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thinking of the year past..
for the most part it has been a year of growth and gratitude...
yet am still challenged with some old habits that still get in my way....
i thought i'd begin this thread as a place to lay last years reflection and to place the new year's hopes and dreams....
i welcome all who care to join me..
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acceptance
IT is what IT is
nothing more
nothing less
when i expect
IT to change
to fit my
hopes and dreams
i lose my serenity
IT is what IT is
acceptance
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i seek change quietly
no longer do i clang
the pots and pans
and demand
but
listen to the
whisper of the wind
seeking to understand | |
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Posted: 12/26/2008 11:03:10 AM | ah yes two-thousand and eight
the year I lost a lot of weight
the weight of a marriage
that wore me down
and left me moving
all over town
ah yes two-thousand and eight
some things sucked, some were great
through it all
the kids maintained
straight A's even though
their little lives were strained
ah yes two-thousand and eight
how many times I had to relocate
but now I no longer
have to roam
just in time for Christmas
I got back my home
ah yes two-thousand and eight
we finally endured eight years straight
of gross misconduct
so unbecoming
of a once great nation
now everyone's shunning
ah yes two-thousand and eight
a light beam appeared from Lincoln's state
shining light
on possibility
and returning
some civility
ah yes two-thousand and eight
something happened, greater than great
what started out
as a simple date
ended up in discovery
of my long lost soul mate
ah yes two-thousand and eight
you beat me down but filled my plate
with newfound friends
in the pond and 'round town
picked me up
when I was down
ah yes two-thousand and eight
could write you off, but won't take that bait
oh nine should be better
knock on wood
but curveballs are what make
the ballgame good | |
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Posted: 12/26/2008 8:44:57 PM | ahhh brilliant axeman...simply brilliant!
thank you...
and ttb...lovely...simple and sweet..
you make me smile!!
thank you too...
i need to wait until the morning to post...
have some thoughts brewing..
but nothing is yet flowing!!
again gentlemen..thanks!
rosie.. | |
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Posted: 12/27/2008 5:53:45 AM | this past year has been growth for me
some fog had cleared and i can finally see
most of my troubles are in my head
but not all of them now that it's said
some things i still bump on
are the ones i just don't act upon
sooner or later they are in my way
and with them i finally do pay
yet there is so much gratitude in my life
professionally i have taken flight
have even been promoted from within
off to arizona they now do send
but most important to me
is the love in my family
my children are just the best
and with the grandchildren
i am truly blessed
and at 94
the love for my granny
just grows more and more
and the many people who touch my day
cause me such happiness i must say
my buddies who i hang out with
and you my friends, my fellow fish
the words you share bring such insight
some so heavy, some so light
you've helped me see in many new ways
i give you thanks, more that i can say
my love for you just grows and grows
where it will end i just don't know
at the end of this year such gratitude
in my heart
what a lovely way for
the new one to start
yet it seems we're entering some difficult times
where there is no rhythm or no rhyme
i know the strength i get from you
will somehow help to see me thru
and the balance i forever seek
will help me with challenges i meet
and most importantly before i leave
i must always remember to stop and just breathe....
(wishing you all a wonderful new year full of insight and love
thank you for the many ways you touch my life~rosie) | |
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Posted: 12/27/2008 12:52:12 PM | i don't want to live my life with regret
but can't help think
if only, if only, if only
if only it didn't take a lifetime
to come back to me
but then i stop and breathe
my life is good, i am blessed
so it takes a lifetime
for a rose to bloom | |
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Posted: 12/27/2008 3:50:56 PM | i used to think i needed to have all the answers
but i don't have all the answers
sometimes doing nothing
is all i need to do...
