tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77415152057051059422023-11-16T07:05:51.803-05:00Other Ways of SpeakingEileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457706622516094448noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741515205705105942.post-3560218273344945052012-11-10T07:56:00.000-05:002012-11-10T07:56:57.609-05:00Travel to the place...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Travel to the place<br />Where mind set to peace, <br />No one can see, <br />Feel us free.<br /><br />Travel to the place<br />Where we can breathe, <br />Fill our desire, <br />We wish; we aspire.<br /><br />Travel to the place<br />Where we have silence, <br />Flower of fragrance, <br />And nature to admire.<br /><br />Travel to the place<br />Where we can write, <br />Lines of rhyme, <br />At any time.<br /><br />Travel to the place<br />Where we have enough space, <br />Work without race, <br />No tension on face.<br /><br />Travel to the place<br />Where we can dance, <br />Sing at glance, <br />Bit of time to romance.<br /><br />Travel to the place<br />Where we spread love, <br />Freedom to serve<br />And land to move.<br /><br />Travel to the place<br />Where we can live, <br />Of joy and sprinkle its grace, <br />And do anything, anywhere.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">(Painting by <a href="http://williamhawkins.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">William Hawkins</a>) </span></span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div>
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Eileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457706622516094448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741515205705105942.post-34395650977604677402012-11-07T22:03:00.000-05:002012-11-07T22:03:55.893-05:00Suburbia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Miming our pretentious airs,</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">we sit on plush and padded chairs-</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Our faces clothed in wreaths of smiles,</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">our bodies in designer styles.</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Muttering Dystopian curses,</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">our credit cards in Kate Spade purses</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">With thin ideals and narrow minds,</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">we go about our daily grinds.</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Never knowing just outside our sphere</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">of useless thought and crippling fear</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Life is lived with great rejoice</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">in simple ways and joyous voice.</span></i></b></div>
Eileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457706622516094448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741515205705105942.post-17803129992375288022012-10-19T23:42:00.000-04:002012-10-19T23:42:51.735-04:00The Weight On Your Shoulders<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I know of your strength</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It's part of my life</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It's held me together</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">on many a night</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Clothed in your courage</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cloaked by your drive</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Confronting each day</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Never failing to strive</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But there are times when-</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">no matter the power you wear-</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">troubles surround you,</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">bringing despair</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The weight of the world</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">lies heavy, oppressed</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">even on shoulders</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so stoutly dressed</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So give me your burden</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to carry awhile</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'll wield it, contented</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">in seeing you smile</span></i></b></div>
Eileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457706622516094448noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741515205705105942.post-21725315195122648452012-10-16T19:56:00.000-04:002012-10-16T19:57:32.489-04:00Invaluable Love<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Too valuable to toss aside</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">too good to throw away</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And so you hold it deep inside</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">in hopes somewhere, someday-</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">a soul will walk across your path</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">who sees the world your way.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A soul who finds the beauty</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">in both the rainbow and the rain</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A heart that finds the threads of love</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">in life's tapestry of pain.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And when you find that soul</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">you must hold on with all your might</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to keep this light within your life</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">in days of darkest night.</span></i></div>
Eileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457706622516094448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741515205705105942.post-15988409974659759942012-10-14T15:15:00.001-04:002012-10-14T15:15:46.234-04:00Stay Strong<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For those who could use it now, an excerpt from the lyrics of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMgb4C4GWH8" target="_blank">Stay Strong</a> by Newsboys. And here's a link to a live performance of the song: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMgb4C4GWH8" target="_blank">Stay Strong</a></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMgb4C4GWH8" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></b></a><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We've seen the tragic flaws<br />
