Open Poetry #8 |
The Unopened Book |
Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
The Unopened Book From opaque days forgotten To the clear of cherished times From the voices well remembered To the tunes lost in the mind All emotions ever weathered All the laughter still contained Are witnessed in the looking glass Of life that still remains We open up the book of tales, Reflections in the glass, Hoping that our young will learn to live From lessons we’ve amassed For we rode the horse of courage And we fought survival’s game And our love begot devotion And we lived in honor’s name We sipped from out the pool of truth We plucked from wisdom’s stem And we think that this inheritance Will be passed on to them But there lives will not be our lives They will man their own canoe Through the rapids in the canyons Of a place we never knew Our lives will be forgotten Like those vague opaque days But the cream of suckled morals Are absorbed along the way It will not be from our stories That our children learn to live But from a book unopened That our heritage we give The beliefs that we adhere to That from deeds are well implied Are the jewels that stay forever Etched within our children’s eyes Elizabeth Santos |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Yes! Elizabeth! you've done a superb job. I love the qualities of teaching you employ here. "But the cream of suckled morals are absorbed along the way." "But from a book unopened that our heritage we give. "The beliefs that we adhere to that from deeds are well implied are the jewells that stay forever etched within our children's eyes." So true there's nothing like setting the proper example to really impress "the cream of suckled morals," upon the mind of an impressionable child. The little boy walks and acts like the father The little girl acts like the mother.. But both have a personality and mind of their own..It's only natural that they are going to be influenced by their parents in spiritual moral ways also. Great job!... I admire this piece. |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Liz--I love the words you used in this...and the wisdom of your words...a truly remarkable poem. |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
And I raise my hand yet again to be part of your school of poetry... Ah, Liz, such wonderful poetry time and again... regards, sudhir |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
part of your children's heritage will be the very words you've uttered, and written... Sunny ~~~Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. Helen Keller ~~~ When you want to be loved, look within...KRJ |
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