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The Sunshine After The Rain
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The Sunshine After The Rain |
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Marsha
since 2000-07-10
Posts 7423Maidstone Kent England 
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The Sunshine After The Rain My heart isn’t truly broken I just need to rest awhile And one day soon I’ll rediscover loves perfect smile I don’t know when it will happen but I know it will Because loves beauty doesn’t ever die it lives on still When the sunlight is hidden behind clouds overhead It means that the weather is dark, the sun isn’t dead And like the sun will come out again in its own time Then my heart will know love, loves light will shine Rest when you must but don’t give up hopeful dreams Life is ever changing we don’t understand her themes Every one of us has a place a reason why we are here We are in the circle of life there are smiles and tears But things don’t happen because we deserve the pain Things happen to everyone its part of life’s own game Each time you fall on the road teaches you how to rise Each tear is a precious lesson in how to dry your eyes Rainbows won’t always shimmer in the air above you Life isn’t always full of them but their promise is true We’d all like to see their colours reflecting loves light But it’s the rainbow’s lift that makes it a welcome sight If you always saw rainbows they wouldn’t bring a smile And if they weren’t special would you go another mile? Life is a tapestry full of wonder and it does have tears But they are what teach us the lessons our heart fears What would life be like if you only ever smiled all day? How could you know wonder if sorrow hadn’t held sway Isn’t it the shadows that make you welcome life’s sun? For until you’ve tasted real sadness your life hasn’t begun The truth of beauty wouldn’t really reach into your heart Unless by deep troubles your soul has been pulled apart It’s the rain of tears that makes the souls flowers grow It’s this rain that waters them making hearts love flow Marsha Take back the hope you gave,- I claim Only a memory of the same Robert Browning |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
I must be going to have one terrific garden this year....  I loved this, MarshaKathleen |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
Excellent poem, Marsha! I agree with you. I think we learn from pain, and that's how we learn to love. In Buddhist beliefs, they say "Anger is not overcome by anger, anger is overcome by love". "Sorrow is replaced by love" "Love replaces all, everyone enjoys life". Very sincere message, Marsha! And your heart is not broken, there is always true love out there. Sting says, "After the rain has fallen, after the tears had washed your eyes, love can replace in the blink of an eye". Excellent poem, my friend, thank you for sharing! May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton |
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LoveBug
Moderator
Member Elite
since 2000-01-08
Posts 4697 |
"When the sunlight is hidden behind clouds overhead It means that the weather is dark, the sun isn’t dead And like the sun will come out again in its own time Then my heart will know love, loves light will shine" Marsha, this is a magnificant poem that reflects your great wisdom and understanding of life. Thank you for teaching us these truths through your beautiful verse. "Where there is great love there are always miracles" -Cather "Love heals everything, and love is all there is"- Zukav |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
Every one of us has a place a reason why we are here We are in the circle of life there are smiles and tears But things don’t happen because we deserve the pain Things happen to everyone its part of life’s own game Each time you fall on the road teaches you how to rise Each tear is a precious lesson in how to dry your eyes ==================== words of wisdom written in gold... or in this case Marsha Magenta. beautiful sincere thoughts ... each of our tears are a lesson learned ... we learn the most when they are lessons of the heart poetic use of metahpor well done take care When to the sessions of sweet silent thought, I summon up remembrance of things past ... I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought. ~Shakespeare~ |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Good write Marsha. Good read. I think love is a given, in essence, and everything else adds to or subtracts from that love. We do learn from pain...not to love, but things to avoid. Love, first experienced at birth when mother pulls you to her chest for the first time (inside the womb is another aspect of discussion), grows and grows - rising and falling in magnitude and amplitiude, but ever increasing in quality - with lessons learned from "pain" encountered along the way. (huge discussion so will just leave it at that for now). Enjoyed... jwesley |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
like this much |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
BRAVA!!! |
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Marsha
since 2000-07-10
Posts 7423Maidstone Kent England |
Kathleen love, you will love, it will be full of flowers, of hope and wonder, they will come to you. Honestly  You will rise, and until you do, I'll be there to share my phoenix wings with you love. Take care love Mushy Noah love, it's true, each one of us has our destiny, and it is through our experiences that we work out way through life. Thank you love I do appreciate that you took time to read this and to let it's message run through you. Take care love Mushy Lovebug, thank you truly, although if I was that wise love I wouldn't fall onto the path of life quite so often. But since I believe in destiny and fate, maybe it's my place in HIS scheme to show me what I must pass on to others. I do thank you most truly. Take care love Mushy Janet Marie love, thank you so very much, I do value your comments, and praise even though I don't believe I deserve it in the least. But I aspire to deserve it one day, although I know I could never merit as much as you give me. Thank you so very very much Take care love Mushy Jimmy love, thank you truly, you are right, the nuns who taught me all those moons ago, used to say that the lessons that we learn in life are all love in it's different form, but always love. They also said that our tears are no where near as painful or as plentiful as the tears HE sheds. For each time we fall on the path, he takes the majority of our lifes pain. Anyway thank you muchly love, you know how much I appreciate you don't you. Take care love Mushy Vandana thank you so very very muchly. I do appreciate you reading and replying to this I do. Take care Mushy Kari love, thank you sweetie, you know exactly how much I value that love, take care always. Thanks for everything Love Majestic Marsha Take back the hope you gave,- I claim Only a memory of the same Robert Browning |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Slushy, no more mushy love poems ...but oh! how your light is shining through. Breathtaking! Write on Keth Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life. Patty Hansen. |
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Lady Lightning Member
since 2000-12-04
Posts 422Kentucky |
~Marsha~ My heart isn’t truly broken I just need to rest awhile And one day soon I’ll rediscover loves perfect smile Do you know how much this made me smile? I think you do.. SO good to see you rising up there and flyin' high... This is beautiful, and for sure a keeper.. Hugs and love.. ~LL~ The way to love anything is to realize it might be lost. author unknown |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
now how did I miss this one love??? it's wonderful. . . just wonderful. . . I think I can hear the rain coming now. . . ------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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Marsha
since 2000-07-10
Posts 7423Maidstone Kent England |
Kethry love, thank you love as always for encouraging me and yes even for cracking the whip. I know I need to stretch if I'm ever to learn the things you and everyone else here knows instinctively. (But... it's work so I truly do need you to motivate me) Thank you love truly Take care love Mushy LL love thank you, yes there is always sunshine after the rain, sometimes it's easier to see than at other times. Thank you love it is appreciated it truly is Take care love Mushy Sven dear heart, thank you, I really can't thank you enough for the support and everything. And thank you for encouraging me to stretch even if I do moan about it. Take care love Mushy Take back the hope you gave,- I claim Only a memory of the same Robert Browning |
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