The tortured souls<br />
The saints with feet of clay<br />
Here's where sin becomes cliche'<br /><br />
We've come through wilderness and watched </span>
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The cloud by day <br />
The burning sky into dawn<br />
Have you forgotten who you are?<br />
Did you forget whose trip you're on?<br /><br />
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You are not lost<br />
Come on and fix your eyes ahead<br />
There's a new dawn to light our day, our day</span></i></b><br />
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We've gotta stay strong<br />
You and I run<br />
For the prize that lies ahead<br />
We've come too far to lose our way, our way</span></i></b></div>
Eileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457706622516094448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741515205705105942.post-17156141375588823622012-06-12T11:18:00.000-04:002012-06-12T11:18:48.588-04:00Our Hold On The Planet<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Many days, when I'm catching up on the news and it all seems to be bad news, I remember the words of this <a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/robert-frost" target="_blank">Robert Frost</a> poem for comfort.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><i>And give us more than our spokesman bargained for;</i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><i>And just because we owned to a wish for rain,</i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><i>It gently threw us a glittering shower down.</i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><i>And when we had taken that into the roots of grain,</i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><i>We may doubt the just proportion of good to ill.</i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><i>There is much in nature against us. But we forget:</i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Take nature altogether since time began,</i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Including human nature, in peace and war,</i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><i>And it must be a little more in favor of man,</i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Say a fraction of one per cent at the very least,</i></span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Our hold on the planet wouldn't have so increased. </span></b></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Yesterday, May 20, 2012, the world lost a great and prolific poet in Robin Hugh Gibb. On his own, and in collaboration with brothers Maurice and Barry as the Bee Gees, Robin created some of the most beautiful and memorable songs of all time. While the music and beats are unforgettable, I always found the words even more so--as poetic as anything I've ever read by the world's greatest acknowledged poets. In tribute to Robin, here are the words to two of my favorites. </span><b><br /></b></span><br />
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<i>Smile an everlasting smile <br />a smile can bring you<br />near to me<br />Don't ever let me find you gone</i></div>
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<i>'cause that would<br />bring a tear to me</i></div>
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<i><br /><br />This world has lost its glory <br />let's start a brand<br />new story now, my love<br />Right now, there'll be no other time <br />and I can show you how, my love<br /><br />Talk in everlasting words <br />and dedicate them all to me<br />And I will give you all my life <br />I'm here if you should call to me<br />You think that I don't even <br />mean a single word I say<br /><br />It's only words <br />and words are all I have <br />to take your heart away</i></div>
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<i><br />Would you believe me if I told you your tomorrow is my yesterday<br />But be alive<br />I know that we will<br />The world keeps on moving but I'm holdin' still<br /><br />In the beginning I was far away and praying for my destiny<br />That would arrive<br />The moment you're born<br />For we will be here when the miracle comes<br /><br />Living Eyes,when under the sun don't cry<br />No war in my mind<br />The state of my heart<br />Living eyes, when out in the rain will fall<br />The day I deny the face of my love<br /><br />We are of age, we are in time<br />We are forever<br />Right now when the power is mine<br />I leave you heaven and the earth<br />I leave you never<br />And living to love is the reason we shine<br /><br />When I been over I been under <br />I don't own a dream to analyze<br />But living eyes you know that I do<br />believe in the soul and the magic of you<br /><br />Living eyes, when under the sun don't cry<br />No war in my mind<br />The state of my heart<br />Living eyes, when out in the rain will fall<br />The day I deny the face of my love<br /><br />We are of age,we are in time<br />We are forever<br />Right now when the power is mine<br />I leave you heaven and the earth <br />I leave you never<br />And living to love is the reason we shine<br /><br />Living eyes<br />When under the sun don't cry<br />No war in my mind<br />The state of my heart<br />Living eyes... </i></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: small;">you're there to keep me strong.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: small;">A presence without which I'd fail;</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: small;">a soul mate when nights are long.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: small;">you sing to me on the wind.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: small;">Each gentle, warmly blowing breeze</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: small;">In deepest night, you hold me close</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">until the break of day.</span></span></i></b></div>Eileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457706622516094448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741515205705105942.post-50936489690433465522012-05-13T23:18:00.000-04:002012-05-13T23:25:41.603-04:00Night Vigil<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>The sun's light fades, grows weak and dim</i><br />
