind but gradually I am able to see more clearly, more consciously and more gratefully. God does provide abundantly. It is we who block the way, restricting our own life. When we believe we are open to receive and all things are possible.
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Synchronicity is a great part of my life. A teacher has appeared when a lesson has needed to be learned. Books, prayers, and a sense of peace have come when most needed. Even laughter when it has been lacking has been provided so that I don't take everything so seriously, but see the lighter side of life.
When I start feeling down I only need remember what life was like before and I feel blessed. No, I don't know all the answers, but I am willing to learn the lessons God knows I need to move on into the next state of my life. To put my personal world in order.
Chaos does not serve right living or honor our spirit. Some lessons I am slower at accepting thus my progress is delayed until I am ready to move on. When I am in limbo I need ask myself what I need to learn and accept at this stage.
Where am I floundering and not listening? For the message is always there waiting for us to acknowledge it. God is ever so patient with us, His children. His love is unconditional.
My journey has been a long one and I could have moved ahead ages ago, but I didn't understand He was waiting for me to ask. I am guided, not led. The choice is up to me to ask, to accept, to seek, to listen, to experience, and to prepared.
God provides what we need when we need it. But He does not force us to accept. I feel as if I were blind but gradually I am able to see more clearly, more consciously and more gratefully. God does provide abundantly. It is we who block the way, restricting our own life. When we believe we are open to receive and all things are possible.
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Twilight
This dimension
old age...
twilight years
of confusion
has but one
conclusion
forgetting
all the love
and joy
until the end
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old age...
twilight years
of confusion
has but one
conclusion
forgetting
all the love
and joy
until the end
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Running out of words
I'm running out of words
names for these fading things
of thinning memory
uncounted days passing by
they used to matter to me
once... long ago
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names for these fading things
of thinning memory
uncounted days passing by
they used to matter to me
once... long ago
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Unending
I don't plan to pass
this way again
a world too crass
games of lose or win
just won't last
such shallow sins
in which we invest
never seem to end
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this way again
a world too crass
games of lose or win
just won't last
such shallow sins
in which we invest
never seem to end
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Eroding us away
I have not found
anyone absolutely content
with their lives,
or their looks,
or themselves...
They envy others
for their bone structure
or their wild
flowing hair...
There's always nagging
jealousies
life's discontentments
eroding us away
into shadows
of what we could be
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anyone absolutely content
with their lives,
or their looks,
or themselves...
They envy others
for their bone structure
or their wild
flowing hair...
There's always nagging
jealousies
life's discontentments
eroding us away
into shadows
of what we could be
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Sunday, December 8, 2013
Fading Stars
You are fading
with yesterday
but then you
were always
going from me
like daylight
into evening....
memories
pale remembrances
of days gone by...
nothing of myself
is left
gone with the night
like the stars
when the morning arrives
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with yesterday
but then you
were always
going from me
like daylight
into evening....
memories
pale remembrances
of days gone by...
nothing of myself
is left
gone with the night
like the stars
when the morning arrives
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Saturday, December 7, 2013
Seeing Snow
I forget the fist time I saw snow,
and yet I still feel it in my bones...
winter has become part of me now
my season of life too, mine alone
all this nature does bestow...
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and yet I still feel it in my bones...
winter has become part of me now
my season of life too, mine alone
all this nature does bestow...
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Evidence
Show me evidence
that you were here
my body disbelieves it
only my dreams
bring it all back
but in faded shadows
without reality
your semen,
your warmth,
your filling of me,
eyeless witness
without tongues
have nothing to say
gone with yesterdays
fading daylight
nothing reproduced
on the canvas of me
an invention of my
imagination
without renewal
dreams are not evidence
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that you were here
my body disbelieves it
only my dreams
bring it all back
but in faded shadows
without reality
your semen,
your warmth,
your filling of me,
eyeless witness
without tongues
have nothing to say
gone with yesterdays
fading daylight
nothing reproduced
on the canvas of me
an invention of my
imagination
without renewal
dreams are not evidence
03231977
Friday, December 6, 2013
My moonshine
My moonshine
made from muddy
waters of love
flowing to the coastline
rampant and bloody
there's no salvation from above
no walk in the sunshine
so unlike the stills of Kentucky
you won't be abuzz
singing of your Clementine
drinking these spirits of the unlucky
no, but you might combust...
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made from muddy
waters of love
flowing to the coastline
rampant and bloody
there's no salvation from above
no walk in the sunshine
so unlike the stills of Kentucky
you won't be abuzz
singing of your Clementine
drinking these spirits of the unlucky
no, but you might combust...
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Here we are
The neon blared out
here we are, waiting
the lonely and desperate
we the cheated
and brokenhearted
dying, not living
in a wasteland of life
just a long never ending
and empty night
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here we are, waiting
the lonely and desperate
we the cheated
and brokenhearted
dying, not living
in a wasteland of life
just a long never ending
and empty night
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Just Marking Time
Every day
is a waiting period
I'm just marking time
ripping them off
like used calendar pages
I got through another one
so what?
This isn't living
it's like hell on earth
I felt like a woman once
my breasts bare
hugging the see thru blouses
my nipples hard for you
spraying perfume
anywhere you might touch
yesterday's rainbow has gone
now it just pours
so what?
who in the hell cares?
do you...
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is a waiting period
I'm just marking time
ripping them off
like used calendar pages
I got through another one
so what?
This isn't living
it's like hell on earth
I felt like a woman once
my breasts bare
hugging the see thru blouses
my nipples hard for you
spraying perfume
anywhere you might touch
yesterday's rainbow has gone
now it just pours
so what?
who in the hell cares?
do you...
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Thursday, December 5, 2013
at long last
Yesterday
I was an angel
who took the wrong path
Today
sitting in hell
repenting my past
Tomorrow
heaven beheld
at long last
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I was an angel
who took the wrong path
Today
sitting in hell
repenting my past
Tomorrow
heaven beheld
at long last
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Under a spell
I fell under
the spell
of my dreams
blind to the lies
and the schemes
that turned
my life to hell
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the spell
of my dreams
blind to the lies
and the schemes
that turned
my life to hell
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Singing Star
I have loved you after
time ran out
on both your watch and mine
until my body
was a single singing star
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time ran out
on both your watch and mine
until my body
was a single singing star
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Landing Safely
I have no luck
with men at all
always landing on
barren deserts
with no vegetation
to nourish me...
Their feelings
are mapped out
differently
than women's
all exterior surface
like their bodies
I keep all that I am
inside... being woman
a soft mattress
to lay on
falling with all
the weight of you
onto me
landing safely...
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with men at all
always landing on
barren deserts
with no vegetation
to nourish me...
Their feelings
are mapped out
differently
than women's
all exterior surface
like their bodies
I keep all that I am
inside... being woman
a soft mattress
to lay on
falling with all
the weight of you
onto me
landing safely...
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Adrift in limbo
This is what limbo is like, holding your breath and waiting for something to happen. Closure, a new beginning, an ending to an old chapter, waiting, just waiting.
You observe life going on all around you. Watching, waiting, in stagnation. Lost, adrift, abandoned, left to rot, or sink without a trace.
A boat on a sea of turmoil with no sails....
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You observe life going on all around you. Watching, waiting, in stagnation. Lost, adrift, abandoned, left to rot, or sink without a trace.
A boat on a sea of turmoil with no sails....
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Bingo
I must confess
that I have not yet
learned to understand you
I would like to
climb inside and see
just what makes you tick
you're everywhere
or is it just my imagination
someone is always
mentioning your name
or something about you
I think I could move
out of the country even
and someone would ask
about you... "have you seen"
I'm either going to get
over loving you
or win you one of these days
like a Crackerjack prize
Did you see what I found
in my box!!!
bingo... I win
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that I have not yet
learned to understand you
I would like to
climb inside and see
just what makes you tick
you're everywhere
or is it just my imagination
someone is always
mentioning your name
or something about you
I think I could move
out of the country even
and someone would ask
about you... "have you seen"
I'm either going to get
over loving you
or win you one of these days
like a Crackerjack prize
Did you see what I found
in my box!!!
bingo... I win
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Youthful Folly
Love my youthful folly
carried me on its wings
I couldn't help but sing
when I fell from on high
still, I wasn't sorry
even through the tears
I cried....
I remember it fondly
year after year....
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carried me on its wings
I couldn't help but sing
when I fell from on high
still, I wasn't sorry
even through the tears
I cried....
I remember it fondly
year after year....
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Whirlwind of turmoil
Today is one of havoc
and mental confusion
rush... rush... rush...
How easily others seem
to lead their calm lives
The have money
husbands who care,
happiness...
I'm a whirlwind
of turmoil
in comparison
caught in the
incurable disease
of love's crutches...
Dear Doctor
can you cure
this illness?...
You ignore my
platitudes
by your own choice
and the disease
spreads...
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and mental confusion
rush... rush... rush...
How easily others seem
to lead their calm lives
The have money
husbands who care,
happiness...
I'm a whirlwind
of turmoil
in comparison
caught in the
incurable disease
of love's crutches...
Dear Doctor
can you cure
this illness?...
You ignore my
platitudes
by your own choice
and the disease
spreads...
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Rattling Bones
The world a shallow grave
just deep enough
to bury our dreams,
but still expose our mistakes...
rattling bones
of deeds gone wrong....
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just deep enough
to bury our dreams,
but still expose our mistakes...
rattling bones
of deeds gone wrong....
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World on a shelf
I deceived myself
dreaming dreams
that would never be
my world on a shelf
wasting my springs
never truly free
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dreaming dreams
that would never be
my world on a shelf
wasting my springs
never truly free
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just waiting
I am bored
with what I am
locked up everything
that I ever was before
taking my daily pill
waiting for my cycle
that is part of the woman
I am... you knew
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with what I am
locked up everything
that I ever was before
taking my daily pill
waiting for my cycle
that is part of the woman
I am... you knew
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Monday, December 2, 2013
Life is like the sea
Life's trails are like sea shells on the beach you come upon them one at a time. The are all different indesign and color and you often wonder what brought them to where they are.
If you put them to your ear you can hear the peace of the ocean. And if we listen in life we can hear the still small voice in our ear that tells us "everything will be okay".
That is our guardian angel speaking to us. Life like the ocean has its ebbs and flows. Nothing is constant except the divine. He is always with us, steadying us in our faith, guiding us with His eternal light, and comforting us with His endless love.
Like the sea we all have our stormy times. And times of calm and peacefulness. Each day the sun rises and the sun sets and if we bother to notice we find each one unique and magnificent.
Driftwood is like some of us gliding through life without true consciousness and washing up on shore unsure of what brought us there.
Sometimes life is a tangle like the seaweed that wraps itself around whatever it encounters. Life like the sea is full of hidden dangers, drop offs, and debris. Be aware on your journey, seek guidance of the divine.
Rid yourself of the excess baggage of hidden anger, fear, prejudice, hatred, and all negativity which are pollutants to the spirit. Much rainfall, runoff, drainage, and others sources finds its way into our seas.