simply step aside
and let life flow
naturally
~*~ | |
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Posted: 12/27/2008 9:25:20 PM | Playin' Around
Another hero sold the farm
woke up to her own alarm
packed what little she had left to prove
Went looking for her crazy horse
wants to ride the stage
of course
wakes up on the other side of noon
Demands a second reading to
crucial chapters she's flipped through
finds no doubt she's been left behind
But when she plays the music
and she feels it
She not looking for
something more
to come around
She's not waiting like she did before
to turn around
She's not saying
she's been found
She plays around
Yeah, playin' around
Since her walls stopped talking
she hears something new
breathes much deeper
than she's ever dared herself to do
Now she's riding on her crazy horse
high above the stage on course
gave up searching
found herself the star
'cause when she plays the music
you can feel it
and you're not looking for
something more
to come around
you're not waiting like you did before
to turn around
you're not saying
you've been found
you're playin' around
Yeah, playin' around
Yeah, playin' around
Yeah, playin' around | |
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Posted: 12/28/2008 5:14:14 AM | ah yes floats...playin' around!!
we all got to sow those wild oats!
such freedom you in write...love it.
thanks so much for posting here..
rosie | |
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Posted: 12/28/2008 5:33:52 AM | This was the first poem in my thread, thought it might be fitting for your "reflections"
MEMORIES
Memories are,
Just that,
Just memories,
Neither good or bad,
Just part of me, yet to be,
Released.
Memories are,
Pleasure and pain,
Snow and rain,
Laughter and tears,
Doubts and fears,
Throughout the years.
Memories are,
Shaping and forging,
Creating and evolving,
Making me who I am,
And yet to become.
Holding the pain,
Makes me vain,
Forgetting the pleasure,
Takes from the measure,
Of who I am.
When Finally
I grasp,
All that they are,
Embrace them,
As part of me,
Then I will be,
Forever free. | |
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Posted: 12/28/2008 5:45:27 AM | manny..
i am truly honored...
somehow you explain my feelings soo well...
...yep, that's it!
hoping you have a wonderful new year..
love you..and thank you
rosie. | |
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Posted: 12/28/2008 9:12:27 AM | In places foreign
not formed on our tongue
Jalawlah
Taji
AlAnbar
Ba'qubah
Al Asad
Majar Al Kabir
Falluja
Qadasiyah
Iskandariyah
Diyala
Busayefi
Muqdadiyah
lives were lost this year
these men, women
i need to honor
and mourn
and the 316 coalition lives lost
the more than one million iraqi people who have been killed
the not counted in official documents:
the suicides, the self inflicted gun shot wounds
for what?
i ask
for what?
and hear
no answer
12/28/08 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Not reported yet
12/25/08 Pryor, John P.
12/24/08 Smith, Christopher G.
12/24/08 Okray, Stephen M.
12/24/08 Zapasnik, Stephen G.
12/21/08 Reilly Jr., Thomas
12/20/08 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Pending
11/06/08 McClellan, William Justin
12/25/08 Pryor, John P.
12/24/08 Smith, Christopher G.
12/24/08 Okray, Stephen M.
12/24/08 Zapasnik, Stephen G.
12/21/08 Reilly Jr., Thomas
12/20/08 Hinkefent, Coleman W
12/20/08 Dean, Jonathan W.
12/04/08 Sam, Solomon T.
12/04/08 Savage, John J.
11/25/08 Frank, Warren A.
11/24/08 Davis, Anthony
11/24/08 Jernigan, William K.
11/21/08 Wilson, Miguel A.
11/20/08 Barnett, Charles Yi
11/19/08 Velasco, Marcelo R.
11/15/08 Humphreys, Christian P.
11/15/08 Clark, Donald V.
11/14/08 Allen, Aaron M.
11/13/08 Clay, James M.
11/13/08 De La Paz, Armando A.
11/12/08 Regalado, Jose
11/12/08 Shea, Corey M.
11/08/08 Walker, Timothy H.
11/06/08 Hobbs, Theron V.
11/05/08 Wenger, Adam McKamey
10/29/08 Coleman, Bradley S.
10/29/08 Metcalf, Scott J.
10/24/08 Eggleston, Cody J.
10/23/08 Hause, Brian P. ase
10/20/08 Dryden, Stacy A. ad
10/16/08 Pickard, Heath K.
10/15/08 Saint, Justin A.
10/14/08 McCraw, Christopher A.
10/12/08 Johnson, Geoffrey G.
10/11/08 Fernandez III, Reuben M.
10/07/08 Clark, Michael K.
