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Elizabeth Santos
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0 posted 2001-03-12 02:24 PM


No Regrets

Do not regret the day that’s gone
Live in this moment’s bliss
For life and love are soaring on
The whisper of a kiss

We can’t erase a given deed
We can’t relive the hour
Nor can we turn back into seed
A bud about to flower

Why waste the day on retrospect
There’s little time to live
The only thing you can expect
Is what life has to give

The bloom has opened to the skies
In unexpected grace
Let it dance within your eyes
And shine upon your face

The moment’s now, the flower’s sweet
The fragrance will not last
For splendor of this moment’s treat
May be your only chance

A memory cherished now and then,
A dream to wish upon
Are healthy for the heart, but then
It’s time to move along

© Copyright 2001 Elizabeth Santos - All Rights Reserved
Just A Woman
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1 posted 2001-03-12 02:35 PM


An outstanding message within a powerful writing. I applaud. I will save this as it is so true. We cannot live in yesterday, nor tomorrow. Or should not, is I guess what I mean.
Excellent writing!

After years of searching, I have found I am nothing more, nothing less...I am in truth Just A Woman after all.

Sunshine
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2 posted 2001-03-12 02:51 PM


A beautiful read when a poet's heart waxes philosophically...

well done, Lady Santos...

DreamLess
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3 posted 2001-03-12 02:58 PM


i really loved this one ..great work


WRITTEN BY ME..(17 YRS HIGHSCHOOL GIRL)
EASY ON ME.. I'M JUST AN AMATEUR

ethome
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4 posted 2001-03-12 02:58 PM


What's done is done and all must go on. This is a wise write Elizabeth. Like Kipling says......"if you can dream and not make dreams your master....if you can think and not make thoughts your aim" We have to face the wonderful force of the future and not dwell in the past....excellent!!

The poet is like a cocoon; in him the caterpillar of the past finds rest, and from him the butterfly of the future emerges.

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5 posted 2001-03-12 06:29 PM


superb my friend. . . wonderful. . .

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

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6 posted 2001-03-12 07:24 PM


I loved this one! But then I like everything you write!

Betty Lou Hebert

JLR
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7 posted 2001-03-12 07:45 PM


I seem to be running into this theme often today...perhaps the poetry gods are trying to tell me something. Beautiful and true.
WhtDove
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8 posted 2001-03-12 07:50 PM


Liz a wonderful reminder to live in the here and now! And appreciate all we have.

I appreciate you! ~hugs~

Voiceless
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9 posted 2001-03-12 07:51 PM


Beautifully inchanting!


~*Peachy Be*~

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10 posted 2001-03-12 08:09 PM


So logical...and so difficult. Wise (and perfect) writing, Ms. Santos
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11 posted 2001-03-13 12:30 PM


I think I need to print this one out and put it next to my computer, above the stove, on the mirror, in my closet, across the TV screen and anywhere else it will stick. *G* For all those hours wasted in regrets accomplish nothing and make me regret the wasting. *S* Beautiful work, Elizabeth!
inot2B
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12 posted 2001-03-13 05:20 PM


"Why waste the day on retrospect
There’s little time to live
The only thing you can expect
Is what life has to give"


These lines just seemed to grab me. As always you seem to have a grasp on what
others are going through in their life.
Enjoyed very much.

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