Be careful of what you allow into the environment to be washed away as well as what you expose yourself to in life. Be of good company. Do not enter where your angels will not go.
Do not expose yourself to the sickness of evil or violence. Clean your beaches and your heart that they may both be pure. All things are divine gifts to be treated with respect and gratitude that they my thrive.
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If you put them to your ear you can hear the peace of the ocean. And if we listen in life we can hear the still small voice in our ear that tells us "everything will be okay".
That is our guardian angel speaking to us. Life like the ocean has its ebbs and flows. Nothing is constant except the divine. He is always with us, steadying us in our faith, guiding us with His eternal light, and comforting us with His endless love.
Like the sea we all have our stormy times. And times of calm and peacefulness. Each day the sun rises and the sun sets and if we bother to notice we find each one unique and magnificent.
Driftwood is like some of us gliding through life without true consciousness and washing up on shore unsure of what brought us there.
Sometimes life is a tangle like the seaweed that wraps itself around whatever it encounters. Life like the sea is full of hidden dangers, drop offs, and debris. Be aware on your journey, seek guidance of the divine.
Rid yourself of the excess baggage of hidden anger, fear, prejudice, hatred, and all negativity which are pollutants to the spirit. Much rainfall, runoff, drainage, and others sources finds its way into our seas.
Be careful of what you allow into the environment to be washed away as well as what you expose yourself to in life. Be of good company. Do not enter where your angels will not go.
Do not expose yourself to the sickness of evil or violence. Clean your beaches and your heart that they may both be pure. All things are divine gifts to be treated with respect and gratitude that they my thrive.
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Be an example in life
God gave us words that we may communicate. God gave us truths that we may believe. God gave us His only son that we may be saved.
God, our Father, loves us more than we could ever imagine. God gave us life that we may experience and remember. That we may love and share. That we may serve and find purpose.
For this is our journey and we touch the lives of those we pass along the way. Be an example of God's love in your sharing, giving, loving, and in your faith.
We teach most, not with words but by example. Be an example of love in action. When you see someone in need, don't close your eyes and pass by. What would Jesus do?
Do what is necessary and do it with heartfelt love. For whatever you do for the least of my brothers you do for me. So said Jesus.
This life is not about who accumulates the most things, although possessions themselves are not evil. God wants us to have abundance, but not as our sole purpose in life.
We are here to learn, to teach, to remember and to exhibit the love of God that we have been blessed with. God will show us the way if we let him.
Pray for guidance, for insight, for strength through trails and faith that all will be well. We cannot always see the purpose behind events as they happen.
Look for the lesson in all things. Be open to hear, to know a greater intent than what is happening in the moment. Be at peace knowing God will show you the way.
He sends angels to guide you. To whisper in your ear. To protect you in times of danger, and to offer you unconditional love.
We are never alone on this journey of life for we are accompanied always by heavenly hosts. Seek divine guidance and rightful living. Communication through daily prayer. Unwavering faith. And always as a child of God by example.
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God, our Father, loves us more than we could ever imagine. God gave us life that we may experience and remember. That we may love and share. That we may serve and find purpose.
For this is our journey and we touch the lives of those we pass along the way. Be an example of God's love in your sharing, giving, loving, and in your faith.
We teach most, not with words but by example. Be an example of love in action. When you see someone in need, don't close your eyes and pass by. What would Jesus do?
Do what is necessary and do it with heartfelt love. For whatever you do for the least of my brothers you do for me. So said Jesus.
This life is not about who accumulates the most things, although possessions themselves are not evil. God wants us to have abundance, but not as our sole purpose in life.
We are here to learn, to teach, to remember and to exhibit the love of God that we have been blessed with. God will show us the way if we let him.
Pray for guidance, for insight, for strength through trails and faith that all will be well. We cannot always see the purpose behind events as they happen.
Look for the lesson in all things. Be open to hear, to know a greater intent than what is happening in the moment. Be at peace knowing God will show you the way.
He sends angels to guide you. To whisper in your ear. To protect you in times of danger, and to offer you unconditional love.
We are never alone on this journey of life for we are accompanied always by heavenly hosts. Seek divine guidance and rightful living. Communication through daily prayer. Unwavering faith. And always as a child of God by example.
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Cracked Plaster
Many people
surrounded me
making bets if I would last
I'm made of durable material
I'll outlast them all...
I've had my sex life opened up for analysis
They've openly discussed
my choice of lovers
muttering what a mess
I've made of myself...
My world has crashed in
on the head of everything
The plaster has cracked
but I'm still here
I've accused myself,
tried myself
and judged myself
more guilty
then they ever would have
and sentenced myself
to crippled writings
people with ghosts
of yesterdays...
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surrounded me
making bets if I would last
I'm made of durable material
I'll outlast them all...
I've had my sex life opened up for analysis
They've openly discussed
my choice of lovers
muttering what a mess
I've made of myself...
My world has crashed in
on the head of everything
The plaster has cracked
but I'm still here
I've accused myself,
tried myself
and judged myself
more guilty
then they ever would have
and sentenced myself
to crippled writings
people with ghosts
of yesterdays...
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Awaken the waters
The earth is hard
but the sand is not
the early morning sunrise
born from the sea
bears its reddening fruit
across the horizon
of the oceans
slowly turning the dawn
red as with blood
in translucent light
stained with the fruit
of ripened berries
the fingers of it spreading
to walk the lightening day
blossoming forth
Christmas aglitter
in the sky
like stained glass windows
to awaken the waters
of a new day
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but the sand is not
the early morning sunrise
born from the sea
bears its reddening fruit
across the horizon
of the oceans
slowly turning the dawn
red as with blood
in translucent light
stained with the fruit
of ripened berries
the fingers of it spreading
to walk the lightening day
blossoming forth
Christmas aglitter
in the sky
like stained glass windows
to awaken the waters
of a new day
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Sunday, December 1, 2013
My road home
My wounds
healed
My mind
opened
Eternity awaits
outside of time
forgiveness
my road home
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healed
My mind
opened
Eternity awaits
outside of time
forgiveness
my road home
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My Athena
I wake
calling out
"Athena, Athena"
are you still there?
Darkness fills the room
with deafening silence
and fear....
I cry out in panic
could my guardian angel
truly be gone?
Awake my child
is all I hear....
My nightmare over
my Athena near....
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calling out
"Athena, Athena"
are you still there?
Darkness fills the room
with deafening silence
and fear....
I cry out in panic
could my guardian angel
truly be gone?
Awake my child
is all I hear....
My nightmare over
my Athena near....
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With you
With you I felt
so warm...
and satisfied...
and happy...
it was oh so lovely
the times we had...
and I wouldn't change one thing
not one...
the walk along the beach
the touch of you
it was all so perfect
just as I think you are...
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so warm...
and satisfied...
and happy...
it was oh so lovely
the times we had...
and I wouldn't change one thing
not one...
the walk along the beach
the touch of you
it was all so perfect
just as I think you are...
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Saturday, November 30, 2013
Chew on this
The man who chews on his woman
will be poisoned by her gall.
The woman who chews on her man
will end her days as a toothless hag.
The poet who writes of food
will never go hungry.
The poet who describes her friends at the table
will eat her words.
The poet who writes on rice paper
will nourish her critics.
A poem about food will not feed
the starving nations.
Your own mouth will eat you
if you don't watch out.
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will be poisoned by her gall.
The woman who chews on her man
will end her days as a toothless hag.
The poet who writes of food
will never go hungry.
The poet who describes her friends at the table
will eat her words.
The poet who writes on rice paper
will nourish her critics.
A poem about food will not feed
the starving nations.
Your own mouth will eat you
if you don't watch out.
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Garments of Mistakes
My garments
of mistakes
have weighed
so heavily on me
over so many years
I pray for forgiveness
to wake again
naked without shame
free to walk in heaven
with those I love
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of mistakes
have weighed
so heavily on me
over so many years
I pray for forgiveness
to wake again
naked without shame
free to walk in heaven
with those I love
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Friday, November 29, 2013
In exile
In exile
we seek mercy
and protection
from ourselves
we wicked souls
left to cry
left to pray
for salvation...
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we seek mercy
and protection
from ourselves
we wicked souls
left to cry
left to pray
for salvation...
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The children of Eve
The children of Eve
left in a garden of weeds
that have gone to seed
souls unable to feed....
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left in a garden of weeds
that have gone to seed
souls unable to feed....
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Lost Souls
In the city of death
we make love to fear
shadows caress us
and steal our breath...
may angels appear
our lost souls entrust
deliverance to Nazareth
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we make love to fear
shadows caress us
and steal our breath...
may angels appear
our lost souls entrust
deliverance to Nazareth
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When we had it all
Man seeking
to set the universe
in order
redemption
not possible
for the arrogant
who will surely fall
just like Eden
when we had it all
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to set the universe
in order
redemption
not possible
for the arrogant
who will surely fall
just like Eden
when we had it all
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Alchemy
The alchemists
came forward
with the gold
of Orion
Golden stars
to light the way
into the light of faith
wings of angels
ready for flight
soon will deliver us
from the dark of night....
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came forward
with the gold
of Orion
Golden stars
to light the way
into the light of faith
wings of angels
ready for flight
soon will deliver us
from the dark of night....
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In the beginning
In the beginning was the word
but I had no ears to hear
left to stumble along
seeking visions so clear
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but I had no ears to hear
left to stumble along
seeking visions so clear
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The pupil
My slate board
filled with mistakes
me the pupil
still not ready to learn,
but one day,
I pray
my teacher will arrive
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filled with mistakes
me the pupil
still not ready to learn,
but one day,
I pray
my teacher will arrive
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Washed Clean Again
I wash away my tears
naked in the rain
the sum of all my fears
bones made of pain
crumbling over years
and washed clean again
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naked in the rain
the sum of all my fears
bones made of pain
crumbling over years
and washed clean again
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You needed a shepherd
I brought on the rain
running from shelter
blinded, insane
more child than elder
my mistakes caused pain
I should have known better
parenting is no game
you needed a shepherd
who knew of refrain
and love unmeasured
not a world deranged
and a childhood untreasured...
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running from shelter
blinded, insane
more child than elder
my mistakes caused pain
I should have known better
parenting is no game
you needed a shepherd
who knew of refrain
and love unmeasured
not a world deranged
and a childhood untreasured...
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Fly or Fall
I turned to the angels
my act of redemption
my last leap of faith
either I'd fly or I'd fall
how else to right all the wrong?
praying to change the path
I'd been on....
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my act of redemption
my last leap of faith
either I'd fly or I'd fall
how else to right all the wrong?
praying to change the path
I'd been on....
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My pardon
Boxed away
and forgotten
the trouble
I caused
until,
your reminding
pardon...
on my dying
day...
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and forgotten
the trouble
I caused
until,
your reminding
pardon...
on my dying
day...