10/05/08 Stahlman, Michael R.
10/05/08 Rudd, William P.
10/03/08 Setzler, Tavarus D.
09/30/08 Bartkiewicz, Christopher A.
09/29/08 Fox, Christopher T.
09/27/08 Bryant, Jamel A.
09/25/08 Phillips Jr., Ronald
09/24/08 Medders, Michael J.
09/23/08 Brown, Thomas J.
09/21/08 Taylor, Matthew J.
09/18/08 Edwards, Corry A.
09/18/08 Eshbaugh, Daniel M.
09/18/08 Mason, Anthony L.
09/18/08 Ordonez, Julio C.
09/18/08 Rudolf, Brady J.
09/18/08 Thompson, Michael E.
09/18/08 Vallejo II, Robert
09/17/08 Wright, Darrick D.
09/17/08 Gulczynski I, Leonard J.
09/14/08 Marceaux Jr., Sidney J.
09/14/08 Marino, Ralph J.
09/14/08 Durbin, Wesley R.
09/14/08 Dawson, Darris J.
09/10/08 Sexton, Daniel R.
09/05/08 Thibeault, Jordan P. P.
09/04/08 Thomas, Bryan R.
09/04/08 Mayne, Kenneth W.
09/02/08 May, Patrick W.
08/28/08 Nieve, Jorge L. Feliz
08/28/08 Gonzalez, Michael L.
08/27/08 Cooper, David K.
08/26/08 Alfonso, Carlo E.
08/25/08 Fitzmorris, Steven J.
08/19/08 Stanciel, George
08/17/08 Stottlemyer, Travis M.
08/14/08 King, Janelle F.
08/14/08 McGuire, Daniel A. C.
08/13/08 Hale, James M.
08/10/08 Ferschke Jr., Michael H.
08/10/08 Gibson, Kenneth B.
08/09/08 Ulloa, Jose E.
08/07/08 Maybin, Danny E.
08/07/08 Trejo, Stewart S.
08/07/08 McKiski, Adam T.
08/04/08 Hutton, Timothy J.
08/04/08 Menke, Jonathan D. hdad
08/04/08 Henry, Gary M DoD
08/03/08 Schmidt, Ronald Andrew
08/02/08 Miller, Brian K.
08/02/08 Cole, Jennifer L.
08/02/08****on, Kevin R.
07/31/08 Mitchell, Andre Darnell
07/30/08 McHale, James A.
07/17/08 Larsen, Jackie L.
07/15/08 Textor, David W.
07/15/08 Vrooman, Jeremy D.
07/14/08 Verbeke, Daniel R.
07/14/08 Dupre, Danny
07/13/08 Stevenson, Jeffery S.
07/09/08 Jimenez, Alex R.
07/09/08 Fouty, Byron J.
07/09/08 Chevalier, Steven J.
07/08/08 McMillan III, William L.
07/05/08 Woodham, Anthony Lynn
06/26/08 Preudhomme, Marcus W.
06/26/08 Dykeman, Philip J.
06/26/08 Galeai, Max A.
06/25/08 Plocica, Joshua L.
06/25/08 Dominguez, Alejandro A.
06/25/08 Taylor, Joel A.
06/25/08 Yohn, James M.
06/24/08 Hammett, Robert C.
06/24/08 Kelley, Dwayne M.
06/23/08 Dalessio, Gregory T.
06/23/08 Thomas, Bryan M.
06/20/08 Tran, Du Hai
06/16/08 Cox, Jason N.
06/12/08 Aragon, John D.
06/11/08 Kanakaole, Eugene D. M.
06/11/08 Watters, Kelly E. C.
06/11/08 Perales Jr., Javier
06/11/08 Reed, Gerard M.
06/10/08 McCoy, Steve A.
06/09/08 Duncan III, Thomas F.
06/08/08 Pickett, Tyler E. DoD
06/07/08 Hurst, David R.
06/04/08 Legg, Cody R.
06/04/08 Emard, Jonathan D. A.
06/04/08 Duffy, Shane P.
06/03/08 Waltenbaugh, Joshua E.
06/03/08 Green, Quincy J.
