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A cheerful countenance
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A cheerful countenance |
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Silver Streak Member Elite
since 2002-01-02
Posts 3625FL, USA 
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A cheerful countenance "A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, But by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken." KJV Proverbs 15: 13 I stand stark naked, as I look at myself in my mirror My hair, my face, my eyes of blue, I see in blazing terror Wrinkled brow, somehow, showing creeping dying age of decades My breasts are full and sagging now as an old man's body fades. My belly's crooked, showing a bloated expanded liver, there Above a shrunken worm nested in curly unruly hair I look at reality; nakedness looks harshly back at me And says, "you've grown so old, you've lost your youthful vitality?" But then my spirit says to me, wake up! Look out! You must know There is no spirit age for you! God made you eons ago Someday when your body lets you fly; you'll zoom into God's day And leave this shell to burn in hell. So, onward! Go on and play! So I dress and smile at fate, and run off to another date A spirit seeking life, eternal. Come! Let's dance! To God's gait! For I am young and need to play, God made man this wholesome way Live and love, share all pleasure with every loving soul, today, With a cheerful countenance. Copyright: Newell Elsworth Usher Silver Streak of Silver Springs, Florida November 23, 2001 rev January 22, 2002 Sharing God's Love through perfectlovepoetry.com Copyright: 2002 Newell Elsworth Usher [This message has been edited by Silver Streak (01-22-2002 09:38 PM).] |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
  (smiles) Oh Newell, this is sooooooo beautiful, there's no feeling more happier than embracing each sun-shining day witha youthful smile and loving with innocence and purity! (big hugggssssss) We all love you so much, sweet friend, such light and bliss fills your words! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Newell, thank you for sharing!  May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton |
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strbbux Member Elite
since 2001-12-19
Posts 3859 |
It's all in the mind Newell. The mind stays young. Yet we all age. There is a lot to think about in this poem.I believe God's love keeps us young. Very nice. Floria |
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Silver Streak Member Elite
since 2002-01-02
Posts 3625FL, USA |
Thank you, Sweet Noah, for you loving thoughts. -newell Sharing God's Love through perfectlovepoetry.com |
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Silver Streak Member Elite
since 2002-01-02
Posts 3625FL, USA |
Thank you, floria for you very kind thoughts. -newell Sharing God's Love through perfectlovepoetry.com |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Though the body frail, the mind is young. Though the years long, the soul is strong. you have expressed it very well within this poem Newell...I can relate to your thoughts. |
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Silver Streak Member Elite
since 2002-01-02
Posts 3625FL, USA |
Thank you, Magnus, for your very kind thoughts. -newell Sharing God's Love through perfectlovepoetry.com |
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