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A simple mistake
I wore obsession
over my eyes
a blinding mask
too hard to remove
and see the lies
for what they were...
fooling myself so easy
in a stupor of blame
my stone cast
to ripple through
the pond of my life
hurting many
in ripple's wake
all over a simple mistake
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over my eyes
a blinding mask
too hard to remove
and see the lies
for what they were...
fooling myself so easy
in a stupor of blame
my stone cast
to ripple through
the pond of my life
hurting many
in ripple's wake
all over a simple mistake
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Face it
I was blind
and loved to blame
him and him and her
mom and dad
brother and sister
my children too
life and life and life
all wrong turns
always in front of me
me the victim
me the wronged
angry, and hurt
building baggage
bulging over the years
never once stopping
to look in the mirror
to take some responsibility
to cast aside my hostility
until it was too late
to change my path
to set things right
left to pray for forgiveness
in forgetful declining years...
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and loved to blame
him and him and her
mom and dad
brother and sister
my children too
life and life and life
all wrong turns
always in front of me
me the victim
me the wronged
angry, and hurt
building baggage
bulging over the years
never once stopping
to look in the mirror
to take some responsibility
to cast aside my hostility
until it was too late
to change my path
to set things right
left to pray for forgiveness
in forgetful declining years...
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Erased
You looked different in the morning light
not so charming, surely some mistake
removed from the smoke and haze
of the blaring dance club dub night
you slithered away, an appalling snake
laundered sheets, you've been erased
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not so charming, surely some mistake
removed from the smoke and haze
of the blaring dance club dub night
you slithered away, an appalling snake
laundered sheets, you've been erased
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Sharing
I love you
yet there are those
who want to share
themselves
with me...
to let me be part
of their world
now and then
and for a time
awhile
maybe more
or not too long at all...
how can I refuse
someone
the right to be kind
to me
or is it because
I need
people to be kind
to me
love me
share with me
their lives
themselves...
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yet there are those
who want to share
themselves
with me...
to let me be part
of their world
now and then
and for a time
awhile
maybe more
or not too long at all...
how can I refuse
someone
the right to be kind
to me
or is it because
I need
people to be kind
to me
love me
share with me
their lives
themselves...
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Thursday, November 28, 2013
Bare Bark
I've walked along
this road
for a long time now.
I know I'll have to turn somewhere,
or, perhaps,
turn back
to my beginnings.
Along the way
the leaves have fallen off of me,
so I walk this road
with only the bare bark
of my own winter.
It's the last that is left of me
and
the best.
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this road
for a long time now.
I know I'll have to turn somewhere,
or, perhaps,
turn back
to my beginnings.
Along the way
the leaves have fallen off of me,
so I walk this road
with only the bare bark
of my own winter.
It's the last that is left of me
and
the best.
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Life is an adventure
You are in the discovery zone, here to find your spirit and your purpose. You have your lifetime to fulfill it. Each step along the way is important in your search. Travel with loving care.
Examine each new find as a clue in your development. As a step along the way to who you are to become. A constantly evolving process. Each day is important along the way. Live it fully, consciously, joyfully.
Nothing is common, least of all ourselves. No two things are exactly alike. Find the uniqueness in your world around you and in yourself. You truly are one-of-a-kind, as is your purpose.
You are here to do an errand for God that He chose no one else, but you, to do. How special that makes each of us. And all we pass along the way in life will somehow be affected by our journey.
Even the slightest encounter can be important for we know not the difference we may make in another's life. Always be your best authentic self. The you that no one else can be.
Make your choices consciously for they cause ripples in the universe of life. Keep a journal if you choose. It can be a road map of your journey of spiritual enlightenment. You are the documentarian and it is your personal adventure.
You are the featured player. All others are supportive players, bit players or perhaps for a time co-stars. You may be the producer and director, but the Divine is the screen writer and the casting coach. But most importantly, the creator.
Be aware of the synchronicity in life, it may be a cue or a clue. No one can ever upstage us and the unknown is but the next act waiting to be played.
Be ready for act two be releasing the baggage of the past production that we may create anew, unburdened, a continuing development of the self we are here to be, true to our purpose.
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Examine each new find as a clue in your development. As a step along the way to who you are to become. A constantly evolving process. Each day is important along the way. Live it fully, consciously, joyfully.
Nothing is common, least of all ourselves. No two things are exactly alike. Find the uniqueness in your world around you and in yourself. You truly are one-of-a-kind, as is your purpose.
You are here to do an errand for God that He chose no one else, but you, to do. How special that makes each of us. And all we pass along the way in life will somehow be affected by our journey.
Even the slightest encounter can be important for we know not the difference we may make in another's life. Always be your best authentic self. The you that no one else can be.
Make your choices consciously for they cause ripples in the universe of life. Keep a journal if you choose. It can be a road map of your journey of spiritual enlightenment. You are the documentarian and it is your personal adventure.
You are the featured player. All others are supportive players, bit players or perhaps for a time co-stars. You may be the producer and director, but the Divine is the screen writer and the casting coach. But most importantly, the creator.
Be aware of the synchronicity in life, it may be a cue or a clue. No one can ever upstage us and the unknown is but the next act waiting to be played.
Be ready for act two be releasing the baggage of the past production that we may create anew, unburdened, a continuing development of the self we are here to be, true to our purpose.
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I'll be the shoulder
Go my children
learn for yourselves
what you were too young
to understand....
May you be stronger than me
should heartbreak and loss
cross your path...
If not, I'll be the shoulder
for you to cry on...
the one I never had...
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learn for yourselves
what you were too young
to understand....
May you be stronger than me
should heartbreak and loss
cross your path...
If not, I'll be the shoulder
for you to cry on...
the one I never had...
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On the town
I've been out there once or twice
it's almost like going to a
department store for human beings.
We are all beautifully packaged,
with painted on smiles,
advertising our own needs.
There is something irreverent
about my seductive masquerades,
hiding loneliness
with nippled t-shirts
and missing you....
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it's almost like going to a
department store for human beings.
We are all beautifully packaged,
with painted on smiles,
advertising our own needs.
There is something irreverent
about my seductive masquerades,
hiding loneliness
with nippled t-shirts
and missing you....
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Riding the river
Faded yesterdays
ride along the river
taking memories away
from this aging drifter
poet old and gray
waiting to be delivered
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ride along the river
taking memories away
from this aging drifter
poet old and gray
waiting to be delivered
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Grave of lost love
The grave of lost love
held me for too long
fitting like a glove
until my youth was gone
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held me for too long
fitting like a glove
until my youth was gone
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and the sun warms me
I have my storms
and my calms
at times the rain of tears flow
and other times
I am as in a fog
the scars I have earned
are the freeways
that blotch my life
having been traveled by others
who have only passed through
and I stretch out
upon myself
and the sun warms me
awake... each day
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and my calms
at times the rain of tears flow
and other times
I am as in a fog
the scars I have earned
are the freeways
that blotch my life
having been traveled by others
who have only passed through
and I stretch out
upon myself
and the sun warms me
awake... each day
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Love's Chore
You left me at love's door
closed it behind
to be opened no more
how did it feel to walk away?
It took less courage
then to love and stay...
We did compliment each other well
enjoyed our brief times together
that is until...
you took the stars out of the sky
made life all darkness
and said goodbye
it really can't matter anymore
if cobwebs are growing
around love's sweet door
unburdened, falling
through life's floor
surely broken and unfeeling
such was love's chore
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closed it behind
to be opened no more
how did it feel to walk away?
It took less courage
then to love and stay...
We did compliment each other well
enjoyed our brief times together
that is until...
you took the stars out of the sky
made life all darkness
and said goodbye
it really can't matter anymore
if cobwebs are growing
around love's sweet door
unburdened, falling
through life's floor
surely broken and unfeeling
such was love's chore
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New old friend
Sometimes it seems
as though I've been everywhere,
as though I'm returning again
knowing who I'll experience
and why.
I know I've known him before,
there must have been a time,
a moment alone
on an elevator
or across a room... forgotten.
We did touch each other once before.
He's a brand new
old friend.
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as though I've been everywhere,
as though I'm returning again
knowing who I'll experience
and why.
I know I've known him before,
there must have been a time,
a moment alone
on an elevator
or across a room... forgotten.
We did touch each other once before.
He's a brand new
old friend.
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Monday, November 25, 2013
A million miles
A million miles
of imagination
crossed in a flash
just a dream
this life
that passed so fast
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of imagination
crossed in a flash
just a dream
this life
that passed so fast
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discovery
Should I explain
the unexplainable
or should I omit
my thoughts burying them
in the sand
covered with footprints
washed away
eroded by the beach waters
the bones of yesteryears
ground into particles
sifted through
my fingers...
settling again
to be left
for others
to discover tomorrow....
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the unexplainable
or should I omit
my thoughts burying them
in the sand
covered with footprints
washed away
eroded by the beach waters
the bones of yesteryears
ground into particles
sifted through
my fingers...
settling again
to be left
for others
to discover tomorrow....
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The Phantom
I'm so lonely for you
for what we had
what you were to me
the sun, moon, stars
my very breath...
night has swallowed me
and spits me out again
I don't trust men anymore
they're a lie...
spoken in a raspy voice
across the distance
no one touches me again
deep inside where you did
you are the phantom
who molests me in my dreams
I crawl into the shell of me
and shut the world out....
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for what we had
what you were to me
the sun, moon, stars
my very breath...
night has swallowed me
and spits me out again
I don't trust men anymore
they're a lie...
spoken in a raspy voice
across the distance
no one touches me again
deep inside where you did
you are the phantom
who molests me in my dreams
I crawl into the shell of me
and shut the world out....
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Elevator World
I ride my life
in an elevator world
with so many
ups and downs
hardly ever stopping
at any floor
shut in that
small cubicle
by myself
pushing the buttons
occasionally someone
steps in for the ride
but only briefly
the cords hum
with movement
"what floor please"
I ask myself
I would like to
be able to say...
to tell myself
where to go...
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in an elevator world
with so many
ups and downs
hardly ever stopping
at any floor
shut in that
small cubicle
by myself
pushing the buttons
occasionally someone
steps in for the ride
but only briefly
the cords hum
with movement
"what floor please"
I ask myself
I would like to
be able to say...
to tell myself
where to go...
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too far from home
Take me home
rescue me
I'm lost and wandering
too far from
the place I need to be
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rescue me
I'm lost and wandering
too far from
the place I need to be
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Nobody's waiting anywhere
I walk slowly
not because I'm tired
but because nobody's waiting
anywhere.
I don't even wear a watch
because I never have to know what time it is.
There isn't a road
or a plane
I wouldn't take
looking to find somewhere brighter
than where I am.
People try to reach me
but there is so little left
I cannot respond.
Yet,
when I stop to talk
or touch
I leave slowly,
not because I'm tired,
but because
nobody's waiting
anywhere
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not because I'm tired
but because nobody's waiting
anywhere.
I don't even wear a watch
because I never have to know what time it is.
There isn't a road
or a plane
I wouldn't take
looking to find somewhere brighter
than where I am.
People try to reach me
but there is so little left
I cannot respond.
