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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2007-07-06 03:11 AM


How special to be loved so much
that from the air to land
a parent frowns concernedly
at life’s tumultuous ways
that tosses wisdom to the wolves
and feeds deep empathy
into the jaws of lions.

This is my life!  I stand unmoved
but maybe I’m a fool
for dispensing my inheritance
before it’s even used.

And guilty, I am guilty,
of a silent "tut, tut-tut";
what can a mother/father know
of what I learnt so long ago
and then, of course, forgot?

But wisdom comes to fools
and love outlines empathy
when the feel of one unseen
strips the ego clean
and bares the heart and soul
of what we’ve always been.

To feel if not to see
and act accordingly
the manner and the means
of laughter for the free
but when will they celebrate
the coming out of me?

Helen /  6 July 2007


© Copyright 2007 Helen - All Rights Reserved
paullallady
Member
since 2007-04-03
Posts 262
Michigan
1 posted 2007-07-07 08:03 PM


"But wisdom comes to fools
and love outlines empathy '

this was good, reminds me of my daughter and myself right now.

Dominique-Simone
Senior Member
since 2005-11-12
Posts 643

2 posted 2007-07-11 10:39 PM


"This is my life!  I stand unmoved
but maybe I’m a fool
for dispensing my inheritance
before it’s even used."

You are only a fool if you don't live life.

WindWalker
Senior Member
since 2001-10-12
Posts 1218

3 posted 2007-07-14 12:38 PM


This is very good!!!!!!!!!!!
icebox
Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383
in the shadows
4 posted 2007-07-14 12:46 PM


Beautiful, my friend!  You just improved my evening.  Thank you.
Artic Wind
Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 8080
Realm of Supernatural
5 posted 2007-10-21 11:07 AM


yes, very beautiful

ARCTIC WIND

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