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Daniel J D
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since 2000-10-01
Posts 1471
Hillcrest, Queensland, Australia

0 posted 2000-10-31 07:00 PM


Slender as a spider's
Fine as a silkworm's
Stronger than a vine's
As powerful as a liner's anchor
Strings of togetherness, strings of love

From the umbrilical cord
Attached to a mother's bond
Our life begins the journey
Of many strings, joined in a web
The web of life from birth to death

As we walk and weave our way
Through life's challenges
The momentum of each move we make
Is a millimetre, further joining
Each and every string of our journey

Strings of parenthood
Strings of childhood friends
Strings of games and learning
Strings of tears and pain
Strings of love and joy

Joining into one web
At the core from every angle
Attached by each move, each experience
Is you the string weaver
The task of maintaining each broken string
Entirely your responsibility
As more and more strings break
Embrace each day with grace and dignity
Work harder to rejoin the strings
And begin the length of another
Until the string to Heaven
Reaches your soul.

Respond to my call and let the waves of my heart fill your life with the wonders of love
(Daniel J D)

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Rainydays
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since 2000-10-21
Posts 324

1 posted 2000-10-31 07:31 PM


Daniel JD, I believe in the fortification of these strings, these strands of togetherness, as well. What a unique way in which to urge us to handle them with care. A lovely piece of writing!  Thank you ~

Rainydays

jwesley
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563
Spring, Texas
2 posted 2000-10-31 07:37 PM


Refreshing, meaningful way to put it.  Well
done.

jwesley

Daniel J D
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since 2000-10-01
Posts 1471
Hillcrest, Queensland, Australia
3 posted 2000-10-31 07:49 PM


Rainydays, and jwesley,

Thank you so much. We are all attached in billions of webs all over the globe.

Respond to my call and let the waves of my heart fill your life with the wonders of love
(Daniel J D)

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554

4 posted 2000-10-31 07:53 PM


Joining into one web
At the core from every angle
Attached by each move, each experience
Is you the string weaver
The task of maintaining each broken string
Entirely your responsibility
As more and more strings break
Embrace each day with grace and dignity
Work harder to rejoin the strings
And begin the length of another
Until the string to Heaven
Reaches your soul.
=============
Daniel..this is excellently written..
very unique and cool way of looking at it..
very interesting metaphors you have here ...
most creative work.
take care
jm


snowpants
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since 2000-09-16
Posts 2061
KS
5 posted 2000-10-31 08:06 PM


Great lines, Daniel!  Wonderfully written, my friend!!

sp  


Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: 'it might have been.' -John Greenleaf Whittier

Daniel J D
Senior Member
since 2000-10-01
Posts 1471
Hillcrest, Queensland, Australia
6 posted 2000-11-01 09:03 PM


JanetMarie, and Snowpants,
Kind thank you for your replies. Life is a string, it is joined at two ends, birth and death. However, in between that string produces many branches each interconnected with each other. It is a passage.

Respond to my call and let the waves of my heart fill your life with the wonders of love
(Daniel J D)

peppermint35
Senior Member
since 2000-05-28
Posts 1106
Texas, USA
7 posted 2000-11-01 09:28 PM


What a lovely tapestry you have woven here!!!  

Pepper
"I honor the place in you, that when you are in that place, and I am in that place in me, we are in the same place"
Ram Dass

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