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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa 
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GONE 8 January 2013 Pressing that disconnect button and deleting the sun and shattering the moon can be harder than stone. Owl [This message has been edited by OwlSA (01-08-2013 07:21 AM).] |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
definitely, Diana M |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you, Maureen. Owl |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
how i can understand loneliness and disappearance through your words, si true, yann |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you, Yann, for your kind words. Owl |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Sometimes closing a door is the only way out. sincerely , jo |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Yes, Martyjo, all too often, it seems . . . But out is good. Thank you for seeing. Owl |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
..."harder than stone". Clear, strong and deep. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you, ThisDiamond. Owl |
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EmmaRose Senior Member
since 2011-03-02
Posts 1376Midwest |
Stone doesn't waiver, its finality, though harsh, leaves little hope. I do not know if I understood the intent of your wonderful words, but it did reach within my own celestial sphere  |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you for your kind, compassionate, interesting, deep and honest reply and the smile, Emma Rose. What I was saying is that it is sometimes hard to be the one to say goodbye. Owl |
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Spiros Zafiris Senior Member
since 2002-10-20
Posts 982Canada |
hi diana..happy new year..i don't want to get philosophical..i always enjoy reading your poems..>>spiros ~~ |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you, Spiros and Happy New Year to you too. Owl |
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Richy Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 3050 |
wow i really like what Jo said.. that was perfect.. easy go, not easy arriving yes i liked this one Diana |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thanks, Richy. Yes, I, too, like what Martyjo said. Despite what I said, it's actually quite easy, if you put your mind to it - and I have a strong one of those, so hey! I'm fine. Of course, the trick is to have a lot of other far more pressing problems, and I have a ton of those, so ain't I lucky! Smiles. Also, realising that there are many people far worse off than myself, and who need help (mine or whoever's) helps me gain perspective, too! Owl |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
We have to be able to take a quick read on the problems at hand and sort accordingly. Then shuffle them like cards in a deck and toss the depressing ones out. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Yes, Martyjo, you are right. However, sometimes some of the depressing ones don't fit into the category of being "throw-outable" - like earning an income, and not losing one's house and being able to pay one's animals' vet, etc, etc, etc, lol! Owl |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Hello dear and fair soul...helps me remember why some things happen as they do,,,,hOW IS UR WX SO far away in the distant morrow.. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Wowee, Barry! Good to see you back! It’s been a long time! I “is” fine! The distant morrow is as distant morrows do. I didn’t get the “WX” though, but then I am not into text/cellphone talk, but I am sure you will explain. I hope you “is” fine too and that we are going to be blessed with a barrage of Magnus poetry - maybe some with loon whispers across a lake or so! Owl |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Very nice...James |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Owl,You are right. Those inmportant things I have to take care of but sometimes the other personal things need to be re-considered, and re-filed under "important" or "not neccessarily so". Best to you. jo |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
When the sun and moon are deleted for you by a button you didn't push, now that is hard. But I always find that while you are living those hard times, it's possible to still b happy. Contentment comes from within and not from celestial bodies The sun always come up in the morning. Have a great day Liz |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you, James. Thank you, Martyjo, for the wise example. I knew what you meant in your previous response, but just had to mention the things that can’t be avoided. There is always a way, and all help is gratefully received and used. Smiles. Liz, I have just read your Chickadee Wings – what a magical experience! As regards the button that deletes the sun and the moon, it is even harder when you push it yourself, knowing that it is the right thing to do – and the tears hurt, but they wash away the worst of the pain, and yes, you are so right – “happiness” that is dependent on the external, isn’t happiness, just pleasure – true happiness wells up from within, and when the well is blocked, the happiness finds a way to come gushing up around the block with much greater force because of the very thing that tries to block it, and if the block isn’t completely flooded away, it at least becomes unseated and loses its power. You, too, have a great day in your beautiful surroundings. My surroundings are beautiful too, but different, one of the ways being that we don't have snow here, but we do have glorious sunshine almost every day of the year. Owl |
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RedStoneEB Senior Member
since 2003-06-08
Posts 772uk |
I always find no matter how hard we try to erase ourselves from the world for those moments we need to be bonded to darkness something always happens to pull us from its depths, i always find it a quest to silence the mind till it echoes nothing but that blackness but then i realise its impossible to completely be nothing without first taking that leap into nothingness but then again even in that nothingness we know nothing about there still might be some type of thought remaining that prevents us from grasping that expected silence. Lovely words RS |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Hi Diana....The stark blade of your words slice the heart. I wish you a tomorrow away to the place where happiness grows. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Hi Martie. You are a sweetie, and, as always, a very poetic one. Thank you for your kind words, and also the gift of 2 "poems", one in each of your sentences. I miss Martie poems here in Pip very much. Owl |
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