<i>as evening slowly falls</i><br />
<i>Radiant stars come wandering in</i><br />
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<i>Bright full moon then marches forth</i><br />
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<i>As through the night, they stand their guard</i><br />
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<i>Then, at dawn, they greet the sun</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Photo is 'Foggy Moon at Midnight' by James Jones)</span></div>Eileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457706622516094448noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741515205705105942.post-57131986052419820812012-04-26T23:41:00.000-04:002012-04-26T23:41:53.569-04:00Sharing The Weight<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><abbr>Your shoulders must seem so heavy at times</abbr></i></div>
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<i><abbr>your valiant strength ready to fold.</abbr></i></div>
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<i><abbr>You carry the burden of many pursuits</abbr></i></div>
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<i><abbr>a mountain of dreams to uphold.</abbr></i></div>
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<i><abbr>Through fears and heartaches, you offer yourself</abbr></i></div>
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<i><abbr>No hesitation for damages done;</abbr></i></div>
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<i><abbr>My shoulders will be there to carry the load,</abbr></i></div>
<abbr><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to strenthen you inside and out.</span></i></abbr></div>Eileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457706622516094448noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741515205705105942.post-53690261757395581902012-04-23T11:42:00.000-04:002012-04-23T11:42:16.926-04:00In Honour Of Shakespeare<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today being the anniversary of Shakespeare's death, I thought I'd post one of my favourite Shakespeare poems. First read this one in middle school and I've always loved it.<br />
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<i><b>They That Have Power to Hurt</b></i></div>
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<i>They that have power to hurt, and will do none,</i></div>
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<i>Who, moving others, are themselves as stone,</i></div>
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<i>Unmoved, cold, and to temptation slow,-</i></div>
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<i>They rightly do inherit heaven's graces,</i></div>
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<i>And husband nature's riches from expense;</i></div>
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<i>They are the lords and owners of their faces,</i></div>
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<i>Others, but stewards of their excellence.</i></div>
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<i>The summer's flower is to the summer sweet</i></div>
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<i>Though to itself it only live and die;</i></div>
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<i>The basest weed outbraves his dignity:</i></div>
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<i>For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds;</i></div>
<i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds.</i></div>Eileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457706622516094448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741515205705105942.post-72623890040125307032012-04-04T23:17:00.000-04:002012-04-04T23:17:40.009-04:00Soul Fit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcKVHFhrQ-bQlvx882ai4o1lAda1if-1EBXExBLkJ9fETG3IOedArsp2hPjsHRn-9dmkAxLv2YFJxOxE1d_oPIi2mHfBQeg9sz6gfynO9juKqgt6MbdgL_GEjpB1z2-4mRPfA7ST76MIVt/s1600/article-2093486-11835298000005DC-278_964x594.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcKVHFhrQ-bQlvx882ai4o1lAda1if-1EBXExBLkJ9fETG3IOedArsp2hPjsHRn-9dmkAxLv2YFJxOxE1d_oPIi2mHfBQeg9sz6gfynO9juKqgt6MbdgL_GEjpB1z2-4mRPfA7ST76MIVt/s320/article-2093486-11835298000005DC-278_964x594.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>At each and every dawn</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>I rise and don your essence.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>Hugging me </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>with the warmth of a winter coat</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>-a perfectly-sized hand over my heart-</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>it protects me</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>from freezing realities,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>from harsh, abrasive egos</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>whose only aim is destruction</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">of others' souls. </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div>Eileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457706622516094448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741515205705105942.post-19738229963972872882012-03-27T01:06:00.000-04:002012-03-27T01:06:54.476-04:00Sometimes Silence Is Better<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>To speak for common good is fine</b></i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>and yet, still common, not divine.</b></i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>If as a God you see yourself,</b></i></div><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">leave your opinion on the shelf. </span></b></i><br />
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(This short little piece came out after hearing yet more ranting by Republican presidential candidates)Eileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457706622516094448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741515205705105942.post-53406008235795557342012-03-24T13:28:00.000-04:002012-03-24T13:28:46.896-04:00Waves Of Comfort<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="slicedshowPicturesInnerTable"><tbody>
