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Sometimes, what seemed |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa 
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SOMETIMES, WHAT SEEMED 18 August 2011 Sometimes, what seemed impossible to change . . . does . . . and a miracle blossoms . . . and there is a lifting of a heavy wooden yoke, and slowly oh, so slowly, the neck eases into position and the eyes look upward and fly with the wings of a bird, up, up, up, cleaving the blue air cleanly and waves of warmth and light open the mind to possibilities and the heart to giving and the spirit to praying and the body to dancing and, like Mozart-caresses on the ear, the comforting sense of well-being swells into joy and happiness that could last forever. Owl |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Sounds like something has made you very happy, Diana, I'm happy for you. Ida |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
From miracles, hope is born, nurtured, celebrated. This seems like an embrace of joy! |
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ebonygirl Member Elite
since 2011-07-14
Posts 2000California U.S.A |
I felt lots of joy and happiness in your poem Ms. Owl, Enjoyed, Ms. E |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
You describe the alleviation of a heaviness in the heart in a splendid way, dear Diana. There is no such thing as impossible in our lives. When a change induces you to dance then you have the measure of its positive significance. Dance on, dear Poetess. Love, Margherita "Love is the One who masters all things; |
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Prasad Nataraj Senior Member
since 2008-05-29
Posts 1149Bangalore,India |
Fine writing. "The secret behind survival of mankind is kindness and love within our hearts" |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you, Ida. No, not really a happening – more a wide-spread, multi-faceted awakening, a realisation that we allow ourselves to be limited by our own pre-conceived limitations without challenging them. A new liberating realisation always exhilarates me. Thank you, Ruth. I read what you wrote recently in a reply to somebody’s poem – I forget whose – you said something like having heard it said that we pray for miracles and when they arrive, we call them co-incidences – a profound thought which I enjoyed and have since ruminated on. It may well have had an influence on this poem, though there were several other influences on it too. Thank you eg. There is so much happiness and joy that we can find for ourselves and I have no intention on missing out on any of it. Thank you, Margherita. Sometimes the change is within us, sometimes outside of us, but the excitement is to recognise it wherever it is and investigate it, embrace it and follow it with awareness and a natural healthy caution. To me, dancing – whether literal or metaphorical - is a wonderful, spontaneous, artistic, outward expression of all sorts of emotions, joy, being one of them. Yes, Margherita, I will always dance on. Smiles. Thank you, Prasad. I am glad you enjoyed it. Owl |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
Such a beautiful poem you have penned!! Truly heartfelt. JL  |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you, JL. I am glad it touched you so deeply. There are so many wonderful truths to discover every day - Robert Louis Stevenson in one of his poems to children said: The world is full of such wonderful things I am sure we should all be as happy as kings. Not that I would imagine kings have much to be happy about - but I delight in the way he brought out the magical, innocent concept of kings that children have. Owl |
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