06/01/08 McCarthy, Christopher D.
06/01/08 Mixon, Justin R.
05/30/08 Cotner, Christian S.
05/25/08 Gasper, Frank J.
05/25/08 Evans, Blake W.
05/25/08 Dene, Jason F. dad
05/22/08 Norris, Kyle Phillip
05/18/08 Haunert, Branden P.
05/15/08 Daggett, John K.
05/14/08 Cota, Victor M.
05/11/08 Ellis, Jessica A.
05/10/08 Ford, Joseph A.
05/09/08 Jaenichen, Mary J.
05/06/08 Ward, Aaron J. DoD
05/06/08 Gonzalez, Alex D.
05/02/08 Hicks, Corey L.
05/01/08 Casanova, Casey L.
05/01/08 Guzman, Miguel A.
05/01/08 Kimple, James F.
05/01/08 Martinez, Glen E.
05/01/08 Nichols, Jeffrey F.
04/30/08 Caldwell, Chad A.
04/30/08 Pearson, Andrew. R.
04/30/08 Tucker, Ronald J.
04/30/08 Ezell, Lawrence D.
04/29/08 Craig, Clay A.
04/29/08 Bolander, Bryan E.
04/28/08 McCormick, David P.
04/28/08 Marion, Adam L.
04/28/08 Mathes, Marcus C.
04/28/08 Stone, Mark A.
04/27/08 Dix, William T.
04/24/08 Whitehead, Shaun J.
04/23/08 Ramirez, Guadalupe Cervantes
04/23/08 Bishop, John T.
04/23/08 Cunningham, Timothy W.
04/23/08 Blystone, Ronald C. -
04/22/08 Harrison, Ronald R.
04/22/08 Haerter, Jordan C.
04/22/08 Yale, Jonathan T.
04/21/08 Campos, Adrian M.
04/21/08 Vandergrift, Matthew R.
04/21/08 Christofferson, Steven J.
04/21/08 Kohlhaas, Adam J.
04/20/08 Morton, Cherie L. raq
04/18/08 Brosh, Benjamin K.
04/18/08 Eakes, Lance O.
04/17/08 Brown, Jason L.
04/14/08 Huerta-Cruz, Arturo
04/14/08 Richard III, Joseph A.
04/14/08 Nelson, Richard J.
04/14/08 Opicka, Dean D.
04/12/08 Allmon, William E.
04/11/08 German, Merlin
04/09/08 Capra, Anthony L.
04/09/08 Hughes, Jeremiah C.
04/09/08 Ault, Jesse A.
04/09/08 Tousha, Shaun P.
04/09/08 Fairbanks, Jacob J.
04/08/08 Hartley, Jeffery L.
04/08/08 Rosenberg, Mark E.
04/07/08 Smith, Timothy M.
04/07/08 Lilly, Michael T.
04/07/08 Kazarick, Jason C.
04/06/08 McNeal, Jeremiah E.
04/06/08 Pickett, Emanuel
04/06/08 Penley, Shane D.
04/06/08 Scott, Stephen K.
04/06/08 Wolfer, Stuart A.
04/06/08 Burgos-Cruz, Ulises
04/06/08 Morris, Matthew T.
04/03/08 Griffin, Travis L.
03/31/08 Dhanoolal, Dayne D.
03/30/08 Gilmore, Terrell W.
03/29/08 Jordan, Jevon K.
03/30/08 Hall, William G.
03/29/08 Bennett, Durrell L.
03/29/08 Miller, Patrick J.
03/28/08 Jankowski, Charles A.
03/27/08 Molina, Joshua A.
03/26/08 Candelo, Steven I.
03/26/08 Rundell, Gregory B.
03/25/08 Gamboa, Joseph D.
03/23/08 Delgado, George
03/23/08 Hake, Christopher M.
03/23/08 Hernandez, Jose A. Rubio
03/23/08 Habsieger, Andrew J.
03/22/08 Ray, II, Thomas C.
03/22/08 Williams, David B.
03/22/08 Stelmat, David S.
03/21/08 Smith, Tyler J.
03/21/08 Maupin, Keith M. DoD
03/19/08 Unruh, Gregory D.
