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Honeybunch
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0 posted 2010-12-05 03:19 PM


Upon the mountain way up high
no bells ring out an order
for one and all to gather there
and build a bonfire of delight.

Delight can burn, it surely does,
but not up there on mountain tops
that forces on a burdened flock
a climb beyond ability.

It burns where ere it's called to be
and fuels itself with true intent
passed from the soul to me, to you,
as a forever Christmas gift.

Time passes though and gifts grow old,
styles change to modern ways,
and fashion statements then decree
we all dress up the same.

You'd think delight would follow suit
but, no, it stays as once was made
old fashioned in its coloured robe
left now to trail behind the times.

It's not a problem, really not,
be thankful that it trails at all
for easily could give up the chase
and stay back in the past.

Delight is there, always there,
waiting for the call to be
a fire that burns no matter life
that douses true reality!

Helen / 5 December 2010


© Copyright 2010 Helen - All Rights Reserved
JerryPat
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since 2010-10-30
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1 posted 2010-12-05 03:25 PM


Interesting concept and one that I tend to agree with, that Delight is forevermore there if we but seek it out. This, then is the season for seeking.

. . . and the Raven said, %!~#&(&#!$!

Honeybunch
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since 2001-12-29
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South Africa
2 posted 2010-12-05 03:43 PM


Thanks, Jerry.  I think life is a treasure hunt with such obscure clues that we end up searching in all the wrong places just to find what all along was a mere thought away.  Something like that.  

Helen

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10
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3 posted 2010-12-05 05:25 PM


This poem was a delight! I like your way of thinking.
Honeybunch
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4 posted 2010-12-06 12:27 PM


Thank you, Lori.
Amaryllis
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since 2010-05-20
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Mi now
5 posted 2010-12-06 12:30 PM


This truly was a delight to read, as stated by another... I loved the message, and the meter without true rhyme lends a music to the piece, a joy to follow along the page to the end.

My best~
Amaryllis

A pile of scribbles here:
http://sharonleighpoetry.blogspot.com

Honeybunch
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6 posted 2010-12-06 12:43 PM


Thanks, Amaryllis.  The angels preach through fingers set according to their beat to break the harsh accord of life's destructive tap dance on the sensitive unseen.

Helen


Amaryllis
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7 posted 2010-12-06 01:05 AM


Helen, I love your un-shallow waters. (is that a word?  Lol)
Your messages grace these pages.

~A

A pile of scribbles here:
http://sharonleighpoetry.blogspot.com

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115
South Africa
8 posted 2010-12-06 01:32 AM


Nope, not a word but it's not as if it matters because whether shallow or deep (un-shallow sounds somehow nicer) we still break something or other when we dive in which perhaps can never be repaired until we dive in again. Makes me tired just thinking about it.

Helen

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