http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MerryAnne9671/Snippets of short stories and other efforts that I'm working on. (c)copyright 2006 MerryAnnehourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MerryAnne9671/344300Hope and Belief I hope Hope sustains me Hope transforms Hope dreams I hope for sunshine And an end to the ceaseless Rains of my soul I hope for the reconciliation Of my heart to it’s home For love to heal me I hope for spring For the renewal of life The emergence of the butterfly That is encased...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MerryAnne9671/344299Hope and Belief I hope Hope sustains me Hope transforms Hope dreams I hope for sunshine And an end to the ceaseless Rains of my soul I hope for the reconciliation Of my heart to it’s home For love to heal me I hope for spring For the renewal of life The emergence of the butterfly That is encased...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MerryAnne9671/342454Holding On There sits the bottle Old fashioned, with a glass stopper The sun shining on it Yet the contents remain dark Some days I am tempted to pour it out And start fresh I did that once Poured the dark, thick liquid Down the drain But the next day I watched it seep back in. Today the bottle...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MerryAnne9671/342029This is a repost - but the words are back in my head again today - so I thought I put them back in yours too. I'd rather be the one who loves than to be loved and never even know -- Josh Ritter (Snow is Gone) The Myth of The Heart “Maybe,” he said, “Our hearts won't be broken, just torn a little”...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MerryAnne9671/340295Untitled The long night of winter The brittle stems of flowers now gone Petals long cast to the wind Leaves rattling, cracking In wind from winter storms I rest in the fallow garden My soul brittle My heart withered The weak winter sun Provides no warmth, no succor For this weary sadness The lush...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MerryAnne9671/338411Tidal Pull In dreams, arid prairie dust is washed from my hair in warm streams as I dream the ocean Slow motion swimming surfacing briefly before immersing myself again in my dream ocean Silk of water soothing the wounds of my heart calming the rage of my emotions I dream the ocean if I did not I...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MerryAnne9671/338064Light and shadow the magic of capturing an image the shutter clicks and we are transformed from material beings to impression Light and darkness conditions of the soul the light of love of happiness of joy – bright white the darkness of fear sorrow regret unending Light and shadow what we are a...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MerryAnne9671/335470Tipping the Scales of Life An empty page, a too full heart The emotions of life filling my chest until I am sure my breath will come no more A great joy in the love of a man who wants more for me than I can hope for myself A great sorrow haunts my heart as I mourn a life lost to me a joy that has...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MerryAnne9671/334753Weekend Haiku Sweet Sunday morning Snow whispering down outside Hot coffee inside Chores can wait today While we watch the snow come down Planning for snowmenhttp://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MerryAnne9671/333901Midnight Haiku It's after midnight He comes to me, softly stir S weet silent desire Our world is apart O nly he and I, touching E xploring our hearts