Yet,
when I stop to talk
or touch
I leave slowly,
not because I'm tired,
but because
nobody's waiting
anywhere
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Sunday, November 24, 2013
Tea in the garden
Tea in the garden
lost tranquility
weed choked Eden
our fallen harmony
there are no pardons
no saving testimony
just a sole carpenter
trying to set us free
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lost tranquility
weed choked Eden
our fallen harmony
there are no pardons
no saving testimony
just a sole carpenter
trying to set us free
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The dance of youth
The dance of youth
slowly ends
the music fading
drifting away
the last notes
linger slightly
gentle reminders
of earlier times
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slowly ends
the music fading
drifting away
the last notes
linger slightly
gentle reminders
of earlier times
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The ultimate freedom
Freedom
is more
than a word
sounding in the distance
more than a child
kicking in the womb
more than tears
falling over life's changes
freedom
is to understand
we're all the same
we fall like rain
upon this land
to feed the earth...
we are all
born to die
and death
is the ultimate
freedom.
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is more
than a word
sounding in the distance
more than a child
kicking in the womb
more than tears
falling over life's changes
freedom
is to understand
we're all the same
we fall like rain
upon this land
to feed the earth...
we are all
born to die
and death
is the ultimate
freedom.
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Saturday, November 23, 2013
I did
They said
I couldn't
They said
I shouldn't
I did....
and it made
all the difference
in the world
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I couldn't
They said
I shouldn't
I did....
and it made
all the difference
in the world
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True Tragedy
My impossible dreams
still with me after decades
forgetting easier each day
but giving up betrays
a soul that never tried
to soar, to fly
and that's true tragedy...
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still with me after decades
forgetting easier each day
but giving up betrays
a soul that never tried
to soar, to fly
and that's true tragedy...
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Strangely Happy
This dark age surrounds me
yet I sit in peaceful bliss
unburdened and free
memories falling into an abyss
leaving me strangely happy
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yet I sit in peaceful bliss
unburdened and free
memories falling into an abyss
leaving me strangely happy
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Raindrops
The sun shines
thru
the raindrops
on the window
making them twinkle
like little stars
the stars
at night
must be raindrops
twinkling
on the windows
of heaven...
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thru
the raindrops
on the window
making them twinkle
like little stars
the stars
at night
must be raindrops
twinkling
on the windows
of heaven...
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Friday, November 22, 2013
Porous
You are man
impossible at coping
with today's tears....
You are made of
steel hard and cold
I am china... I break
so easily... fragile
veins porous with love
I am woman....
pregnant with wanting
you... him without feelings
writing poems of yesterday
hoping for tomorrows
with you to fill me...
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Counterfeit
I've grown into
an unwilling
counterfeit...
I cannot accept
myself as I am
I make advances
inch by inch
into mornings, changes
each day bringing
small differences
until...
I no longer
will be myself
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an unwilling
counterfeit...
I cannot accept
myself as I am
I make advances
inch by inch
into mornings, changes
each day bringing
small differences
until...
I no longer
will be myself
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and for you
It's so hard
holding you
knowing that
love for me
is more than mere illusions
and for you
it is a dream
that's just begun
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holding you
knowing that
love for me
is more than mere illusions
and for you
it is a dream
that's just begun
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Thursday, November 21, 2013
Suits Me
In a game of cards
I'd be the Queen of Hearts
it comes quite naturally
the jack is male
the king is male
so it's all quite figuratively
the other queens are much too dark
and the one of diamonds
is much too quadrangily
the rest of the cards
as far as I can see
are much too numerically
to ever be just me...
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I'd be the Queen of Hearts
it comes quite naturally
the jack is male
the king is male
so it's all quite figuratively
the other queens are much too dark
and the one of diamonds
is much too quadrangily
the rest of the cards
as far as I can see
are much too numerically
to ever be just me...
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Tranquilizers of yesteryears
I feed on memories
tranquilizers of yesteryears
sitting at the bottom of myself
I couldn't have gone much lower
I always return to the same subject
you... written in variegated colors
Sex with you... I couldn't have climbed higher
and the rest of the times were just as good
It shocked so many to realize
we were having an affair
In fact I don't believe it myself
it was really too brief to be an affair
I guess it was only a dream...
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tranquilizers of yesteryears
sitting at the bottom of myself
I couldn't have gone much lower
I always return to the same subject
you... written in variegated colors
Sex with you... I couldn't have climbed higher
and the rest of the times were just as good
It shocked so many to realize
we were having an affair
In fact I don't believe it myself
it was really too brief to be an affair
I guess it was only a dream...
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Wishing a little
Someone told me
that there is only one
real love
you ever really get
in your life
and most of the time
you never get to
fulfill it
for it seldom stays
and so you find some else
someone who is second
and adjust
and make do
and live the rest of
your life in relative happiness
now and then thinking
and wondering
and wishing a little
for that one love
you wanted
so very much.
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that there is only one
real love
you ever really get
in your life
and most of the time
you never get to
fulfill it
for it seldom stays
and so you find some else
someone who is second
and adjust
and make do
and live the rest of
your life in relative happiness
now and then thinking
and wondering
and wishing a little
for that one love
you wanted
so very much.
06021975
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
They could not stay
Until death demise me
I will walk this floor
never wanting, never needing
anyone... anymore
Alone I walk to where I go
my friends of yesterday
gone to other times and places
they found they could not stay...
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I will walk this floor
never wanting, never needing
anyone... anymore
Alone I walk to where I go
my friends of yesterday
gone to other times and places
they found they could not stay...
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A simple thing
Love is a simple thing
not a mountain you must climb
but a gentle butterfly
come to sit softly on your shoulder
It isn't bound to the ground
but flies free
with wings as light as your heart
It is not an accumulation of much
but an enjoyment of simple things
flowers... sunlight
and freedom
Unchained from everyday worries
by joining your hearts together
blown on the breeze
of the goodness of giving
Love doesn't ask much
but gives all
and if left unattended
flies away
its wings carrying it further
than the eye of the unloving...
Let me light on your shoulder
my love...
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not a mountain you must climb
but a gentle butterfly
come to sit softly on your shoulder
It isn't bound to the ground
but flies free
with wings as light as your heart
It is not an accumulation of much
but an enjoyment of simple things
flowers... sunlight
and freedom
Unchained from everyday worries
by joining your hearts together
blown on the breeze
of the goodness of giving
Love doesn't ask much
but gives all
and if left unattended
flies away
its wings carrying it further
than the eye of the unloving...
Let me light on your shoulder
my love...
03261977
Honor your life
Honor yourself by keeping your home in order, your finances in order, and your life in order. Pay your debts in a timely manner, affirming your belief in God's abundance.
Keep your home as if a guest may appear at any time for you never know when angels will call unawares. Honor all aspects of self: physical, mental, and spiritual.
Be moderate in all things that your health is not compromised. Be cleanly in all things. Walking not only is good exercise but a chance to enjoy the beauty of the universe.
Breathe deeply, admire the flowers, trees, listen to the birds, notice the rabbits that come out at dusk, the night owls that hoot. Be at peace. Take time to read to expand your mind.
Take time to meditate, to pray, to be whole in spirit. When preparing food make not only wholesome, but attractive meals. Even if you're dining alone. Eat at the table on china, add flowers to the table.
Never forget to give thanks for what you receive and to end your day being grateful for the blessings of that day. There are always, at least, five things to be grateful for.
Recognize your gifts which are blessings from God and honor those talents by using them to His great good. Waste not your life in idleness, gossip, bigotry, or negativity, but practice a life of loving and giving and following the spiritual path.
Do not be in fear for your Heavenly Father is always near and will provide for you. Practice faith, knowing and trusting in the Lord. Treat others with the kindness that you wish to receive yourself.
Smile often, it's a gift you can give freely to all who pass your way. Honor your relationships with friends and family for what you give, you also receive.
Everything in the universe is God's creation, honor its existence. Walk with the angels and be at peace.
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Keep your home as if a guest may appear at any time for you never know when angels will call unawares. Honor all aspects of self: physical, mental, and spiritual.
Be moderate in all things that your health is not compromised. Be cleanly in all things. Walking not only is good exercise but a chance to enjoy the beauty of the universe.
Breathe deeply, admire the flowers, trees, listen to the birds, notice the rabbits that come out at dusk, the night owls that hoot. Be at peace. Take time to read to expand your mind.
Take time to meditate, to pray, to be whole in spirit. When preparing food make not only wholesome, but attractive meals. Even if you're dining alone. Eat at the table on china, add flowers to the table.
Never forget to give thanks for what you receive and to end your day being grateful for the blessings of that day. There are always, at least, five things to be grateful for.
Recognize your gifts which are blessings from God and honor those talents by using them to His great good. Waste not your life in idleness, gossip, bigotry, or negativity, but practice a life of loving and giving and following the spiritual path.
Do not be in fear for your Heavenly Father is always near and will provide for you. Practice faith, knowing and trusting in the Lord. Treat others with the kindness that you wish to receive yourself.
Smile often, it's a gift you can give freely to all who pass your way. Honor your relationships with friends and family for what you give, you also receive.
Everything in the universe is God's creation, honor its existence. Walk with the angels and be at peace.
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
After I go
In between moments
faces beckon from the past
some call them visions
others call them ghosts
still I like their visits
they help me pass the time
some ask me to join them
others just stop to say hello
my time to haunt must wait
until after I go....
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faces beckon from the past
some call them visions
others call them ghosts
still I like their visits
they help me pass the time
some ask me to join them
others just stop to say hello
my time to haunt must wait
until after I go....
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Monday, November 18, 2013
Angels Call
Angels call
when I'm alone
to answer prayers
and wait for me
and to one day
take me home...
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when I'm alone
to answer prayers
and wait for me
and to one day
take me home...
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Old Poems
Old poems
kindle my fire
once confessions
of burning desire
to ash they're going
lost love's concession
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kindle my fire
once confessions
of burning desire
to ash they're going
lost love's concession
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Never Happened
I could not bear it
to think I would not see
you again... I want you
awfully... Is that bad?
It is such an ordeal
these past few months
unable to be intimate
with you... my whole life
seems like something
impossibly nice...
that never happened....
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to think I would not see
you again... I want you
awfully... Is that bad?
It is such an ordeal
these past few months
unable to be intimate
with you... my whole life
seems like something
impossibly nice...
that never happened....
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Happy
I should love so:
...to see you
...to talk with you
...oh to love you
I am so sure:
... that we're right
...that I love you, completely
...that it will last
I have no doubts anymore,
it keeps growing
and I am happy...
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...to see you
...to talk with you
...oh to love you
I am so sure:
... that we're right
...that I love you, completely
...that it will last
I have no doubts anymore,
it keeps growing
and I am happy...
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Dark clouds of age
Dark clouds of age
surround me in forgetting
fogging my vision
blanketing today
time has done its stealing
memories wiped from the page
leaving a wake of confusion
until my dying day...
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surround me in forgetting
fogging my vision
blanketing today
time has done its stealing
memories wiped from the page
leaving a wake of confusion
until my dying day...
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Celebrate Life
Take time to celebrate life. Your's, your loved ones, friends and family. Spend time together in joy. Quality time need not be an expense. A simple walk admiring the beauty around you is enough.
