Friday, September 18, 2009
Written for my daughter whose heart was recently broken…
Depth There, in the shallow part of me, I feel the sear and singe of heartache The beat and rhythm of my pulse moves breathless Yet beneath this place of thoughts reeling and sleepless nights of anger fueling and remorse simmering there lies the deeper parts of me As I dip my toes into the depth and...
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
“Strangers are exciting, their mystery never ends. But, there's nothing
like looking at your own history in the faces of your friends. ” ~ Ani Difranco Empty As we shake the hand or buss the cheek of a stranger quickly a thought passes through our minds Is it the false certainty of friendship that licks our lips or is it in the unknown that intrigues us Do we open...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
“This world is but a canvas to our imaginations.” ~ Thoreau
Pyramid I am the pyramid built with the boulders you heave and carry in both heart and soul I am shaped by your thoughts and become that which you imagined with your steady, phosphorescent thinking
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn
and taken away from us at dusk. ~ Jean-Paul Sartre Twilight When evening shade prevails and the earth breathes and listens listening to a story that repeats itself in glorious voice and shine we are neither bored nor surprised by the tale of spinning of infinite rotation and truths told from pole to...
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Monday, September 14, 2009
“Not only is your story worth telling, but it can be told in words so
painstakingly eloquent that it becomes a song. ” ~ Gloria Naylor Songs Why does the hunger of time anger me so Is it that I have built my life with straw and dream vulnerable to both wind and change Or am I like the coloured stones within a rushing stream coloureless when plucked from the water Do I...
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Saturday, September 12, 2009
... and if only we knew what we don't know...
Awe Just as quickly as the evening shade falls and covers a wounded day the spangled heavens rain proclamations publish words we wish we had said and spin a wondrous tale The earth listening to the night sky rolls and spools with terrestrial tidings and we the small stand still and gape in glorious...
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Friday, September 11, 2009
What language do you speak when you wake up in the morning?
Chosen Some days are filed with etherial light Enraptured we become when our sorrows are transformed into silent waves of gratitude or when tears cease to flow The morning sun rises divinely and a seemingly perfect bliss restrains our plaintive chatter With hearts billowing free the words that spill...
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Would you like to see a picture of my granddaughter? Her name is Grace.
Grace With summer glow and ballet toes there is no forgetting or fretting only child-like dreams In the innocence of her glow hope and hopeful rising There is imagination flowing amidst mud puddle dances fearless twirl or laughter splashing There are wishes upon candles or the first star at night...
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Monday, September 7, 2009
"Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back"..
~ Plato Shape Your kisses feel softer than the evening air your eyes brighter than the flames of planets far and beyond Your whispers softer than a Monarch’s wings In spirit rising I am aloft and adrift yet still centred in my sphere Long days may wax and wane notable might be muted but your silent...
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Sunday, September 6, 2009
“It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to
crimson splendor …” ~ Horace Hues And there upon the gust of night I sang and sang some more Neither strange to you nor rearranged for you I slipped through your front door I curled myself within each note reverence the tune I blew And there upon the gust of night my love in crimson hues
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