03/17/08 Elledge, Michael D.
03/17/08 Simpson, Christopher C.
03/15/08 Brown, Lerando J. DoD
03/15/08 O’Brien, William D. DoD
03/12/08 Bradley, Juantrea T.
03/12/08 Jackson, Dustin C.
03/12/08 Samten, Tenzin L.
03/11/08 West, Laurent J.
03/10/08 Anderson, Phillip R.
03/10/08 Burkett, Donald A.
03/10/08 Mallard, Torre R.
03/10/08 Suzch, Shawn M.
03/10/08 Cimarrusti, Ernesto G.
03/10/08 McDavid, Robert T.
03/10/08 McIntosh, Scott A.
03/07/08 Paniagua-Morales, Jose A.
03/04/08 Frost, Christopher S.
02/25/08 Mowl, Kevin S.
02/24/08 Perez, Orlando A. -
02/24/08 Phillips, Micheal E.
02/22/08 Morgan, Keisha M.
02/21/08 Weaver, Drew W.
02/20/08 Raudenbush, Nathan R.
02/20/08 Mackey, Bryant W.
02/20/08 Alvarez, Conrad
02/20/08 Bitton, Albert
02/20/08 Matlock, Jr., Micheal B.
02/17/08 Runyan, Luke S.
02/17/08 Groepper, Chad D.
02/14/08 Washington, Javares J.
02/10/08 Spates, Corey E.
02/08/08 Sweet, Jack T.
02/08/08 Manibog, Michael T.
02/08/08 Martin, Timothy P.
02/08/08 Whisenhunt, Jerald A.
02/08/08 Willett, Gary D.
02/07/08 Souffront, Luis A.
02/06/08 Skelton, Bradley J.
02/05/08 Van Orman, Timothy R.
02/05/08 Osmolski, John C.
02/05/08 Baez, Miguel A.
02/05/08 Alicearivera, Rafael
02/04/08 West, Christopher J.
02/04/08 Hardy, Nathan H.
02/04/08 Koch, Michael E.
02/02/08 Barrett, Chad A.
01/31/08 Straughter,
01/31/08 Schultz,
01/31/08 Norman,
01/28/08 Craig, James E.
01/28/08 Jeffries, Gary W.
01/28/08 Marshall, Evan A.
01/28/08 Meyer, Brandon A.
01/28/08 Young, Joshua A. R.
01/27/08 Miller, Mikeal W.
01/27/08 Rogers, Alan G.
01/26/08 Wilson, Robert J.
01/25/08 Crookston, Duncan Charles
01/25/08 Birkman, Tracy Renee
01/22/08 Sturdivant, Michael R.
01/19/08 Whiting, Justin R.
01/19/08 Gluff, James M.
01/19/08 Burress, Richard B.
01/19/08 Schoolcraft III, Jon M.
01/16/08 Kimme, Danny L.
01/16/08 Sharrett II, David H.
01/16/08 Sigsbee, John P.
01/12/08 Lloyd, Keith E.
01/11/08 Christensen Jr., Curtis A.
01/09/08 Davis, Todd E.
01/09/08 Gaul, Sean M.
01/09/08 Sanders, Christopher A.
01/09/08 Pionk, Matthew I.
01/09/08 Dozier, Jonathan Kilian
01/09/08 McBride, Zachary W.
01/08/08 Hart, David J.
01/08/08 Merlo, Ivan E.
01/08/08 Pannier, Phillip J.
01/07/08 Hanson, Timothy R.
01/06/08 Gudridge, James D.
01/05/08 Lemke, Jason F.
01/04/08 Brown, Menelek M.
01/03/08 Olmsted, Andrew J.
01/03/08 Casey, Thomas J.
01/02/08 Maseth, Ryan D.
I pray that 2009 brings some hope of end to this senseless loss | |
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Posted: 12/28/2008 9:02:06 PM | thank you swannie for keeping their memory alive..
i agree
it seems so senseless to me
but they were all so brave to serve our country
it's just we gave them that bounced check
you know, like the one mlk was talking 'bout
in 1963
it's as relevant today
as it was back then
i hear the echo of pete seeger's words
when will we ever learn
when will we ever learn??
but i can't help feeling
we are on the cusp of change
we MUST be on the cusp of change
we've been talking about this since the '60's
but now we are ripe for change...
