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Elizabeth Santos
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0 posted 2000-06-26 12:01 PM



The Most Powerful force

The mighty forces of the earth
Bring havoc to the inner soul
Wrought by the one almighty God
A valid part of nature's whole

The power of God is etched in leaves
In honeysuckle's nectar dew
But also in the force of earth's
Most horrible Volcano spew

Treacherous forces shake the earth
Cause giant waves to crash the shore
And spin a wind as mighty as
The churning of the molten core

The power of the water falling
From the cliff on mountain's breast
The undertows and currents
And the fear that causes man's unrest

But mightier yet than all the wondrous
God - made forces here on earth
Is mother's love for her own child
Cradling his heart from hour of birth

Elizabeth Santos


© Copyright 2000 Elizabeth Santos - All Rights Reserved
Sudhir Iyer
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1 posted 2000-06-26 12:13 PM


MAGNIFICENT writing!!!

Liz,
You never cease to amaze me with your well written words...

and yet again, I am stupefied to silence and can say only one word WOW!

regards, sudhir.
P.S. A tribute to my mother and motherhood is due from me soon...



Death, be not proud, though some have called thee,
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;

- John Donne

Alle'cram
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2 posted 2000-06-26 12:55 PM


Dear Liz,
  Oh, I love this piece! You've beautifully weaved "God's forces", including a Mother's love as equal. I agree and your poem leaves me in awe of your work and God's power.

Elizabeth
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3 posted 2000-06-26 12:57 PM


Superb and beautiful.

Elizabeth


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4 posted 2000-06-26 01:32 PM


Liz, this is a beautiful piece. Yes, a mother's love is just as strong as God's forces.

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." -Oscar Wilde
"The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief" -Shakespea

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5 posted 2000-06-26 08:08 PM


So beautiful...so true!
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6 posted 2000-06-26 08:16 PM


Oh, my friend~
So very, very true.
~*Marge*~


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Seymour Tabin
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7 posted 2000-06-26 11:10 PM


Elizabeth,
You are an eternal fountain. Love Sy

OLIAS
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8 posted 2000-06-27 05:17 AM


A wonderful poem of Mother and Earth , the wells of life, very powerful and strong, I enjoyed reading it.

Thank you

Olias

tracie66
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9 posted 2000-06-27 06:02 AM


Elizabeth just beautiful....life's most precious gift is the gift of life itself.
Thanks for sharing this Liz  
Tracie~


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It is the harmony of the universe



Jamie
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10 posted 2000-06-27 06:16 AM


A beautifully written poem.
I would be remiss however it I did not state for the record..." A mothers love is one of God's Forces.....lol

Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil.
"Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely".



Elizabeth Santos
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11 posted 2000-06-27 07:51 AM


Thank you for your comments. Promethius, this poem was meant to say exactly that, that of all God's forces, a mother's love is the strongest, Thank you
Liz

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