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Ohhh!

Nice!

posted by Whacky on September 18, 2009 at 5:54 PM | link to this | reply

Reminds me of Wordsworth's Immortality Ode!

posted by snowview on September 18, 2009 at 1:42 AM | link to this | reply

I could feel the sun piercing me through the pines and my heart dropped and rose at the same time.  Wonderful quote!

posted by Ryan_Morrow on September 16, 2009 at 9:11 PM | link to this | reply

Beautiful poem Thanks for sharing.

posted by chuck_ibrahim on September 16, 2009 at 6:54 PM | link to this | reply

Excellent quote! Very poignant! sam

posted by sam444 on September 16, 2009 at 6:07 PM | link to this | reply

A child's lost innocence.

posted by FormerStudentIntern on September 16, 2009 at 11:47 AM | link to this | reply

Wonderful Words! Like music to the soul ....

posted by merkie on September 16, 2009 at 9:19 AM | link to this | reply

 Knowledge comes in time love. BC-A, Bill’s Roost

posted by BC-A on September 16, 2009 at 6:10 AM | link to this | reply

Yellowrose - The secrets of serenity unveiled..a beautiful poem.

posted by shobana on September 15, 2009 at 9:44 PM | link to this | reply

Sorry yellowrose, I made a mistake. It takes ages to once again remove the 'I' to address onself in the third person. Sages do that with years of penance and prsctise; they exist in their non-false no-existence. Am I making it too difficult? Couldn't help, you know.

posted by abanerjee on September 15, 2009 at 9:44 PM | link to this | reply

yellowrose

Everything about a child's expression is filled with awe and wonder, everything is new for him, everything excites him; the mirror has not yet gathered the dust of the ego. Soon, the innocence is lost and along with it, beauty is also lost. The child, as long as he reatins this wondrous beauty, you must have observed, does not address himself in 'I', he addresses himself in third person. Then it takes ages to once again become the first person, the original. Thanx for sharing this lovely message one must never forget.

posted by abanerjee on September 15, 2009 at 9:38 PM | link to this | reply