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Posted: 12/29/2008 1:58:50 AM | i just wrote a very long poem here, writing out my need to
rebalance my life, for work has taken over so completely
and now the potential of love is actually at my doorstep
and i woke up tonight now feeling so sadly
so wrote a really good and healing poem
going through so much about me presently
and my life from my past, from living in England
to finally after nineteen years moving back to this country,
i wrote about my children and how incredible company they have been for me
and i wrote about my inner child and her feeling abandoned when i left her here
and found her again when i returned, not even realizing i had run away from that part of me,
i was just getting to see deeply how my reflections in this poem were dawning on me so clearly
when, suddenly, it all disappeared and my revelations of these past several years were gone
and i could see, would never return to these pages, just like another poem written recently....
so as the tears then flowed for the sadness of losing yet another writing of my soul's
it dawned on me that i don't write really for others to see so much as my own need
and that perhaps these writings that come from that part of me i feel so deeply
are not really necessary for anyone else to see, but, truly, for my eyes only
and so, with gratitude, and eyes that have dried, i'm grateful
for yet another revelation this eve, that reflective point
where we are not quite out of the old year
nor has the new one begun quite yet
but from my writing now here
i am so much clearer
on where i need
to rebalance
so i am
really
ready
for love
to enter
and flow
from me
to another
this time
romantically
for he is here
having arrived
as a complete surprise
so i must truly prepare
for this one because it's
clear he's offering love
and already he is touching
my heart with feelings that are pure
and opening the door to something quite wonderful
and so i woke in the middle of the night, i can see now
because i needed to look deeply within and not let myself get frightened
for it's been a long time...many a year....since love really came knocking here
edit to add: one other tiny poem written yesterday just realized is on this thread's subject matter....
soon the new year will dawn
and this past year will live on
ending differently than it began
feeling more aware of the depth of care
it is going to take to survive here | |
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Posted: 12/29/2008 4:12:58 AM | Weighed on the scales of my regret
I purchased what I had not yet,
baubles for the window pane;
to decorate my thoughts to sane.
Memories in the sunlit view
of things forgotten, those not few;
I thought of things known yesterday,
some things I thought I'd put away.
One more year of life undone,
so quickly past, so quickly run;
to gaze ahead, I raised my eye
to watch the clouds pass through the sky.
For as the wind drives on the rain,
this life drives on the wondering brain;
wonders all, from spring to fall
that all succumb to winters call.
The year ahead a mystery;
the year behind, now lost to me.
Yet in my hand I hold today,
and wrestle with my errant way,
To state, to hold the time ahead,
is for the bold, who own their bread;
but for those keeping no such thing,
we hope for better songs to sing,
And in that hope of melody
I lift my eyes to what might be;
a drink of purer, brighter wine,
a toast; today, "I hope you're fine."
"Who can say what tomorrow will bring?" | |
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Posted: 12/29/2008 7:31:57 AM | 'we'
...your words are so pure and wonderful..you know, sometimes it happens to me, i bare my soul completely and then 'poof' it disappears..i guess that's one way to just let it go!! thank you for gracing this thread with your wonderful words...and hoping the new year brings all the wonders you so deserve (scary huh??...at times, in my pea-brain, i still wonder, am i worthy??!!!)..oh, the journey called life!!!...i wish you the best my friend...simply, the best...
nothin2it...
love your rhythm and rhyme
your insight and truths..
thank you for leaving your words here
lovely....rosie
~reflecting....
reflecting on my year of past
and all the changes within me...
i'm beginning to see at last
my mind is truly free
gratitude is in my heart
love in my soul...
beginning the new year
how do i start
i guess i really don't know
breathing deeply i smile
and jump right in
swimming all around...
floating on the surface
now and again
then diving deeper down
oh, this journey they called life
is indeed a present...
