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WindWalker12
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0 posted 2010-07-29 09:23 PM


Endless Possibilities

I thought I’d forget all my troubles;
hiking the high hills today –
but my thoughts betrayed me again –
turning my hopes to bitterness
until a soft voice interrupts
my internal monologue:

“Make your life a celebration,
not cause for regret.
Set a goal, a purpose, a direction
then enter every situation
with eyes wide open.
See your endless blessings;
the knowledge life has granted you:
put these to better use.

They will show you the beauty
of a cascading mountain stream
with a backdrop of jagged peaks
above scraggly pines at the tree line
just below the sun’s slanting rays.

They will give you a sprinkling of fresh snow;
the feel of a shiver as a late autumn breeze
finds an opening in your collar.

Is this not the dawning of a new day
filled with endless possibilities?
Why should you allow yesterday's thoughts
to mar today's joy?
If you came here to find happiness
just for one day, that is all you will get
but if you discover self-empowerment
such happiness you will find
absolutely everywhere.”

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secondhanddreampoet
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1 posted 2010-07-29 09:44 PM


".... the beauty
of a cascading mountain stream
with a backdrop of jagged peaks
above scraggly pines at the tree line
just below the sun’s slanting rays.

They will give you a sprinkling of fresh snow;
the feel of a shiver as a late autumn breeze
finds an opening in your collar."  

fine multi-sensory imagery

excellent 'penning' !!

The Lady
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2 posted 2010-07-30 12:14 PM




I share poet's favorite lines

delightful WindWalker

Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16
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So. El Monte, California
3 posted 2010-07-31 04:35 PM


Wise and beautiful. WW.
                     Ida

JamesMichael
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4 posted 2010-08-01 10:35 PM


You have written some fine words here for our enjoyment...James
secondhanddreampoet
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5 posted 2010-08-09 12:23 PM


... back for another 'read' of Gaia imagery most fine !

continuing applause for this 'penning' !!

Amaryllis
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since 2010-05-20
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6 posted 2010-08-09 12:56 PM


Simply beautiful.. so neccesary for all of us; to remember gratitude.  
~Amaryllis

secondhanddreampoet
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7 posted 2010-08-13 10:42 AM


"Make your life a celebration(!)..."

[a brief candle burning brightly ...
  perhaps to light the way for others
  for at least a little while?!] ...

Nemo vir est qui mundum non reddat meliorem:
[What man is truly a man ... who does not make
  this world better?!]

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