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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa 
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[The horse and cat in the poem are in Heaven now. My beloved Flicka went on 28 April 2002 at the age of 37½ and my beloved Tigger went on 26 October 2010 at the age of 15½.] 12 November 2000 No, I will not have my feelings removed for my pain is me and life is misery and joy is but a momentary reprieve. I will not have my feelings removed though my tears block my nose and my head thunders and my limbs are withered; though I put my fingers in my ears when friends recount stories I will not hear; though I turn off the television when I cannot face reality; though I often wonder if I could do my bit for disaster victims; though I know I stand alone; though I repeatedly try to do what is right though it is unnoticed, unappreciated, or misinterpreted; though I do not understand the selfishness, thoughtlessness and cruelty of the human race. No, I will not have my feelings removed for my pain is me and life is misery and joy is but a momentary reprieve. I will not have my feelings removed for I will not give up my moments and I will make and live and remember and wallow in my moments of birdsong and Chopin sonatas and Wordsworth and Longfellow and leaf-fringed sunsets and the bonding gaze of my horse and cat and I will wash my feelings in my glorious moments. No, I will not have my feelings removed. |
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Gunslinger Senior Member
since 1999-10-09
Posts 901TX, USA |
Ah, milady, if it were so simple, I believe I would. Lovely work, Princess. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you for your beautiful reply, John. It is simpler than you think - not always, but it is always worth it.! Smiles. |
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