Invite others to accompany you on a drive or just window shopping. Keep love alive through frequent communication. If we love someone, they are worth the time.
There is nothing that can replace the sound of their voice. But also write out your adventures, your love and share your life on paper. Letters and cards are treasures we can read and reread and little gift surprises can make our day.
They may not be expensive, but they say I care. Send photos, especially ones with a smile. They gladden the heart. And pictures of events and travels share where you've been and what you're doing.
For your birthday plant a tree that you may see it grow in coming years. Plant bulbs and flowers as it is a celebration of new life, new growth and the beauty of creation.
To care for a litter of kittens or puppies is to share the birth and growth process of the heart. For they certainly win ours with their wonder at everything they encounter, their first clumsy steps, their playfulness with each other, their licks and laps, their purrs and barks.
Of course nothing celebrates life more profoundly than giving birth to your own child or the joy of watching them grow and to share in their accomplishments. Of teaching and learning but most importantly, of loving.
Of drying tears, sharing laughter. Time together is precious. Don't waste it while you are waiting for better opportunities. True friends are precious gifts that enhance our lives with their presence, giving, and sharing.
Each day is a new beginning, a reason to celebrate and give thanks.
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Sunday, November 17, 2013
Jeffrey
Such a good dad
and loving father
he'd give all he had
and try harder
for his family
a mom couldn't be prouder
of a son who loves so lavishly
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and loving father
he'd give all he had
and try harder
for his family
a mom couldn't be prouder
of a son who loves so lavishly
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Saturday, November 16, 2013
Michelle
Daughter
loving mom
enjoy life's blessings
with each breaking dawn
hear the singing waters
fill your heart with joy and laughing
may you know splendor and wonder
and love everlasting...
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loving mom
enjoy life's blessings
with each breaking dawn
hear the singing waters
fill your heart with joy and laughing
may you know splendor and wonder
and love everlasting...
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Friday, November 15, 2013
Darkened last options
The lure of the shadows
darkened last options
always waiting....
always calling...
for the weak
for the fallen
to enter the void....
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darkened last options
always waiting....
always calling...
for the weak
for the fallen
to enter the void....
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On Hold
I've held
for more
options
and assistance
patiently
for eons it seems
only to find
no one
on the other end
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for more
options
and assistance
patiently
for eons it seems
only to find
no one
on the other end
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Under the rug
Under the rug
you'll find dark
secrets hiding
from the light
settled in dust
an undoing
should they
be revealed
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you'll find dark
secrets hiding
from the light
settled in dust
an undoing
should they
be revealed
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Endless sameness
Lies... written on
prescription pads
addiction his mistress
suffering his game
of numbness
and delusion
an endless sameness
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prescription pads
addiction his mistress
suffering his game
of numbness
and delusion
an endless sameness
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until the skies clear
Today the rain does fall
along with my tears
of lost love recalled
and joys and fears
and so I bawl
until the skies clear...
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along with my tears
of lost love recalled
and joys and fears
and so I bawl
until the skies clear...
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Truly Alive
It's the hurt
that has cut
deeply
It's the joy
that has carried
me
It's the pain
of love
and the tears
that come
afterward
that have
made me
feel truly
alive
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that has cut
deeply
It's the joy
that has carried
me
It's the pain
of love
and the tears
that come
afterward
that have
made me
feel truly
alive
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The Rain
The rain
washes down
the sun
sits behind a cloud
and tears fall
sadly
gladly
and I'm real
and live
and breathe
and flow
and the rain washes down
my feet touch the ground
there's a sound
in my heart
I love you....
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washes down
the sun
sits behind a cloud
and tears fall
sadly
gladly
and I'm real
and live
and breathe
and flow
and the rain washes down
my feet touch the ground
there's a sound
in my heart
I love you....
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Thursday, November 14, 2013
Star in your life
Stop making heroes of hulks, of glamorizing violence. Be conscious in your life and teach consciousness and responsibility to those around your. Cause and effect. Teach joy and faith. Praise accomplishment.
Learn self fulfillment and love. Accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative. Find the good in others. Be grateful in all things and look for the blessings, not the misfortunes. Ask for help, especially spiritual guidance, for the divine is always listening and waiting for our call.
Look for your true purpose, not an easy out. We are the artists of our life, create it with care. See the beauty in small things around you. Be aware and in awe of the very miracles of life itself.
Take time to reflect. Make each day a new discovery. See the beauty and self-worth in who you are, a unique individual created to achieve a purpose that only your can attain.
Consider your growth, education, goals as a personal investment. You are an asset to the world around you, discover your attributes God has given you.
Take time to be quiet and go within. To seek the spiritual in the universal. Discover what you love in life what you do well. What are the gifts you have been given?
Let God in your heart that you may grow. Open your mind that you may better see. Live your life making each day count. Take time to commune with nature and to truly see, in full awareness, how God provides for all his creation, and that there is a place for everything in life.
It is not the dramas that make life what it is, but the small everyday joys that create an abundance of blessings. Make your world a thing of beauty and you will be the star.
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Learn self fulfillment and love. Accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative. Find the good in others. Be grateful in all things and look for the blessings, not the misfortunes. Ask for help, especially spiritual guidance, for the divine is always listening and waiting for our call.
Look for your true purpose, not an easy out. We are the artists of our life, create it with care. See the beauty in small things around you. Be aware and in awe of the very miracles of life itself.
Take time to reflect. Make each day a new discovery. See the beauty and self-worth in who you are, a unique individual created to achieve a purpose that only your can attain.
Consider your growth, education, goals as a personal investment. You are an asset to the world around you, discover your attributes God has given you.
Take time to be quiet and go within. To seek the spiritual in the universal. Discover what you love in life what you do well. What are the gifts you have been given?
Let God in your heart that you may grow. Open your mind that you may better see. Live your life making each day count. Take time to commune with nature and to truly see, in full awareness, how God provides for all his creation, and that there is a place for everything in life.
It is not the dramas that make life what it is, but the small everyday joys that create an abundance of blessings. Make your world a thing of beauty and you will be the star.
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Turn off and turn on
We seem to be awash in a storm of violence where we turn. The nightly T.V. announces it as regularly as the weather report. War, drive-bys, robberies, rapes, murder, mass murder in ever increasing numbers. But the hardest to understand is the violent crimes committed by mere children.
Where has the world gone wrong that the children of the world are so lost? What have we failed to teach them: of love one another; of respect for our differences; of being God's children; of an abhorrence to violence; of soul, of self, of spirit. We should not be saturating the young with violence whether it be on the news, movies, videos or our own sense of prejudice.
To allow this is a form of child abuse in itself. We need to protest and loudly, to boycott conspicuously and to teach values clearly. What happened to the family that prays together? What happened to parental awareness? What happened to "bring the children to me"?
Those that love God do not love violence. Those that follow the saints learn to seek peace. Those that are taking time to pray are not using that time to hurt, harm, kill and maim. Are we becoming desensitized through saturation? Are we so immune that we know the proper tributes to bring to sites of violent mass destruction?
Will someone write a book of etiquette for community mourning? Not only do we need to learn to take back our neighborhoods bot to regain our families. Do we know where our children are? What they are doing? and with whom?
Turn off the T.V. and turn on the communication. Pray together each day. Give our children less things and more love. Be involved as a family. Take time to do things together. Take time not only to lecture but to listen, truly listen, and to teach.
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Where has the world gone wrong that the children of the world are so lost? What have we failed to teach them: of love one another; of respect for our differences; of being God's children; of an abhorrence to violence; of soul, of self, of spirit. We should not be saturating the young with violence whether it be on the news, movies, videos or our own sense of prejudice.
To allow this is a form of child abuse in itself. We need to protest and loudly, to boycott conspicuously and to teach values clearly. What happened to the family that prays together? What happened to parental awareness? What happened to "bring the children to me"?
Those that love God do not love violence. Those that follow the saints learn to seek peace. Those that are taking time to pray are not using that time to hurt, harm, kill and maim. Are we becoming desensitized through saturation? Are we so immune that we know the proper tributes to bring to sites of violent mass destruction?
Will someone write a book of etiquette for community mourning? Not only do we need to learn to take back our neighborhoods bot to regain our families. Do we know where our children are? What they are doing? and with whom?
Turn off the T.V. and turn on the communication. Pray together each day. Give our children less things and more love. Be involved as a family. Take time to do things together. Take time not only to lecture but to listen, truly listen, and to teach.
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Touch
There is
a language
that is touch
which consoles
comforts
lends a hand
holds a sigh
wipes a tear
shelters one
against a fear
makes love to the
one beloved
hugs a why
kisses goodbye
the voice of touch
which knows no words
whispers in silence
seeking the spirit...
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a language
that is touch
which consoles
comforts
lends a hand
holds a sigh
wipes a tear
shelters one
against a fear
makes love to the
one beloved
hugs a why
kisses goodbye
the voice of touch
which knows no words
whispers in silence
seeking the spirit...
05261962
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Another day
My house faced
the rising sun's
eastward greetings
I'd watch it race
and sing and strum
until it's light was fleeting
thankful for its grace
another day is done
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the rising sun's
eastward greetings
I'd watch it race
and sing and strum
until it's light was fleeting
thankful for its grace
another day is done
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Music Boxes
Music boxes
play little tunes
without really
knowing why
sort of like humans
I think
music boxes
only sing
when they flip
their lids
sort of like humans
I think
humans get wound up
sort of like
music boxes
I think...
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play little tunes
without really
knowing why
sort of like humans
I think
music boxes
only sing
when they flip
their lids
sort of like humans
I think
humans get wound up
sort of like
music boxes
I think...
12021970
The calm man
The calm man
prevails
long after violence
has subdued the violence
and the heart
of the warrior
is heavy and burdened
with his loss
his gain
the calm man remains
quietly unmoved
untouched by
the evolution of life...
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prevails
long after violence
has subdued the violence
and the heart
of the warrior
is heavy and burdened
with his loss
his gain
the calm man remains
quietly unmoved
untouched by
the evolution of life...
11281972
The Climb
I think of the way you moved to me,
the patent way you brought me with
you
to climb...
I guess it only happens like that
once in a lifetime
The way we opened up
to let each other in
and the way we closed again,
like petals
not like people
We were there,
you and I
I wonder if we'll ever
climb that high
again...
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the patent way you brought me with
you
to climb...
I guess it only happens like that
once in a lifetime
The way we opened up
to let each other in
and the way we closed again,
like petals
not like people
We were there,
you and I
I wonder if we'll ever
climb that high
again...
03171976
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
When I cry
I know you thought I cried too long
it isn't you
or anything you said or did
it's just that sometimes
when I cry
I go back and lose everything
I ever lost... again
it isn't you
it's just my beginnings
crashing into my endings...
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it isn't you
or anything you said or did
it's just that sometimes
when I cry
I go back and lose everything
I ever lost... again
it isn't you
it's just my beginnings
crashing into my endings...
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Monday, November 11, 2013
Those first promises
What a vicious good thing it was,
that spring when
we made those first promises...
before we were wrapped in arms
that didn't care what we looked like.
