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I Am The Ozone Layer!
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I Am The Ozone Layer! |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada 
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Enjoy the power of the truthful words you use ......well maybe not....... You will not understand the power of truthful words you use when they fail! But listen to me...... in seasoned years when you think back on lessons truly learned all in a way you don't use now so much fertility stayed within you and how fictitious you really thought. Yet you were not as old as you imagined! Keep speaking thoughts that suit you, don't worry, and know that worrying is about as usable as trying to change the driving impatience of a fledgling artist. The real truthful words in life are apt to be missed, words never used through lack of time, the words you wanted to say when your heart became full but when your voice was alone with you in your car. Speak one truth everyday that scares you. Peace! Don't be ruthless with other peoples true words Don't shut out those people that are truthful with you. Listen! Don't use your mind to alienate sometimes you're cool, sometimes you're disliked. The road is long and in the race it's only humans you meet. Remember relatives you've hated, forget their insults and if you can possibly do this you're a saint! Greet your old lost lovers, and bury your old dark feelings. Love! Don't be preaching if you don't want others to hate what you did to their life. The most penetrating preachers I know didn't stop at millions when they wanted to seek lonely hearts, some of them still decieving older people I know. Get lots of Vitiman C! Be kind to your children you'll miss them when they're gone. You might love forever...or maybe just a week.... You might fail in love.....but not if you don't try. Maybe you'll caress a century! Maybe you'll play tennis with your 80 year old kids! Whatever you do don't discipline your youngsters too much! But don't leave them void of it either. Your voice is the first choice......when others want to hear it! Enjoy your music! Play it every day you can. Don't be losing your inward art when people don't mention it, it's the greatest escape you'll ever need. Sing! Even if you have a tin ear for it, do it loudly in the shower make up the words when you don't remember them. Do not believe all health food stories they may only take your money. Get to know your worst faults you never know when they'll turn in on you. Be nice to your neighbours they're your best link to unity and the people most likely to work with you in time. Understand that your kids come and go with precious grandchildren you always need. Work hard to keep the love of family as a lifestyle. The older you get the more mellow the minutes seem to be when time is on your mind. Go on a roller coaster once, and laugh before it makes you cry. See your favourite performer live and live before you know you've lost. Travel! Don't fool too much with your computer because you'll only learn how to hurt yourself! Be careful how much liquor you drink and don't be the only one to supply it. Liquor is a tool of euphoria but drinking too much is a way of floating the past into the future fixing old mistakes hiding from the ugly fact that it's over for more than it's worth. Listen to me before it's too late! I'm the ozone layer! IF YOU HAVE TO JUDGE SOMEONE DO IT ON THE SIDE OF MERCY AND LET TIME SEASON THE RESULTS. |
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nourzihane Member
since 2008-07-10
Posts 254Algeria |
Dear ethome very nice words which have nice meaning.... thank you for these words and keep on my best wishes to you my respect Nourzihane |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Thank you Nourzihane for the very kind words and for taking the time to read this ramble on life....A lot of it cliches but some retain their value and are timeless..... Eric IF YOU HAVE TO JUDGE SOMEONE DO IT ON THE SIDE OF MERCY AND LET TIME SEASON THE RESULTS. |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
ethome - you write this poem with much wisdom, a pleasure to read, and with many thoughts... BC |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Thanks BC always good to hear from you. Eric |
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Balladeer
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Are you instilling stratus fear on our poor youth??  Merry Christmas, O!  |
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1slick_lady Member Ascendant
since 2000-12-22
Posts 6088standing on a shadow's lace |
