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Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

0 posted 2005-09-23 07:04 PM

Looking Through Another's Eyes

quote:
Contentment

Yes, there is a Nirvanah;
it is leading your sheep
to a green pasture,
and in putting your child to sleep,
and in writing the last line of your poem.

-Kahlil Gibran

I would find Nirvanah
for although I have not one sheep,
I do have one green pasture
and in that pasture I would seek
Nirvanah

I would find heaven's door
in that green pasture
where a child lays in slumber
though not guarding one sheep,
in Nirvanah

Where is your Nirvanah?
Indeed, is it in writing the
last line to your poem?
And did you sweat and toil
and trouble yourself so?

Or is it only a rambling of
words that will not give
meaning nor pleasure,
and shame may come of it,
in Nirvanah?

When my time comes, and
I would dwell in the place
of Nirvanah, if I may but
grace Him and share with Him
my toil of words,

I will then be in Nirvanah.

~*~

©Karilea Rilling Jungel
22 July 2000

Martie

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1 posted 2005-09-23 07:12 PM

Sissie

I'm looking at that pasture...and it feels mighty good through your eyes. Thank you.

Ratleader

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2 posted 2005-09-23 07:30 PM

Life is a poem and love is a very different poem....one has a last line, the other doesn't.

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Margherita
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Eternity

3 posted 2005-09-23 07:37 PM

How beautiful, dear Karilea ... Nirvana is a great place to be!

Incredibly, I have just admired (on internet) a picture of a pasture with sheep by the symbolist Giovanni Segantini.

See:

Peace and Joy!
Love,
Margherita

Nightshade

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just out of reach

4 posted 2005-09-23 08:35 PM

I know that He is and will be smiling at your beautiful words Karilea.
hugs, Chrislane

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
~Carl Sandburg

SmartChick
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On A Journey To The Unknown

5 posted 2005-09-23 09:14 PM

You wrote this beautifully, Karilea.

StevenS
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6 posted 2005-09-24 12:09 PM

How near Nirvanah must be when you speak the launguage of angels. Words of spun gold from a heart noble and pure. Blessed are we who glimpse Nirvanah through your eyes.

iliana
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since 2003-12-05

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7 posted 2005-09-24 01:23 AM

"When my time comes, and
I would dwell in the place
of Nirvanah, if I may but
grace Him and share with Him
my toil of words,

I will then be in Nirvanah."

Seems like a good thing to be thinking about tonight...Nirvanah....yes a calming thought, much needed. Also, it gets me to thinking about what my heaven on earth is -- oh! there are so many pieces of Nirvanah here!

....jo

BluesSerenade
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By the Seaside

8 posted 2005-09-24 03:03 AM

Karilea, your poetry does indeed bring a sense of peace and nirvanah.

Your toil, your empathy, your talent, your cadence,
and your grace is worth every word!!

and a pleasure to all who lay eyes on them.

Dragon Mistress
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since 2002-08-26

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9 posted 2005-09-24 04:19 AM

Beautiful...What more can I say?

~*~I'm a dreamer, with broken dreams, and only words to fall back on~*~

Honeybunch
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10 posted 2005-09-24 05:01 AM

"if I may but
grace Him and share with Him
my toil of words,

I will then be in Nirvanah."

You're there already because already you share. Loved this!

kayjay
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11 posted 2005-09-24 09:17 AM

Count me among those who loved the last few lines. Well done! Ken

Through rubble and trouble and dark of night
The yawn of a dawn will hasten the light

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