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Corinne
Member Ascendant

since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

0 posted 2001-03-07 08:35 PM

Your Gift

Most days,
I don’t question
belonging,
I look around,
deduce
that all is in place,
results
of past decisions,
solid.

This country backdrop
if different,
suits;
family
needs are being answered
and
there are moments
of peaceful clarity.

Faint images sometimes spin
to the forefront of focus
and it is tempting
to recall
life as being easier,
but
there is the complication
of false memory,
it wasn’t ever really
THAT good.

Tests are presented,
as if proving worthiness
is a constant,
no amount
of wishing
will alter this,
but it doesn’t matter,
I’ve already been given
your gift.

© 2001 Corinne Bailey

Toerag
Member Ascendant

since 1999-07-29

Posts 5622
Ala bam a

1 posted 2001-03-07 08:40 PM

Have I gotta gift for you! Nope..not flowers....guess again........nope, not chocolates.....guess again......CORRINE!!! Shame on you! Okay..so your guess was right, just goes to show ya...I'm not the only one with a dirty mind....Hope ya been doin' well sweetie.....what color panties are ya wearing?.....None?...Okay, I'll be over in a few minutes with my high powered multidirectional fan....

Lone Wolf
Member Ascendant

since 2000-03-16

Posts 5842
Lansing, MI USA

2 posted 2001-03-07 09:02 PM

Corinne,

The tests throughout life are endless and inevitable, but it is what we do with them that makes the difference for us. This was very profound. I enjoyed it. Great writing.

Lone Wolf

Poetry should surprise by fine excess...it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts and appear almost a remembrance. -J.Keats

Red-uni
Member

since 2000-07-30

Posts 192
Georgia, USA

3 posted 2001-03-08 12:38 PM

Hi Corinee.
Loved your poem, life can throw some hard times, but the over journey can be good.

I love posting on Passions.

Red

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

4 posted 2001-03-08 06:13 AM

Oh Corinne, that last line, well the entire poem THANK YOU.....ok now that I have shared how much this poem meant to me and don't change a thing with it I challenge you Lass,
10 days for a poem on the beauty and challenges of being a strong-willed Irish lass in the new milllinium. Come on, let's make our anchestors proud of us. Show the fire and determination and drive flowing through our veins. Let's write on the beauty and thrill of Ireland. A poem about the country, the scenery and the heartbeat of the hills of Ireland as seen through our hearts.

A poem about Ireland?

Kathleen Blake

"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee

[This message has been edited by Kathleen (edited 03-08-2001).]

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

5 posted 2001-03-08 07:23 AM

those false memories...I wonder why that is...
wonderful gift of write you placed before us today, Corinne

~Wynter

"The worst prison would be a closed heart".
...Pope John Paul II

Corinne
Member Ascendant

since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

6 posted 2001-03-08 03:19 PM

Oh, Toe, come now, I'm sure your high powered, multi-directional fan isn't as big or powerful as you make it out to be!

Thank you, Lone Wolf!

Red, thank you! So nice to see you here, I knew you'd love it here!

Kathleen, ok, you're on! Just in time for St. Patty's day, yes?

Naked Thoughts - thank you!

Corinne

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