Our place held more love
than any one place
at any one time...
Even then we know (didn't we?)
how valuable that time would seem to us later...
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that spring when
we made those first promises...
before we were wrapped in arms
that didn't care what we looked like.
Our place held more love
than any one place
at any one time...
Even then we know (didn't we?)
how valuable that time would seem to us later...
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My Friend
In you
I had a wonderful friend,
the most inventive masochist couldn't
imagine the collective pain
we experienced.
What happened to one of we
happened to both of us.
We were like one person
with four legs.
We were more than friends.
We cried together,
we laughed like I've never laughed again,
we really loved each other,
at least I thought so...
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I had a wonderful friend,
the most inventive masochist couldn't
imagine the collective pain
we experienced.
What happened to one of we
happened to both of us.
We were like one person
with four legs.
We were more than friends.
We cried together,
we laughed like I've never laughed again,
we really loved each other,
at least I thought so...
03061971
Polite Indifference
It is not always the absence of love
that makes me seem alone,
often it's been too much love
given to me by the wrong people
for the wrong reasons
that keeps me here,
gladly alone,
rather than have the life sucked
out of me by the violent needs
of other minds and bodies
that does not mean
that I'm not grateful...
but I am sad
not to be able to put my arms
around those who truly loved me
and give them something more
than polite indifference.
Oh, how I tried.
I think they should know
I tried...
and I choose to be alone
rather than wrapped in arms
I could never need.
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that makes me seem alone,
often it's been too much love
given to me by the wrong people
for the wrong reasons
that keeps me here,
gladly alone,
rather than have the life sucked
out of me by the violent needs
of other minds and bodies
that does not mean
that I'm not grateful...
but I am sad
not to be able to put my arms
around those who truly loved me
and give them something more
than polite indifference.
Oh, how I tried.
I think they should know
I tried...
and I choose to be alone
rather than wrapped in arms
I could never need.
12021976
Salty Streaks
Memories wash away with tears
warmly rolling down my cheeks
until they dry and disappear
leaving only salty streaks
of each of those long away years
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warmly rolling down my cheeks
until they dry and disappear
leaving only salty streaks
of each of those long away years
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Just in case
You're so much more important
to me than any work I'll ever do...
and just so you know
I would have rather been your
lady than anything I'll ever be...
and just in case you ever think
nobody does,
"I Love You".
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to me than any work I'll ever do...
and just so you know
I would have rather been your
lady than anything I'll ever be...
and just in case you ever think
nobody does,
"I Love You".
05261976
Sunday, November 10, 2013
It was nice meeting you
I lost you in passing days
of forgetting, scrambled
memories, some faded
some not, and all those
moments seemed to
leave me out....
in the cold
of non-existence
beyond my understanding
past my pleading
for just some recognition
not for things I'd done
just for who I was
your daughter
you couldn't see me
or make that connection
all you had to say was
"it was nice meeting you"
my only reply was
"you too, goodbye"...
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of forgetting, scrambled
memories, some faded
some not, and all those
moments seemed to
leave me out....
in the cold
of non-existence
beyond my understanding
past my pleading
for just some recognition
not for things I'd done
just for who I was
your daughter
you couldn't see me
or make that connection
all you had to say was
"it was nice meeting you"
my only reply was
"you too, goodbye"...
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Inherited Moments
The way he turns,
the way he gives me words
to go to sleep with...
Did he inherit moments
from other times?
another face
or mind?
Surely he must have learned
how to love me
by loving someone else...
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the way he gives me words
to go to sleep with...
Did he inherit moments
from other times?
another face
or mind?
Surely he must have learned
how to love me
by loving someone else...
05291976
Saturday, November 9, 2013
Separate Unity
There is a way
a kind of separate unity,
that keeps people together
alone...
He is free
and so am I
love does not imprison us
it lets us go
It's far more peaceful
and infinitely more secure
knowing we are together
because we want to be
and not
because we have to be...
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a kind of separate unity,
that keeps people together
alone...
He is free
and so am I
love does not imprison us
it lets us go
It's far more peaceful
and infinitely more secure
knowing we are together
because we want to be
and not
because we have to be...
06111971
Friday, November 8, 2013
Meeting
When I met you
I just knew
I'd never be the same
When I lost you
I felt the same,
too...
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I just knew
I'd never be the same
When I lost you
I felt the same,
too...
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Chin in the clouds
Pretend you're the queen of the world
and all else are beneath you
when you're way up there
with your chin in the clouds
no one can walk on you
it's when you come down to earth
and they find out that you're vulnerable
they look for your achilles heel
and strike you dead.
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and all else are beneath you
when you're way up there
with your chin in the clouds
no one can walk on you
it's when you come down to earth
and they find out that you're vulnerable
they look for your achilles heel
and strike you dead.
06221976
Thursday and Friday
It was on a Thursday
when you drew your last breath
It was on a Friday
when I tried to face your death
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when you drew your last breath
It was on a Friday
when I tried to face your death
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You're not here
I'm raw with emotion
I'm numb with tears
I see you everywhere
but you're not here
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I'm numb with tears
I see you everywhere
but you're not here
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Left Behind
For those of us
left behind
may your star
in heaven
light our way
back to you
and guide us
in between
until
that final day
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left behind
may your star
in heaven
light our way
back to you
and guide us
in between
until
that final day
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Nourished Dreams
There are places
within a man
no woman could ever know
at the bottom of himself... somewhere
broken faces
and dreams he's nourished
since he was wide-eyed
and ten
and believing in everything....
06111977
within a man
no woman could ever know
at the bottom of himself... somewhere
broken faces
and dreams he's nourished
since he was wide-eyed
and ten
and believing in everything....
06111977
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Deep Freeze
My sorrow has been so heavy
I have to strain to breathe
the loss of you doesn't equate
my world thrown into a deep freeze
a silent suffering to contemplate
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I have to strain to breathe
the loss of you doesn't equate
my world thrown into a deep freeze
a silent suffering to contemplate
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Division
I did not mean to contaminate
his life with my complications
with my own confusion,
to allow his need for me
to encourage the collective myths
little girls are fed for breakfast
I did not unite with him
so that he must divide himself...
He only meant to love me,
he did not mean to come this far...
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his life with my complications
with my own confusion,
to allow his need for me
to encourage the collective myths
little girls are fed for breakfast
I did not unite with him
so that he must divide himself...
He only meant to love me,
he did not mean to come this far...
06111977
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
A new star
Heaven gained a new star
with your passing away
now the skies are blessed
with a new soul to shine
giving joy and light to all
just as you did for me
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with your passing away
now the skies are blessed
with a new soul to shine
giving joy and light to all
just as you did for me
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The sun always rises
The sun always rises
illuminating the way
casting out the shadows
of the troubles we encounter
bringing us a brand new day
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illuminating the way
casting out the shadows
of the troubles we encounter
bringing us a brand new day
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Sometimes we're helpless to help
There are times when we feel helpless and frustrated, especially when a loved one a friend is struggling with an addiction, in an abusive relationship or is unfairly treated at work or home.
When our children are small we can lead and guide them, but when they are grown we cannot make them follow where they refuse to go, even if it's for their own good or for the best outcome.
We can only be prepared to be there if they reach out and to pray for their welfare. Oftentimes they are aware that they are on a downward spiral, that their behavior is self destructive, and yet choose (not always consciously) to continue in the same vein.
You cannot protect them from themselves. Oh, if you are near you can take the keys away, but you may not always be there. Ask their angels to watch over, not only them, but those they encounter along the way.
Pray that others will intervene when you cannot. And pray to God to show them the way and that they may open their heart to follow.
Sometimes we have to pray for that bottom they're supposed to hit that they may climb up out of it. It may be hard to pray for someone to fail so that they may eventually win, but at times it is the necessity. Put it in God's hand and in the hands of the angels.
For we ourselves cannot always accompany them to the depths that they are going. And we need but realize, no one ever travels the road of life alone. We have free will, and free won'ts as well. The best and truest will is allowing the will of God and accepting the better outcome than we would choose for ourselves.
Do not be an enabler, do not abet destructive behavior. At times we are required to be silent lest we drive loved ones away. Know always when you stand with God He will send you guides and all will be well.
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When our children are small we can lead and guide them, but when they are grown we cannot make them follow where they refuse to go, even if it's for their own good or for the best outcome.
We can only be prepared to be there if they reach out and to pray for their welfare. Oftentimes they are aware that they are on a downward spiral, that their behavior is self destructive, and yet choose (not always consciously) to continue in the same vein.
You cannot protect them from themselves. Oh, if you are near you can take the keys away, but you may not always be there. Ask their angels to watch over, not only them, but those they encounter along the way.
Pray that others will intervene when you cannot. And pray to God to show them the way and that they may open their heart to follow.
Sometimes we have to pray for that bottom they're supposed to hit that they may climb up out of it. It may be hard to pray for someone to fail so that they may eventually win, but at times it is the necessity. Put it in God's hand and in the hands of the angels.
For we ourselves cannot always accompany them to the depths that they are going. And we need but realize, no one ever travels the road of life alone. We have free will, and free won'ts as well. The best and truest will is allowing the will of God and accepting the better outcome than we would choose for ourselves.
Do not be an enabler, do not abet destructive behavior. At times we are required to be silent lest we drive loved ones away. Know always when you stand with God He will send you guides and all will be well.
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Stars some say
Angels fill the night sky
stars some call them
shining down on us
answering prayers
and guiding us in the dark
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stars some call them
shining down on us
answering prayers
and guiding us in the dark
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In the green valley
The loneliest place
I've ever been
was not when
I was alone...
It was in a room
in the green valley
where I was in love
with someone
who wasn't in love
with me...
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I've ever been
was not when
I was alone...
It was in a room
in the green valley
where I was in love
with someone
who wasn't in love
with me...
06111977
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Slow Down
There days when we seek silence and serenity. We we slow down to be at peace. Put on some Gregorian Chants, soft music, soothing symphonies. Burn incense, or fragrant oils to clarify. Bring in some fresh flowers simply for their beauty. Read a book that you've been waiting to find the time for.
Take a solitary walk in nature. Just be. This is a time for contemplation and nurturing. Pamper yourself. Fix your favorite comfort foods. Relax. Restore. Remember. You deserve moments that honor your spirit. To be unfettered and unburdened.
All things will wait. Shut off the phone if necessary. When the soul seeks rest, honor it as you would the request of someone most dear.
Remember God loves you and did not put you here for the purpose to hurry and scurry through life. But to be conscious in it, to breathe it in awareness. To slow down that you may better see. To quiet yourself that you may take the time to know. To seek silence that you may better hear. To seek calm that you may truly feel. And in this serenity you discover a sense of being more alive than in all your hurried accomplishments.
Outdoors you actually notice the cloud's movements, the caress of a breeze, the crisp, clear fragrance of nature. Nothing is rushed but evolves. Flowers slowly open to the warmth of the day. Bees go from blossom to blossom collecting their nectar, not hurrying in their gathering.