it's up to me to hold it dear
and see it's well spent | |
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Posted: 12/29/2008 7:34:53 AM | Reflections I love and ones I dislike
begin and end looking in a mirror
Mirrored, my son's eyes speak of his love
and the times I've disappointed him
when two children raise each other
lines crossed marks the younger
Mirrored in ghosts returning dreams
some old unresolved conflict
and forever the form of those
I cannot live whole without but
must find some way to deal with loss
I wait impatiently, to see them again
Mirrored in my grandchildren eyes
the purest love I've ever known
true love at first sight and always
I belong to them and they to me
we are each others history
Finally I am a mature mother
able to leap tiny tears with
a single bound, scattering rainbows
Mirrored in my friends love
someone better than I think I am
I hope they can see their beauty
reflected in and on me
I sing with them
Mirrored in my Country
hope and despair seeking resolution
something that doesn't end with death
I shout out loudly, kicking the greedy
bloodsuckers in their pointy heads
and blacker hearts, grabbing money
that belongs to them because they say so
not because it's true, No, No, No more!
Hope floats
Love to you Rose, and all who bother to claim me as friend. Some amazing writes here I loved reading them all. My restrictions seem to suit me as I have less to blather on about and more to say when I speak. Go figure.
Swan I want to thank you especially for bringing your Silver eyes to speak golden truth and reminding us not to forget, never to accept terms like collateral damage can be applied to human beings still suffering and dying. That wolves dressed as sheep are still wolves. | |
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Posted: 12/29/2008 7:49:31 AM | ^^from your amazing write....my favorite part
"....Finally I am a mature mother
able to leap tiny tears with
a single bound, scattering rainbows...."
it is so true, dear perfectly you,
and to rosie, a sincere thank you
for all you do here and all the love you share,
huge hugs for both of you just to say I care
with many more to come in the new year!
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Posted: 12/29/2008 9:10:40 AM | p'me...what a wonderful write...
thank you dear friend for gracing my thread..
and 'we'..i am sooo happy!!
ohhhhh...life and love is so wonderous...
r | |
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Posted: 12/29/2008 10:11:28 PM | he asked me...
what do you want out of a relationship?
i answered honestly...
someone to love and adore me
i asked him...
what do you want out of a relationship?
he answered honestly...
someone to take care of me
i replied...
you can take care of yourself
no...he said..i can't
we never spoke of it again | |
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Posted: 12/31/2008 5:18:31 AM | i do not teach
i take my livelihood
oh so seriously
am an educator by trade
my life's work
but i do not teach
i try to guide
and inspire
providing them with the tools
for self discovery
and in return
they enlighten me
for i hold no answers
just questions
and when they ask questions
i do not know
i glow
knowing
they too are on their journey | |
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Posted: 12/31/2008 5:44:35 AM | abrupt diminutive thoughts
i can be so petty
small minded
spiteful even
but shhhhhhhhh
don't tell anyone!
*************
he used to tell me
'you can lie to the pope
but you must be
honest with yourself'
i'm working on it
**************
i just want to play
feed my spirit
with your words
and make you
dance again | |
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Posted: 12/31/2008 7:10:01 AM | ah,but what merriment and mischief those emotions stir
A woman of verse, a woman of ryme
a woman to play with at least some of the time
a woman who can, with a single stare
achieve what others need to do
with no clothes, a broom, or big hair
these are the things that decide real desire
a woman of substance, of ice and fire
a woman to whom all men do aspire
if they but lift their own head out of the mire
So never believe these emotions you feel
are there, to deny, conceal or reveal
they are there for exstasy, derision and grief
to empower, and bolden, and strengthen belief
take care | |
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Posted: 12/31/2008 10:06:31 AM | Conceive of a future bright
hold strong in trusting the vision
let it expand to all around you
like the chain of nuclear fission
in yourself and others, trust
cast negativity aside
avoid feeling nonplussed
have faith and don't be denied
building castles in the air
forswearing those with a foundation
will lift you from despair
and enhance your spiritual station
creating cracks where dreams can hide
in the impenetrable facade
using the force that resides inside
like the seed inside the pod
and the roots will start to form
and push granite and marble apart
and what feels like a terrible storm
is the lifeblood of a new start | |
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