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catslair
Junior Member

since 2000-01-16

Posts 48

0 posted 2000-01-20 09:51 AM

The River Of Life

May the river of my life run freely,
as it flows on from it’s source.
May I have strong banks to support me,
as I attempt to follow it’s course.
May I have bright glistening sunlight,
to help me see the way,
As I dance around each obstacle,
then watch it float away.
May I thunder through the rapids,
where terrain is rocky and rough,
And rest in pools of ponder,
when I find the going tough.
May I shine like silver at twilight,
and run deep with genuine care,
as I embrace each and every experience,
that I find waiting there.
May I not become so flooded,
with raging torrents of ego or pride,
that I break the banks that support me,
causing damage to other lives.
May I always remember that I am flowing,
not stuck and fixed and set.
That it’s not my surface that’s important,
it’s what lies beneath it’s depths.
So as I flow through your life,
may I be loving, calm and serene,
leaving only good thoughts of me,
so you’ll remember that I’ve been.

Echo Rhayne
Senior Member

since 1999-09-17

Posts 1495
Canyon Country, CA

1 posted 2000-01-20 02:58 PM

This is beautiful!

~*~ ^i^ ~*~ Love is such a lonely art, and death is but a taste. Minds are merely instruments that often go to waste! ~*~ ^i^ ~*~

Songbird
Member Elite

since 1999-12-15

Posts 2184
Missouri

2 posted 2000-01-20 11:55 PM

Very nice analogy, well written, and pleasant to read. I like the sound of it. Pools of ponder, great line.

WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

3 posted 2000-01-21 12:09 PM

WE are truly blessed to have such good poets here sharing with us! This is awesome!

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Where there is faith,
there is love.
Where there is love,
there is peace.
Where there is peace,
there is GOD.
Where there is GOD,
there is no need.

Hallmark

deleeme
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 1766
NEW ENGLAND, USA

4 posted 2000-01-21 06:34 AM

Catslair,
Have you got it all together! What a thorough,thoughtful and delightful picture of careful concern you offer here as a personal manifesto for your life--worthy of any life!
This is a truly marvelous piece of true substance & character giving great encouragement for imitation of the lofty values to which you aspire.
Thank you, and God bless you, David

"Our Creativity points to a Higher Creator--we couldn't have just happened, and for what ability we may possess--to God be the glory." -dlw-

Majestic
Member

since 2000-01-11

Posts 264
houston, tx.

5 posted 2000-01-21 05:09 PM

Wow...! this is excellent...with such a powerful example for the rest of us to follow...Thanks much for the read...truly enjoyed it...

"To live is to love; To truly LOVE is to live!" ~kg~

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

6 posted 2000-01-21 05:34 PM

This is excellent, Catslair! Noble aspirations!

Denise

mirjam
Member

since 1999-11-24

Posts 246
Auckland, New Zealand

7 posted 2000-01-26 08:15 PM

Catslair - this is amazing! What a beautiful analogy, you know just as you flow through someone's life in this way, Christ flows through ours - with his river of life - eternal life! I'm sure the recipient of this poem appreciates what a special friend they have in you... I love your play with words, your style, your anaology, the whole poem - what an enjoyable read! bless you.

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