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Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

0 posted 2010-08-02 11:54 AM

It is hearty to decree
a sanction to lessen misery
a give and take
it’s so decried
to wipe those tears
from your eyes for

You Are Hereby Authorized

to come and go as you
please,
to live a life with grace
and ease
to be hearty in your
desires
to live until you can
retire,
and then you might
realize

You Are Hereby Authorized

to know that enormous is big
and miniscule is small
that petite is tiny
and lengthy is tall;
to have opinions
as you may, then
realize you may
have a day of
surprise

You Are Hereby Authorized

that in the best of
all life’s tests
that in the rise
of your surmise
that in the glean of
your serene
everyone must live
a life,
be it animal
child,

husband
or wife

You Are Hereby Authorized

to give a smile
though you sense gray,
smile a mile so you may
brighten up anyone’s
gloomy day
by reflections that come
back to you,
in all you say,
in all you do,
and in this immensity
of surprise,

BELIEVE, for

You Are Hereby Authorized

~*~

© KRJ 8-28-01
Slightly revised 8-2-10

Eldest
Member

since 2010-06-15

Posts 177
Alabama

1 posted 2010-08-02 01:23 PM

I can't wait to be authorized!!!!!!!!!!

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

2 posted 2010-08-02 01:25 PM

I have been authorized to tell you that this is extremely fine writing.
Ida

Andrew Scott
Member Elite

since 1999-06-24

Posts 2558
Redlands,CA,USA

3 posted 2010-08-02 01:30 PM

Quality... top shelf... a most excellent read. I bow to you and yours.

"We'll chase them like rats across the tundra."

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

4 posted 2010-08-02 03:41 PM

This is nice work Hon.

Love Bobby

Earl Brinkman
Senior Member

since 2010-03-03

Posts 1183
Osaka, Japan

5 posted 2010-08-02 07:27 PM

This was very well written and held me throughout.

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

6 posted 2010-08-02 11:06 PM

Eldest, that's up to you, m'friend...

Ida, you've been authorized in more ways than one. Thank you!

Andrew...top shelf is for great margaritas...but then you always knew how to enjoy yourself.

Bobby, thank you.

Earl, thank you for letting me know.

I read this redo at my poetry writing class tonight. We have some "new" people who have been with our group for 3, 4, 5 years...they hadn't heard it yet.

They enjoyed the ending, as well.

2islander2
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since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

7 posted 2010-08-04 11:27 AM

beautiful words, the message offers some peace and reason (which are supposed to go together to my eyes)

have a nice day

yann

easy1
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since 2010-05-22

Posts 1209
Southeastern USA

8 posted 2010-08-04 01:35 PM

Excellent write... and it is so true that people in general do better when the load is shared, hence, "authorization."

Namyh
Senior Member

since 2009-01-20

Posts 988

9 posted 2010-08-04 04:00 PM

Sunshine - Now I know what that stamp on the back of my hand means. I've been authorized to live life to its fullest. Thanks for informing me Sunshine. I feel better now and enjoyed your work. Namyh

Dr.Moose1
Member Elite

since 1999-09-05

Posts 3448
Bewilderment , USA

10 posted 2010-08-04 07:00 PM

Sunshine,
Thanks for this definitive up-beat message,
every word of it, if only I'd heard it before I was self-lobotomized.
Doc

Ringo

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since 2003-02-20

Posts 3684
Saluting with misty eyes

11 posted 2010-08-04 10:38 PM

I would tell you that this is superb writing; however, I would be guilty of being repetitive, and needing to find another adjective...
Oh, to heck with it...

THIS IS SUPERB WRITING!!!!!

Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting, "WHAT A RIDE

Novus_Os
Member

since 2010-07-21

Posts 115
West Coast, USA

12 posted 2010-08-05 12:18 PM

Engaging, creative, and original...in other words...nicely done.That is in my humble opinion, and in the truest sense.

Regards,

Novus_Os

Life is meant to be enjoyed, not just endured.

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

13 posted 2010-08-05 12:31 PM

A pleasure to read...James

Martie

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

14 posted 2010-08-05 03:26 PM

Sissie....I am...!!!!! Thank you.

Jamesp85
Junior Member

since 2010-08-05

Posts 10

15 posted 2010-08-05 07:37 PM

Great poem!

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