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<i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Waves erase the memories</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>eclipse the vibrant shore,</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>Hold at bay the dreaded pain</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>that tears at heart's soft core</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>And when it comes, the hurt is fierce</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>the rip of vulture's claw</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>Shredding at soul's guarded grip</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>to swallow in it's maw</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>At such times, peace seems absurd</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>an inaccessible feast</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>A hunger that we cannot sate</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>a goal too far from reach</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>We seek out comfort</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i> kindred souls</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>as faith and spirit fail</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>and as our minds drift far away,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>towards home, on lifted sails</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>And sometimes, </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i> in our fevered thoughts,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>we make untold mistakes,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>which haunt us when the morning calls</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>and clearer views awake</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>And so</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i> we hide our human wounds</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>as soldier on we must</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>and push deep down our troubled fears</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>and wonder who to trust</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>The answer's there</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i> inside your heart</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>Search deep within and find</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>that all along, you've known the truth</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">the heart you trust--is mine.</span></i></div>Eileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457706622516094448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741515205705105942.post-50505734820439621272012-03-04T00:52:00.002-05:002012-03-04T00:52:59.092-05:00Loneliness<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Surrounded by a host of friends,</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>my heart feels yet alone</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Although I laugh, my soul pretends</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>and wishes for its home.</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>I long for those I cannot see</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>thirst for their presence nigh</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>hunger for the touch and words</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>of loves beyond my sky</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>There's naught to do</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>but hold on tight-</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>to faces and to hearts-</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>keep my lonely vigil </i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>through the night</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>and wait 'til pain departs.</i></div>Eileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457706622516094448noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741515205705105942.post-31019998528158419402012-01-29T11:44:00.000-05:002012-01-29T11:44:36.751-05:00Edgar Allan Poe: The Raven<iframe width="350" height="267" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/27ZvwQd-wXw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
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It was on January 29, 1845 that 'The Raven', by Edgar Allan Poe, was published for the first time in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Mirror">New York Evening Mirror</a>. In honor of the anniversary I was going to post the poem, but then I discovered that so many actors with outstanding voices have read The Raven. So I thought why not post a reading of it instead. If you search for it at Youtube, you'll find that Christopher Walken, James Earl Jones, Christopher Lee and other have done it, but I couldn't resist the Vincent Price version. I've always loved Price's voice! Hope you enjoy it.<br />
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(Thanks to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/pangea7777?feature=watch">pangea7777</a> at Youtube for the video)Eileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457706622516094448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741515205705105942.post-88501545040629137032012-01-23T14:26:00.001-05:002012-01-23T14:27:01.725-05:00Hesitant Walk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLSErb8ad74W9UfCIPd1N6evvhmu2Wl6r1Ds4pyNh0qpigvR7A9lxEOuN0Ykmp8Rn3D3aroDD1deC5WqJ269yTKQuaomQdtQDQ9kawm9BTqBAHCzSDolG0o_Pe10WEw9be3fP3HZUJumi/s1600/mine-field-brett-van-ort-landscapes_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLSErb8ad74W9UfCIPd1N6evvhmu2Wl6r1Ds4pyNh0qpigvR7A9lxEOuN0Ykmp8Rn3D3aroDD1deC5WqJ269yTKQuaomQdtQDQ9kawm9BTqBAHCzSDolG0o_Pe10WEw9be3fP3HZUJumi/s320/mine-field-brett-van-ort-landscapes_large.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">We feel</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">our way to love-</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">hearts taking baby steps-</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">through fearful, uncertain minefield</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">of life</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">(e.e. cummings)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
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i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done<br />
by only me is your doing, my darling)<br />
i fear<br />
no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want<br />
no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)<br />
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant<br />