The sun rises and takes a whole day before it sets again making its way slowly across the sky. At night it will be replaced by the moon and stars and bathe us in their golden glow. And the night creatures come out to feed and frolic.
Life is a cycle. We need not always hurry through it, but take time to let it envelop us in its great mystery and beauty. This is truly life.
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Take a solitary walk in nature. Just be. This is a time for contemplation and nurturing. Pamper yourself. Fix your favorite comfort foods. Relax. Restore. Remember. You deserve moments that honor your spirit. To be unfettered and unburdened.
All things will wait. Shut off the phone if necessary. When the soul seeks rest, honor it as you would the request of someone most dear.
Remember God loves you and did not put you here for the purpose to hurry and scurry through life. But to be conscious in it, to breathe it in awareness. To slow down that you may better see. To quiet yourself that you may take the time to know. To seek silence that you may better hear. To seek calm that you may truly feel. And in this serenity you discover a sense of being more alive than in all your hurried accomplishments.
Outdoors you actually notice the cloud's movements, the caress of a breeze, the crisp, clear fragrance of nature. Nothing is rushed but evolves. Flowers slowly open to the warmth of the day. Bees go from blossom to blossom collecting their nectar, not hurrying in their gathering.
The sun rises and takes a whole day before it sets again making its way slowly across the sky. At night it will be replaced by the moon and stars and bathe us in their golden glow. And the night creatures come out to feed and frolic.
Life is a cycle. We need not always hurry through it, but take time to let it envelop us in its great mystery and beauty. This is truly life.
04181999
One of those days
We all have bad news days. Ones that cause us to fret and fear. The purpose of fear, truly, is to remind us to trust. There is a purpose to everything under the sun, and to every event in our existence.
Have faith that God will help you to handle it. That He can achieve the best outcome. Look for the lesson in what occurs. What are we here to learn? What is God showing us that we missed knowing? How can we grow through the experience?
Some things we worry about are not our lessons to learn, but other's. Because they are our children, or family, someone we love, a good friend we take upon ourselves the events that unfold in their life.
We forget that everything is not about us. Sometimes all we need to do is listen. Sometimes people don't want advice, just a sympathetic ear and heart.
What we can do is pray for their guidance, strength, and that they may learn and grow through what they came here to know, and that they may evolve in spirit on their journey in life.
We don't have all the answers, or all the wisdom for we too are only human. We are here to learn, to remember, and to progress.
Sometimes what we consider, at first, bad news turns out to be a blessing in disguise. A life changing event to a new and better path. Or a wake up call when we're on the wrong one. A time to reevaluate our priorities, our values, our mistakes, our goals and what is truly important.
Bad news can be a spirit call that brings us into alignment with the divine. We may learn to let go, to discover "thy will, not my will" may lead to greater happiness and peace.
We may rediscover a talent, a forgotten dream that we were meant to cultivate, use, and share that we may make a difference in the lives of others. Something we buried on the rollercoaster of life. It could be a good news day, unrecognized.
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Have faith that God will help you to handle it. That He can achieve the best outcome. Look for the lesson in what occurs. What are we here to learn? What is God showing us that we missed knowing? How can we grow through the experience?
Some things we worry about are not our lessons to learn, but other's. Because they are our children, or family, someone we love, a good friend we take upon ourselves the events that unfold in their life.
We forget that everything is not about us. Sometimes all we need to do is listen. Sometimes people don't want advice, just a sympathetic ear and heart.
What we can do is pray for their guidance, strength, and that they may learn and grow through what they came here to know, and that they may evolve in spirit on their journey in life.
We don't have all the answers, or all the wisdom for we too are only human. We are here to learn, to remember, and to progress.
Sometimes what we consider, at first, bad news turns out to be a blessing in disguise. A life changing event to a new and better path. Or a wake up call when we're on the wrong one. A time to reevaluate our priorities, our values, our mistakes, our goals and what is truly important.
Bad news can be a spirit call that brings us into alignment with the divine. We may learn to let go, to discover "thy will, not my will" may lead to greater happiness and peace.
We may rediscover a talent, a forgotten dream that we were meant to cultivate, use, and share that we may make a difference in the lives of others. Something we buried on the rollercoaster of life. It could be a good news day, unrecognized.
04191999
Ghosts
We caught the train in Paris
and headed towards the coast
seeking out the chalice
and to the past drink a toast
in an ancient palace
filled with our ancestor's ghosts
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and headed towards the coast
seeking out the chalice
and to the past drink a toast
in an ancient palace
filled with our ancestor's ghosts
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Unspoken is love
He loves me...
He never has to say it out loud.
He loves me by staying with me
when all the doors are open,
by walking across a room
to touch my hair... or my face,
and by letting go of my hand,
and not wanting to.
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He never has to say it out loud.
He loves me by staying with me
when all the doors are open,
by walking across a room
to touch my hair... or my face,
and by letting go of my hand,
and not wanting to.
06111976
Monday, November 4, 2013
Find Yourself
To discover the mystery of our true self is a journey in itself, for as adults we've learned to project what others expect. We often hide behind we we do: wife, mother, grandmother, business woman, nurse, counselor, shopper, laundry maid, housekeeper, and on and on.
But we are more than what we do or the partnerships we are committed to and the families we tend. We get so caught up in serving others we forget ourselves and what we need to nurture our authentic self, our spirit, our inner child.
We need to take time to heal old wounds so that we may grow. We need to take time to pamper the spirit that we may blossom. We need to take time for ourselves to remember who we are and not just what needs to be done.
We need time for silent meditation to go within, to recapture our dreams and remember we too have desires. We need to take time to soak and bathe, to polish and shine, to pray and be at peace so we don't forget, we too, are a beautiful child of God.
We need to take time to play, to reconnect with our joy. To take time to read, to feed our intellect. We need to take time in nature to reconnect with the universe and the abundance of beauty God has created.
We need time to feel small, loved, protected and comforted and remember we are never alone for the divine keeps us in His loving care and is just waiting for us to seek Him.
We need time to express our gratitude daily for it opens our eyes to living instead of just doing. We need to take time for music for it feeds the soul.
We need to take time to laugh and love for that is part of our nature. It's okay to run barefoot on the beach, to climb in a swing and to try to touch the sky, for there is an imp in all of us.
Take time to plant and watch things grow for it is speaking to mother earth. Take time to find yourself, the real you is not lost, just neglected, but not forgotten.
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But we are more than what we do or the partnerships we are committed to and the families we tend. We get so caught up in serving others we forget ourselves and what we need to nurture our authentic self, our spirit, our inner child.
We need to take time to heal old wounds so that we may grow. We need to take time to pamper the spirit that we may blossom. We need to take time for ourselves to remember who we are and not just what needs to be done.
We need time for silent meditation to go within, to recapture our dreams and remember we too have desires. We need to take time to soak and bathe, to polish and shine, to pray and be at peace so we don't forget, we too, are a beautiful child of God.
We need to take time to play, to reconnect with our joy. To take time to read, to feed our intellect. We need to take time in nature to reconnect with the universe and the abundance of beauty God has created.
We need time to feel small, loved, protected and comforted and remember we are never alone for the divine keeps us in His loving care and is just waiting for us to seek Him.
We need time to express our gratitude daily for it opens our eyes to living instead of just doing. We need to take time for music for it feeds the soul.
We need to take time to laugh and love for that is part of our nature. It's okay to run barefoot on the beach, to climb in a swing and to try to touch the sky, for there is an imp in all of us.
Take time to plant and watch things grow for it is speaking to mother earth. Take time to find yourself, the real you is not lost, just neglected, but not forgotten.
04161999
Take time today
Time passes slowly and is gone swiftly, before we know it. Take time to recognize the gift of it, one day at a time. Do not worry for tomorrow or dwell on the mistakes of the past for this is a loss of the present and serves no good purpose.
To do our spiritual homework is an aid to growth. Do it, release it and move on. Regret is a valley of sorrow not meant to be lived in but traveled through briefly on our way to higher ground.
Like a storm that comes and wrecks havoc and then speeds on its way. Let it go and then breathe a sigh of relief that all is well. That a new day has arrived and count your blessings.
Worry will not change one thing that is destined to happen and wastes energy for what may never happen. Be of care not to draw to you negative experiences by your belief in them.
When we look for misfortune we often find it while climbing over the rubble of blessings we never noticed. We are often blinded to the daily miracles of everyday life for the lack of vision to see what is right in front of us. We didn't see the silver lining when we were concentrating on the dark clouds.
What we seek is what we find. When we remember to count our blessings each day and to be in gratitude, we begin to notice more: like the parking space that just opened up, the birds that built a nest in your hanging basket, the scent of a flower you took the time to smell.
Blessings add up to more than we imagine when we're conscious in our awareness of them. There is not a day that passes, that something happens, for us to be grateful for.
We can even be grateful for those things we don't want and didn't receive. For having our life instead of another's. For we can always find someone worse off than we, ourselves, are.
Do small things just for the joy of it. A brief walk, a few minutes out of doors, a short meditation. It brings us back to awareness and a sense of gratitude, and the gift of "this" day.
04151999
To do our spiritual homework is an aid to growth. Do it, release it and move on. Regret is a valley of sorrow not meant to be lived in but traveled through briefly on our way to higher ground.
Like a storm that comes and wrecks havoc and then speeds on its way. Let it go and then breathe a sigh of relief that all is well. That a new day has arrived and count your blessings.
Worry will not change one thing that is destined to happen and wastes energy for what may never happen. Be of care not to draw to you negative experiences by your belief in them.
When we look for misfortune we often find it while climbing over the rubble of blessings we never noticed. We are often blinded to the daily miracles of everyday life for the lack of vision to see what is right in front of us. We didn't see the silver lining when we were concentrating on the dark clouds.
What we seek is what we find. When we remember to count our blessings each day and to be in gratitude, we begin to notice more: like the parking space that just opened up, the birds that built a nest in your hanging basket, the scent of a flower you took the time to smell.
Blessings add up to more than we imagine when we're conscious in our awareness of them. There is not a day that passes, that something happens, for us to be grateful for.
We can even be grateful for those things we don't want and didn't receive. For having our life instead of another's. For we can always find someone worse off than we, ourselves, are.
Do small things just for the joy of it. A brief walk, a few minutes out of doors, a short meditation. It brings us back to awareness and a sense of gratitude, and the gift of "this" day.
04151999
I received a letter
I received a letter today and it filled me with both joy and sorrow. Joy for the receipt of it, for it is a person I have held most dear, and I felt sorrow for how little it said and how much it revealed.
It was a "me" letter speaking of another accomplishment. It didn't address any caring, or missing you, or acknowledge so much unsaid between us. And this saddened me both for the loss of what I felt was once there a long time ago, or for the lost art of letter writing which used to express so much more.
I suppose the fact that it was written and sent is a reaching out in inself. And what do I want to do with it or about it? I'm not sure. Do people realize what is unspoken says as much as when we write or speak?
Silence too is a form of communicating. What if you open your heart and receive nothing in return but the lost echo of your own words? When is it appropriate to leave well enough alone?
