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Stepping Stones From Tears
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Stepping Stones From Tears |
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Rosemary J. Gwaltney Senior Member
since 1999-08-26
Posts 997northern mountains, Idaho 
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` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `Such a vast eternal journey ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `over lichened rocks that slip ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `where slimy algae grows. ` ` In paths of flooding mountains, ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` leaping icy waters’ trip ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `from sky-lined alpine snows; ` ` ` glide ‘cross rocky water paths, ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` down sloping sided tossing; ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` wild, chaotic, turbulent ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `for all the vivid seasons. ` ` ` It seems too formidable e’en to ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` attempt a stalwart crossing, ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `from aching winters spent; ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `in these nights of darkest reasons. ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` Yet the empire of tears remains a cold ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` and solitary land. Step by faltering step ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `ventures my slow and careful stand. Moving fearfully but endlessly, from stone to tipping stone; for the perilous flight to joy is just this one long trek alone. ` ` ` ` ` ` [This message has been edited by Rosemary J. Gwaltney (edited 04-12-2000).] |
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Jeffrey Carter
since 2000-04-08
Posts 2367State of constant confusion! |
Well said..but KNOW you are not alone in the spiritual sense Jeffrey |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Rosemary--This is so crystal like in clarity to my heart--it is just perfect! |
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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263 |
Rosemary, it really is perfect. Your presentation and phrasing gives the reader the true sense of stepping tentatively along your path of stones. Life is, indeed, a journey, is it not? A wonderful gifting here, and I thank you! ~ Claire |
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weaubleau Member
since 2000-04-06
Posts 101MO |
you just reminded me that all of those steps that we are taking ever so softly and carefully, are much easier when we have the Lord holding our hand... thank you. i loved this. |
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lucky Senior Member
since 2000-01-17
Posts 1601Idaho |
You know you wouldn't be sliping if the kids did their jobs right and didn't leave so much slippery water on the floor. I went to the bathroom this other morning around four, 'bout broke my neck sliding on wet soapy floor, almost forgot what I was doing there or going for. Has that ever happened to you..? |
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Danny Holloway Member Elite
since 2000-01-15
Posts 2034Tulsa, OK |
Very nice writing! Liked the way you layed it out also. A life isn't significant except for its impact on other lives. |
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lucky Senior Member
since 2000-01-17
Posts 1601Idaho |
Honey' Your going to have to get "Guru Margie" to help ya with those steppin' stones. I'm sure she has a couple extra lying around the shoreline she can spare. |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
this is fantastic thanx for takin me along All Day I Dream About Stanzas!! |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Rosemary~ You tiptoe the stones deftly ... but never alone, my friend. LOL @ Lucky ! Okay ... here goes ! Stones of memory Laid out on the path of tears Come, let's step gently Stones for stepping on Or for stepping over ... yet Throw a stone at HIM !  Rosemary ... me thinks that perhaps you deserve a medal ! Love you two. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Rosemary, A wonderful presentation and poem. It is a pleasure to read. |
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Aimster Member Elite
since 2000-02-19
Posts 4297Charlotte, NC |
Rosemary a beautiful poem to read both in presentation and in form. lovely choice of words and very artistic gift you possess. take care, amy ~Live today as though it were your last but prepare for tomorrow as though it were here~ |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
This is wondeful! The stepping stones of life, sometimes slippery. Always have someone by our side, to help lift us when we fall. I enjoyed this much! |
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Alwye
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since 1999-06-16
Posts 3850In the space between moments |
Incredibly beautiful work here. You speak with such wisdom. *Krista Knutson* As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins. ~*Albert Schweitzer*~ |
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winterinblue Junior Member
since 1999-12-29
Posts 32 |
I know how it goes, taking one step at a time, trying to move to a better place in life without all the pain. Precarious rocks, aren't they? Nice poem. |
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Siofra
since 2000-09-28
Posts 551State of Suspended Passion |
Your writing always did amaze me. I wonder where you are. enjoyed! I am many. |
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