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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2012-01-03 06:24 PM

My mind has strayed far away
from love’s so many struggles
as if it needed time apart
to rejuvenate the soul.

But soul (that’s me) knows mind can’t stay
for too long far away
because it’s the keeper of my love for you,
the believer of my worthiness,
the treasurer of priceless gifts,
and the chaperon of pain.

Though good it may be for a time
to mindless whittle down the days
I think it’s time now, yes, indeed
to join again and simply be
all I am and have to be
in the year two thousand twelve!

Helen/3 January 2012

(Still a month and a bit to go before life gets back to "normal".)

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2012-01-03 06:43 PM

Nice work with this poem, Helen, and being all you can be is the sure-fire way to be extraordinary. Got for it . . .

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

2 posted 2012-01-03 06:46 PM

Hi Jerry. Thanks and, yes, let's all go for it.

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

3 posted 2012-01-03 08:37 PM

YES!!

Happy New Year!!

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

4 posted 2012-01-03 10:16 PM

Thanks, JL. May it be a good one for you.

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

5 posted 2012-01-04 04:15 AM

Dear Helen, so nice to see you back and with one of your profoundly reflective poems, that I appreciate greatly!

Have a wonderful 2012 and ... may "normal" mean FANTASTIC!

Love and hugs.
Margherita

tracie66
Member Elite

since 2000-01-18

Posts 4713
Australia

6 posted 2012-01-05 04:29 AM

well penned!

Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe
— W. E. Channing

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

7 posted 2012-01-07 01:31 AM

I have missed your poetry, Helen. I like this one and wish you only happiness for this new year.

Alison

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

8 posted 2012-01-07 01:36 AM

Thank you Margherita, Tracie and Alison. I have missed being here but do still manage to pop in for a read every now and again. May it be a happy 2012 for everyone!

Helen

Klassy Lassy
Member Elite

since 2005-06-28

Posts 2187
Oregon

9 posted 2012-01-07 04:33 PM

A great reminder to live in the "now". April slips through one's fingers all to quickly, and December is all too willing to leave the absent behind.

Helen, the wisdom here is crying at the lock, and I feel too often like Wee Willy Winky running through the town, upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown... *blush*

Thank you.  I'd best get with it!

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

10 posted 2012-01-07 05:37 PM

effective 'write' ...

especially fine beginning!:

"My mind has strayed far away
  from love’s so many struggles
  as if it needed time apart
  to rejuvenate the soul."

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

11 posted 2012-01-08 01:59 AM

Thank you, Karen and Bruce! Yes, time to "get with it".

Ok - with what?

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

12 posted 2012-01-08 05:41 AM

Hoppy 2012, Helen. Hope things get back to normal soon.
Ida

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