"What would Jesus do?" is the latest saying and a good one to make us truly consider our options. God help all wounds heal, mine as well as others. Let me truthful with myself at least . Let me mourn and release and accept what is. Let me not have expectations of others but instead seek a greater spiritual growth within myself.
Let me withhold judgements, for they are not for me to make. Let me treasure the small gifts of a familiar hand and not concentrate on what it says. Let me be at peace with myself.
Let me recognize the small miracle of a letter in itself. God does work in mysterious ways. Remember to be grateful for all that we receive.
Some things are not for our immediate understanding. Have faith that God knows more than we do and all will be revealed in time.
Trust, faith, belief, these are God's messages. He loves us unconditionally and will always show us the way. Be in thoughtful silence and the answer will come to you.
04141999
It was a "me" letter speaking of another accomplishment. It didn't address any caring, or missing you, or acknowledge so much unsaid between us. And this saddened me both for the loss of what I felt was once there a long time ago, or for the lost art of letter writing which used to express so much more.
I suppose the fact that it was written and sent is a reaching out in inself. And what do I want to do with it or about it? I'm not sure. Do people realize what is unspoken says as much as when we write or speak?
Silence too is a form of communicating. What if you open your heart and receive nothing in return but the lost echo of your own words? When is it appropriate to leave well enough alone?
"What would Jesus do?" is the latest saying and a good one to make us truly consider our options. God help all wounds heal, mine as well as others. Let me truthful with myself at least . Let me mourn and release and accept what is. Let me not have expectations of others but instead seek a greater spiritual growth within myself.
Let me withhold judgements, for they are not for me to make. Let me treasure the small gifts of a familiar hand and not concentrate on what it says. Let me be at peace with myself.
Let me recognize the small miracle of a letter in itself. God does work in mysterious ways. Remember to be grateful for all that we receive.
Some things are not for our immediate understanding. Have faith that God knows more than we do and all will be revealed in time.
Trust, faith, belief, these are God's messages. He loves us unconditionally and will always show us the way. Be in thoughtful silence and the answer will come to you.
04141999
Unmeasured
My first memories of you
show reflections of a
shy and anxious look.
You were ready to grow
but did not know the way..
"Be my friend" were the
words that started our journey.
Many people have traveled
with me since I met you.
Some stay minutes, while
others linger through
passing seasons.
Somehow you're different
from the rest.
For you have become
more than my friend
you are my purpose in life
my reason for being.
Many miles are behind us now.
We have both changed.
Our growth cannot be measured,
neither can our love.
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show reflections of a
shy and anxious look.
You were ready to grow
but did not know the way..
"Be my friend" were the
words that started our journey.
Many people have traveled
with me since I met you.
Some stay minutes, while
others linger through
passing seasons.
Somehow you're different
from the rest.
For you have become
more than my friend
you are my purpose in life
my reason for being.
Many miles are behind us now.
We have both changed.
Our growth cannot be measured,
neither can our love.
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Sunday, November 3, 2013
My Home
My home
a place of peacefulness
my dream come true
after years of struggle
now I can truly hang my hat
I've got a place to plant
a garden awaits...
I've a home for my cats
and blessings to count
my heart knows new peace
my soul is content...
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a place of peacefulness
my dream come true
after years of struggle
now I can truly hang my hat
I've got a place to plant
a garden awaits...
I've a home for my cats
and blessings to count
my heart knows new peace
my soul is content...
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At heaven's gate
Pops you were my world
the idol of a little girl
oh, how I loved you so
it broke my heart to see you go
in time we'll be together again
when with the angels I ascend
until then please do wait
and I'll meet you at heaven's gate...
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the idol of a little girl
oh, how I loved you so
it broke my heart to see you go
in time we'll be together again
when with the angels I ascend
until then please do wait
and I'll meet you at heaven's gate...
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Our awaiting home
Lap the still waters
feel the gentle breeze
this our garden of Eden
our awaiting home
where we'll find peace
where tears will cease
and we'll rejoice
together in heaven
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feel the gentle breeze
this our garden of Eden
our awaiting home
where we'll find peace
where tears will cease
and we'll rejoice
together in heaven
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You opened a door
You opened a door
to a world of peace
that I'd only dreamed
such possibility
a blessing to me
these unknown realms
now await exploring...
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to a world of peace
that I'd only dreamed
such possibility
a blessing to me
these unknown realms
now await exploring...
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Listening
I talk
you listen
it's prayer
and solace
for me
when
troubles
are too much
when
joy comes
too
each day Lord
I thank you
for listening...
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you listen
it's prayer
and solace
for me
when
troubles
are too much
when
joy comes
too
each day Lord
I thank you
for listening...
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Mountains
The mountains know
not limits in reaching
towards the sky
stars lighting them
at night, in silence
clouds kiss them
and blanket them
with snow
clouds cleanse them
washing them with rain
their majestic timeless
glory, such I behold
they embrace me
with such wonder
as I climb them
in my dreams...
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not limits in reaching
towards the sky
stars lighting them
at night, in silence
clouds kiss them
and blanket them
with snow
clouds cleanse them
washing them with rain
their majestic timeless
glory, such I behold
they embrace me
with such wonder
as I climb them
in my dreams...
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Give me insight
Give me insight
guide my travels
on this long road
send me angels
to heal the hurt
and share the joy
in all my days...
ahead
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guide my travels
on this long road
send me angels
to heal the hurt
and share the joy
in all my days...
ahead
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God's gift of today
Today is a day of God's love and of spiritual sharing. It is a journey of and by the spirit to ground me in my beliefs and to reawaken my appreciation of the wonders of the divine all around me.
I see God in the freshness after the rain and in the clouds overhead. I see God in my interaction with others and our ability to speak of the spirit to each other and to be our authentic selves with no fear of censure. To open up and left the Divine in.
I see God in the birds bathing and in the flowers blooming. I see God's hand in each archway, hallway and path that I travel on, through and around.
I feel God in my eyes, making me see more clearly. In my mind, making me more conscious and in my heart that I am not only open to the experience but to all those I meet along the way.
I feel God in the blessing of food and drink we partake of. It feeds not just the body but the spirit and is a blessing to be shared with friends.
I feel God in my thought and prayers that are filled with love and concern for family and friends. I feel God in the gift of time and of this day.
I hear God in the sound of the sea and the waves breaking and in the laughter of children. I find God in each shell along the beach and I gather them like blessings to keep and to share.
I know God in each pain I feel and I am reminded of His Son's suffering for us. And I offer up my small discomfort for all those who are in torment, are persecuted and especially for those who are lost and don't believe.
I experience God in the greater awareness He has given me and in the divine blessings of this day. I bless God in gratitude for all the gifts He has bestowed including the traffic that moves safely and smoothly taking us back to our homes and those waiting for our return.
God I walked with you today and I am refreshed.
04131999
I see God in the freshness after the rain and in the clouds overhead. I see God in my interaction with others and our ability to speak of the spirit to each other and to be our authentic selves with no fear of censure. To open up and left the Divine in.
I see God in the birds bathing and in the flowers blooming. I see God's hand in each archway, hallway and path that I travel on, through and around.
I feel God in my eyes, making me see more clearly. In my mind, making me more conscious and in my heart that I am not only open to the experience but to all those I meet along the way.
I feel God in the blessing of food and drink we partake of. It feeds not just the body but the spirit and is a blessing to be shared with friends.
I feel God in my thought and prayers that are filled with love and concern for family and friends. I feel God in the gift of time and of this day.
I hear God in the sound of the sea and the waves breaking and in the laughter of children. I find God in each shell along the beach and I gather them like blessings to keep and to share.
I know God in each pain I feel and I am reminded of His Son's suffering for us. And I offer up my small discomfort for all those who are in torment, are persecuted and especially for those who are lost and don't believe.
I experience God in the greater awareness He has given me and in the divine blessings of this day. I bless God in gratitude for all the gifts He has bestowed including the traffic that moves safely and smoothly taking us back to our homes and those waiting for our return.
God I walked with you today and I am refreshed.
04131999
Saturday, November 2, 2013
The purr of a cat
The world drives me to tears
some days are just like that
filled with sadness, filled with fear
filled with darkness to combat
but also filled with joy and cheer
sublime and subtle like the purr of a cat
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some days are just like that
filled with sadness, filled with fear
filled with darkness to combat
but also filled with joy and cheer
sublime and subtle like the purr of a cat
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Guide my path Lord
Dear God guide my path today and in all that I do and wherever I go be with me for this day. Some days are more of a struggle than others and at other times we can create a crisis in our own minds before leaving our beds. I don't want to do that God.
So I place the outcome of all things in your hands today. For I know you send us angels to guide us against misfortune. To protect us in our journeys and to whisper encouragement in our ears.
Let me have no negative thought but hold onto faith. For faith is our belief in a higher power. That power is the divine. We have free will, to make the choice to walk with God at all times and especially when we feel alone and troubled.
I am grateful for this spiritual time-out you have bestowed on me, dear Lord. That I have time to reassess my life, my path, my heart and my spirit. To look up and ask "am I serving my right purpose", or did I detour on the way? What am I here to do?
Show me the way Lord. Fill my path and heart with joy that I might bring your light to others. Use my talents to serve your greater good. Let not my will but divine will take charge this day.
Be there with me when I meditate, within my thoughts, when I pray and when I play. Give me a sense of humor today, God, that I don't take life too seriously.
Let me be aware of the hand of God in all I see, the dark clouds overhead filled with an abundance of rain. The damp smell of the earth, the flowers freshly showered.
It is a rebirth and a blessing from on high. Guide me on the road today and in my interactions with all who I encounter along my path.
Bathe me in your light. Put joy in my heart and peace in my spirit. Walk with me today. Point out the many blessings that enhance the way. Be my umbrellas and my guide for this do I pray.
04121999
So I place the outcome of all things in your hands today. For I know you send us angels to guide us against misfortune. To protect us in our journeys and to whisper encouragement in our ears.
Let me have no negative thought but hold onto faith. For faith is our belief in a higher power. That power is the divine. We have free will, to make the choice to walk with God at all times and especially when we feel alone and troubled.
I am grateful for this spiritual time-out you have bestowed on me, dear Lord. That I have time to reassess my life, my path, my heart and my spirit. To look up and ask "am I serving my right purpose", or did I detour on the way? What am I here to do?
Show me the way Lord. Fill my path and heart with joy that I might bring your light to others. Use my talents to serve your greater good. Let not my will but divine will take charge this day.
Be there with me when I meditate, within my thoughts, when I pray and when I play. Give me a sense of humor today, God, that I don't take life too seriously.
Let me be aware of the hand of God in all I see, the dark clouds overhead filled with an abundance of rain. The damp smell of the earth, the flowers freshly showered.
It is a rebirth and a blessing from on high. Guide me on the road today and in my interactions with all who I encounter along my path.
Bathe me in your light. Put joy in my heart and peace in my spirit. Walk with me today. Point out the many blessings that enhance the way. Be my umbrellas and my guide for this do I pray.
04121999
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