Relish the 31 557 600 seconds of 1999 (repost)

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OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

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Durban, South Africa

0 posted 2011-01-01 09:19 AM

RELISH THE 31 557 600 SECONDS OF 1999
December 1998

Awake with the year like a child on a birthday.
Feel new life sprout through the pavement cracks.
Grasp with both hands, every quivering moment,
and ignite them all
with Life in the round.

Reach past the laughter and smiles of the homeless;
endure their raw anguish
and savour each unconstrained joy.

Set free your emotions and tease them alive.
Toss them, turn them, wave them, wear them, stretch them, shake them, shock them,
teach them how to run, fly and dive.

Crack the encasement that traps all your senses;
sing patterns made by light and shade;
colour your canvas with whispering breezes;
touch the sweet fragrance of milky-white night flowers;
taste honey’s secret -
and walk barefoot
on sharp gravel stones.

Owl

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2011-01-01 09:21 AM

Happy New Year, Diana...
I know you'll do everything
to bring joy to others this
year, as you always do!

JerryPat
Senior Member

since 2010-10-30

Posts 1991
Louisiana/America

2 posted 2011-01-01 10:45 AM

Each New Year brings out the best in our attempt at straightening out our lives, etc.

When early morning quietness seeps into my being
it's like I'm being hugged by everything good in the world.—August 16, 2010

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

3 posted 2011-01-01 03:48 PM

seize the day, seize the moment and be! Amen!
Lori

latearrival
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since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

4 posted 2011-01-01 07:22 PM

I really enjoyed this one,OwlSA. Glad you reposted it. latearrival

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

5 posted 2011-01-01 07:31 PM

Makes me look foward to the new year, Diana.
Hope all your New Year's wishes come true.
Ida

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

6 posted 2011-01-02 01:37 AM

Thanks, Karilea. I don’t know that I bring joy to others, but thanks anyway.

I hope so, Jerry.

Yes, Lori, too often we miss what is right before us.

I’m glad you enjoyed it, latearrival.

Thanks, Ida. I’m glad you are looking forward to 2011, Ida. May all your wishes come true too.

Owl

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

7 posted 2011-01-02 03:53 PM

quote:
Crack the encasement that traps all your senses;
sing patterns made by light and shade;
colour your canvas with whispering breezes;

Powerful and inspiring, dear Diana!

... I love to walk barefoot, but well I prefer the silky sand I must admit, rather than the sharp gravel!

Love and Happy New Year, dear friend.
Margherita

Rex Allen McCoy
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since 2000-01-30

Posts 2863
Sippin a Timmy's in London

8 posted 2011-01-02 11:26 PM

all the best in the New Year

enjoyed

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

9 posted 2011-01-03 10:39 AM

Well done and best to you always!

Eric

ain't doin nothin at all just answerin the call
and kinda driftin away from it all

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

10 posted 2011-01-03 10:47 AM

Thanks Margherita, Rex and Eric and wishing you all the very best in 2011.

Margherita, I too, like the feel of silky sand under my feet, but sharp gravel stones feel almost like a foot massage, and there's something else which is difficult to put into words - something to do with reality and/or achievement, I think.

Owl

secondhanddreampoet
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since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

11 posted 2011-01-04 02:17 PM

a very many pleasant thoughts and images here ...

my favorite is "colour your canvas with whispering breezes"

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