and whatever a sun will always sing is you<br />
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here is the deepest secret nobody knows<br />
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud<br />
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows<br />
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)<br />
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart<br />
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i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>My heart's always ready</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>when you come home</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>They ask-</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Aren't you lonely?</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>but I'm never alone</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>My heart's always ready</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Please don't ever doubt</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>My love is a pillar</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>you won't be without</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>When you're trapped by the world,</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>ensnared in her web,</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>battered and damaged</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>by unkind words said,</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>There's one place</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>you'll always be safe from the storm,</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>where human inhumanity</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>can do you no harm</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>My heart's always ready,</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>my arms ever wide,</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>the hearth always warm</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>when you come inside</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>So go where you must</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>on adventure's wide sea,</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>knowing your voyage</i></div><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">won't take you from me</span></i>Eileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457706622516094448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741515205705105942.post-22452999178611268012012-01-16T13:08:00.000-05:002012-01-16T13:08:19.330-05:00Killer Thoughts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEayEJPG4uf_GZm9VrBhX4D1DB3A152CS1kA6vn5KNkhjOvfiJ0xVayehXJ8HvXJe7VmSVJmJhk4g9uTUVs3TTGcgAWKpkLzB_fncPD_DDBb_24L_C5nqhMe-Fl5_k3hijdSRJEX0fA5FY/s1600/droplet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEayEJPG4uf_GZm9VrBhX4D1DB3A152CS1kA6vn5KNkhjOvfiJ0xVayehXJ8HvXJe7VmSVJmJhk4g9uTUVs3TTGcgAWKpkLzB_fncPD_DDBb_24L_C5nqhMe-Fl5_k3hijdSRJEX0fA5FY/s1600/droplet.jpg" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">From cold darkness</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">the killer came</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">knife blade sharpened</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">soul black-stained</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">Heart unhampered</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">by mercy's grace,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">he took the life</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">that filled her face</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">He watched it drain</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">with loving eyes,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">this essence</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">that he so despised</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">As drop-by-drop</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">it touched the floor, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">his anger calmed,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">his thirst no more</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">Her body lay</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">in peaceful pose</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">as he placed</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">a single rose</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">Filled with content,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">his hunger tamed,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">he crept away</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to hunt fresh game</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<i>I can't tell, if I want to know, <br />
What's on your mind, <br />
Should I just go. <br />
It's a long way down from here<br />
I better start with the stairs <br />
It's a long way down from here<br />
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You know there's other ways of speaking</i> <i><br />
Words are just the deep end <br />
I'm not good at keeping secrets from you<br />
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But I can't tell, if I want to know, </i> <i><br />
What”s on your mind, <br />
Should I just go. <br />
It's a long way down from here <br />
I better start with the stairs, <br />
It's a long way down from here<br />
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You know there's other ways of speaking, </i> <i><br />
I can read you when you're sleeping<br />
I can feel you when you're breathing <br />
And breaking in two<br />
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But I can't tell, if I want to know</i> <i><br />
What's on your mind<br />
Should I just go. <br />
It's a long way down from here, <br />
I better start with the stairs<br />
It's a long way down from here<br />
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You know there's other ways of speaking</i> <i><br />
Words are just the deep end<br />
