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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa 
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The wind blows today to strip the trees and scatter the leaves beyond my sight but more of the same returns one day to adorn the now bedraggled and spent. And scores of police are on the streets to do a clean sweep of criminal minds but into the cracks they scuttle and hide to come back again more befitted to stay. I’ve waved a wand and tried to see love making a place in the world’s disarray but the try, try, again, like leaves on a breeze circles and then goes up, up, away. Into the sky but, oh, fly like a bird because birds keep their eyes on the ground searching and hunting for sustenance to keep them alive one day at a time. To keep love alive is a matter of mind and I do it these days for you because I believe it comes back again much more befitted to stay ~ but, oh, how this life strips my resolve and makes of the heart a criminal! Helen / 14 April 2007 |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Hi, Honey! "The wind blows today to strip the trees and scatter the leaves beyond my sight" ~ You set the mood of the poem, straight off. "because I believe it comes back again much more befitted to stay" ~ May the love that you send out, always boomerang back to you!  Loving hug, Linda |
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Jaime Fradera Senior Member
since 2000-11-25
Posts 843Where no tyranny is tolerable |
Hi, Helen. It is fall in the Southern Hemisphere. I call myself the Southern Cross, which I have never seen. What is it like in South Africa? Woops, I just realized that doesn't make any sense. How do you "do" Christmas in the middle of high summer? It would seem odd to do Santa and reindeer and snow and ice in the middle of summer? Maybe it is a picnic day, like our 4th of July? ... I believe that love given eventually returns ... at least that's what I WANT to believe. I connected to a talk show out of Johannesburg and the news from south Africa. I could make some of it out, but my hearing is actually very marginal. It is always easier to read the transcript of a program, when one is available, than it is to listen to it. Is South Africa F or Celsius? I intensely dislike summer and envy that you are sliding into fall and winter, my favorite season! Cheers Jaime |
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SmartChick Member Rara Avis
since 2001-09-23
Posts 7081On A Journey To The Unknown |
Oh, this is a beautiful, yet, sad poem. God Bless You! |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Dear Helen...Love can not be found in the streets or towns, it's in the tender beat of you, I think the perfect place.  |
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Drauntz Member Elite
since 2007-03-16
Posts 2905Los Angeles California |
a song of endurance and hope. as day light to me at night. enjoyed. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Loved to see my beloved country in your work, albeit in pain. Wishing you strength, even more resolve, and mostly healing love of every possible kind. - Owl |
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Ericc Member Elite
since 2003-01-31
Posts 4178 |
You write with great beauty from the heart...of the heart. Eric |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
"Into the sky but, oh, fly like a bird because birds keep their eyes on the ground searching and hunting for sustenance to keep them alive one day at a time." Oh, to read my thoughts from your quill today! Such a world we have.... |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Thank you everyone for your kind comments. All so very much appreciated. |
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