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The Garden of your Heart
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The Garden of your Heart |
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Rod Member
since 1999-12-08
Posts 149Auckland New Zealand |
THE GARDEN OF YOUR HEART by Rod Walford Oh, mystery of life! You ever deepen with the rolling years; Your vast arrayed enigmas are as endless as man’s tears Shed for his own kind, that not one soul of millions passed Had found the key that would unlock the secret spell you cast. Our scientists, philosophers, astronomers and kings All strive to find the reasons for man’s endless sufferings; Whilst writers, poets, lyricists combine to paint the scene The hunger and the wars go on , abhorrent and obscene. Will man discover answers that will right the human race In faint, ethereal signals beaming down from outer space? And will those answers terminate the warlord’s bloody lust; Or feed the child dying in Sudan’s hot sun-baked dust? Incessant drive to interfere with nature’s manufacture To feed the earth with chemicals and change genetic structure Beware! The cold, grey fingers rise - of sickness and fatigue; The haunting, spectral legacies of the Corporates and their greed. Consider - interstellar quest is fraught with human error Better, far, to look within to end this reign of terror; To contemplate, and understand the Great Designer’s plan And see that what is needed is to change the heart of man. When the forces of the darkness, and the forces of the Light Clash daily in your conscience, urging sanity to flight; When the claws of doubt are tearing at the fabric of your soul And deny you right of access in the pursuit of your goal; Then turn your searchlight inwards to the core of your foundation Rekindle there the fire of Life, and banish condemnation Re-plant the seeds of right and truth in the garden of your heart; For never seed has starved nor died where love has played its part. © Rod Walford 1999 |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Marvelous! We should all start planting in this garden as a resolution for the new millennium. Wonderful poem!  |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
WOW! This is a fine piece of writing.  K |
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jbouder Member Elite
since 1999-09-18
Posts 2534Whole Sort Of Genl Mish Mash |
This is excellent work, Rod. Good job. Jim "If I rest, I rust." -Martin Luther |
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Pepper Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079Southern Florida |
This is writing First Class.... Enjoyed this piece very much Rod! Welcome to Passions.....I'll be looking forward to reading more of your work...  < !signature-->A soul that writes from the heart and shares it, truly gives a gift extraordinaire! [This message has been edited by Pepper (edited 12-09-1999).] |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
First class, indeed! This is absolutely beautiful! Very well done, Rod and welcome to Passions! Denise |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
What a great poem Rod! Welcome to Passions. |
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RainbowGirl Member Elite
since 1999-07-31
Posts 3023United Kingdom |
Talk about making an entrance Rod... HUGS Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream... |
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