I’m not good at keeping your secrets from you</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I found myself suffering one of my typical bouts with insomnia and listening to music when I realized I had never put up the lyrics to <a href="http://leavesofrussellcrowe.blogspot.com/2012/01/i-found-myself-suffering-one-of-my.html"> <i>Other Ways Of Speaking</i></a> at this blog which owes it's name to the song, it's Title Track so to speak. Unforgivable of me. It's one of my favorite songs (and it's title track as well) off the 2003 CD by <a href="http://www.gruntland.com/tofog.htm">Russell Crowe & Thirty Odd Foot of Grunts</a>. And if you've never heard Russell sing it, you can go to my other blog, <i><a href="http://leavesofrussellcrowe.blogspot.com/">Leaves of Russell Crowe</a></i> and listen <a href="http://leavesofrussellcrowe.blogspot.com/2012/01/i-found-myself-suffering-one-of-my.html">here</a>.</span>Eileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457706622516094448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741515205705105942.post-49670691298219754972012-01-11T21:46:00.000-05:002012-01-11T21:46:35.488-05:00Homeless<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfC7AYBAxtY9xWexP3OMv3gNZGumFRO6VF9fpwnv-dljCjiwEINyyVUg-gEx3KmHBZk3TjNEwtL4C0Oyua-bYPHL8no2SsMhYEspae07wu-sbzjxIXkiv_-VUozAGkWYXZH_zhFWCpsMo/s1600/homeless_man_on_street.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfC7AYBAxtY9xWexP3OMv3gNZGumFRO6VF9fpwnv-dljCjiwEINyyVUg-gEx3KmHBZk3TjNEwtL4C0Oyua-bYPHL8no2SsMhYEspae07wu-sbzjxIXkiv_-VUozAGkWYXZH_zhFWCpsMo/s320/homeless_man_on_street.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">Day by day </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">their pitying stares,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">disdainful glares</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">and aloof avoidance</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">tear away</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">another piece </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">of his skeletal soul-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">withering,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">wasting away</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">in the concrete desert</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">he once thought of as home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">They throw food </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">and coins</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">his way,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">yet none offer</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">what he craves most-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">a warm smile</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">a bit of conversation</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">a hug-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">nourishment for the soul.</span></div>Eileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457706622516094448noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741515205705105942.post-46280724662424451272012-01-09T00:18:00.000-05:002012-01-09T00:18:24.553-05:00Inevitable Road<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2pbq27S5N_5816e_JhqeqRVALjv9ot0xXI3Z2Ec3Bv6gFa9hajItBMUHMAgljEEBrUcln484htPS2DnqVrCr9LkGZu_4UO_ZgE87I6KSns19eze1wQi1mCpQZQtu0rP9bjkE5Ekz75UcO/s1600/road17+%2528500x372%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2pbq27S5N_5816e_JhqeqRVALjv9ot0xXI3Z2Ec3Bv6gFa9hajItBMUHMAgljEEBrUcln484htPS2DnqVrCr9LkGZu_4UO_ZgE87I6KSns19eze1wQi1mCpQZQtu0rP9bjkE5Ekz75UcO/s320/road17+%2528500x372%2529.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>Georgia's frigid winter rain</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>falling down upon my head,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>it's cold overwhelmed</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>by my heart's silent dread</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>You made a promise you'd be home</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>by January's cold last light</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>That was hours ago</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>Still, you're nowhere in sight</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>We smiled and waved as you left</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>late night December 28th</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>We knew you'd be back</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>We took it on faith</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>It's part of life with you,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>all the coming and going,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>but it's not always easy</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>to love you not knowing</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>You follow the road</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>wherever it leads,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>while we're left behind</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>with all of our needs</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>It's enough just to know</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>you're out there somewhere,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>and thinking of us,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>to know that you care</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>So we keep our vigil</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>We hold down the fort</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>We wait patiently</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>'til your ship comes to port</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>The choice was made for us</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i> an aeon ago,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>but we'd make no other</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>knowing all that we know</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>So our candle burns</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>as we patiently wait</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i>'til the curve in your road</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">brings you back to our gate</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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over<br />
Darkness marches distant mountains,<br />
a solemn, menacing figure<br />
in a swirling grey cloak<br />
His intentions shrouded and mysterious<br />
face masked by smiling stars,<br />
blanketing all in his wake<br />
with a cover of gloom,<br />
Earth at his mercy<br />
as she waits...<br />
for beneficent sunriseEileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457706622516094448noreply@blogger.com2