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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2010-09-05 03:23 PM

Not as bad as death row,
not as good as paradise,
and yet an island visited
to stand on solid ground.

It’s the middle part before the sway
and a place no one can stay
for like the sea it rises, sinks,
and the sand moves underfoot.

What’s good, what’s bad?
No mind can know
when like an island buffeted
or calmed by passing fancy.

And so that “try, try again”
for constancy, stability,
a never ending flex, relax,
until all the facts are known.

But facts are like graphs and charts
drawn by own perceptions
and that island’s just a place I go
to experience the flow ~
until paradise found and known
to be here on my death row!

Helen / 5 September 2010

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

1 posted 2010-09-06 05:06 PM

We all have our islands where we feel grounded and safe, but we never settle down there ...

Always appreciate your thought process, so eloquently rendered, dear Helen.

Love,
Margherita

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

2 posted 2010-09-06 09:11 PM

It’s the middle part before the sway
and a place no one can stay
for like the sea it rises, sinks,
and the sand moves underfoot.

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That verse speaks to me so loudly, as if the earth moved and rocked me gently~

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

3 posted 2010-09-07 02:14 AM

Dear Margherita - Thanks. I'd like to settle there, you know, but for some reason it seems to have been bumped off my wish list.

Helen

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

4 posted 2010-09-07 02:18 AM

Bluesy gal - I'm glad it was a "gentle rock". The earth seems to be moving rather strongly in certain places of the world but I think if I was the earth I'd also like to ... shake people off.

Hugs
Helen

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

5 posted 2010-09-07 06:41 AM

Very interesting thoughts, Helen.
Ida

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

6 posted 2010-09-08 12:38 PM

Ah, yes. The ho hum 'inbetweenedness' of it all. Fear not, Bunches of Honey. Your land of paradise awaits! ~ and may it be just around the bend!

Love 'n a hug,
Linda

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