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hoot_owl_rn
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Glen Hope, PA USA

0 posted 2003-07-01 09:16 PM


I posted this a while back with the dedication that this was for all my friends here on Passion's as a token of my appreciation for your support and encouragement through the years...once more, thank you dear friends for giving me a map of the world and the strength to travel the roads life has led me on...I love you all  


A Map Of The World

He locked me in irons
And threw out the key.
You broke chains that held me,
Setting me free.

He caged me with cruelty;
Left me to die.
You healed broken wings
And taught me to fly.

He fed me his lies
Till I withered, was doomed.
You nourished my soul
And watched as I bloomed.

He judged me unjustly.
You pardoned the crime.
He put me away.
You served out the time.

He reached out to strike me,
His temper unfurled.
He said I’d go nowhere...
You gave me a map of the world.



~ Ruth

If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.
  
  

[This message has been edited by hoot_owl_rn (07-01-2003 09:18 PM).]

© Copyright 2003 Ruth Kephart - All Rights Reserved
suthern
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1 posted 2003-07-01 09:20 PM


Just make sure that map keeps leading you back to us, dear lady. *S* I do miss your beautiful writes... welcome home. *S*
Earth Angel
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2 posted 2003-07-01 09:25 PM


I do so know what you mean...but you expressed it ever so beautifully!

--and you do the same for your Passionate friends as well!

Warm hugs,
EA

passing shadows
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displaced
3 posted 2003-07-02 03:07 AM


it has been a long time, hasn't it?

love you too

Sunnyone
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Posts 5334
Staffordshire, England
4 posted 2003-07-02 03:29 AM


All roads on that map lead right back here to your family at Passions!!!  Good to see you, my friend, and pull up a chair and join us, eh??

Accept these small gifts from my gypsy heart  ~~S~~

TerryW
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since 2000-03-23
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Louisville, Mississippi, USA
5 posted 2003-07-07 05:58 AM


Oh, Ruth,
     My dear, your work is still as wonderful as ever.  It has been a long time since I made it home to Passions, and I am so glad that yours is the first poem I read upon my return.  I hope that you still remember me, though it has been almost 2 whole years since I last perused these pages.  Anyway, my friend, it is a good thing to be home again!

~you reached inside, you touched my heart,
and I am all the better for it~
Terry A. Woodson, Jr.

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6 posted 2003-07-07 08:48 AM


Ruth it was so good to see your name when I came into read today, and even better to see that all roads lead back to the friends that care about you, and they sure do!  
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7 posted 2003-07-08 04:39 PM


The right one can do this.....and sometimes our hearts do make the right choice. Not as often as we'd like, but sometimes....

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Midnitesun
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Gaia
8 posted 2003-07-08 04:52 PM


and in your unique way, you've made this map your very own
Sunshine
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9 posted 2003-07-08 04:53 PM



Did I blink when this went by
the first time?  Must've...because Ruth,
my dear, you know I wouldn't let you go by
without a thank you...

Bill Charles
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highways, & byways, for now
10 posted 2003-07-08 08:33 PM


hoot_owl_rn - a cherished write to all here at Passions...

BC

Enchantress
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Canada eh.
11 posted 2003-07-08 08:59 PM


Wonderful write...
Hope you will be back soon with more.
~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~

~If you haven't heard the sunset,
   you haven't been listening.~

hoot_owl_rn
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Glen Hope, PA USA
12 posted 2003-07-09 08:04 PM


Thank you all
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