Eric this is awesome i just love it alot of things have happened to me lately that were out of my control i have been worring and every day i cry i am going to print this out and read it every day and every time i feel defeated for it sure makes me feel like a winner thank you as a poet my hope is of anyone that reads my poetry i hope it touches at least one person you have gone beyond that you have touched me and changed my way of thinking i just do not know how to say thank you |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Yes Michael stratus fear right after van allen's belt......Thanks for the well wishes and the same back to you. Eric 1slick_ lady Sorry to hear about the troubles in your life. Thank goodness we have the relief of crying otherwise we might simply explode with the emotional stress. I feel very complimented that you're going to print this out and I hope it will stmulate confidence in you as you seem to be a very dear sensitive person. Let's face it, we all need encouragement from time to time there's definitely no shame in that, it's just life. So glad I have touched you and as you say if my poetry touches just one person then it's all worth it. Take care and I surely wish you the best now and on into the new years to come. Eric IF YOU HAVE TO JUDGE SOMEONE DO IT ON THE SIDE OF MERCY AND LET TIME SEASON THE RESULTS. |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
quote: You brought something home to me with these lines, Ethome. Thank you. And for reading my recent [old] poem, well, thank you for that too. I note you don't celebrate Christmas, and I don't think you do, either, not in the commercial way. But something tells me you do celebrate the gift of love, and forgiveness, in not only this poem, but in all you've ever shared. Be well, my friend. Happy New Year! |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
Eric, I loved every word of your poem~~~ so many truths are written within. Wishing you a Happy Holiday Season.  M |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Eric, You say what we all instinctively know but which we so easily forget. Thanks for the reminder because even though I try my best to live as you suggest I know I slip every now and again. Happy holidays. Helen |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Thank you Maureen I always appreciate hearing from even though it's been a while since I spent some time here....I appreciate the kind words as you know I do. Take care Eric |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Hey Sunshine so nice to hear/read from you and I'm glad you liked those lines. you write....'But something tells me you do celebrate the gift of love, and forgiveness, in not only this poem, but in all you've ever shared.' I have to say I try my best to do just that although it's a rough road sometimes it's alway worth it. Thank you and take care great to hear from you again..... Eric |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Eric, I thoroughly enjoyed reading your thoughts and 'True'isms! One after the other, I found myself nodding and agreeing.A remarkable write! ~ Remarkable you! Love from a fellow Canadian, Linda P.S. Did I ever tell you that I used to live in New Bruswick when I was a little girl? ~ I lived on the shores of Shediac Bay.  |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Thank you Helen Honeybunch.....We all slip, believe me it's quite common. It's nice to be able to remind each other through this medium. Take care Eric Thank you Linda fellow Canuck. Glad you could relate to this ramble. Aw yes, the shores of Shediac what a wonderful place to live! Love love love the seafood in that area. I live in Fredericton but have been to Shediac many times and I have a daughter that lives in Moncton. Why'd you leave us? Take care Eric |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Ethome, This is a very insightful write. In particular, I liked: "Be nice to your neighbours they're your best link to unity and the people most likely to work with you in time." I don't know what I would do without my neighbors here in the hood. Bobby |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
A pleasure to read...James |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Bobby and James Thanks so much for dropping in and leaving such positive input. Take care Eric PS Bobby, you're right your neighbours are so important. We can't disappear off the face of the earth |
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Marc-Andre Senior Member
since 2008-12-07
Posts 501 |
Eric, Reading this was like reading a highly-personalised wisdom letter, and it both unsettled me some and encouraged me. And it seems that thus it has been read by more than one. A veritable tour-de-force! Mark |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Thank you Mark Always a pleasure to have you drop in and read. Mostly reminders of what we tend to take for granted. Take care Eric IF YOU HAVE TO JUDGE SOMEONE DO IT ON THE SIDE OF MERCY AND LET TIME SEASON THE RESULTS. |
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XOx Uriah xOX Senior Member
since 2006-02-11
Posts 1403Virginia |
::smiles:: ::bows:: ::bows:: ::bows:: |
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chopsticks Senior Member
since 2007-10-02
Posts 888The US, |
Good prose poem and in fifty years it may be claimed as one of the writings found in Saint Paul’s church in Baltimore, right there with the ~ Desiderata ~ |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Yo Eric, A quick reminder though--you're not the ozone layer. Such delusions of grandeur are not acceptable. Bobby |
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