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Elizabeth Santos
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since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2002-01-25 05:03 AM

Peace

Filled is my heart with the friendships I’ve made
Fragile it’s contents so carefully laid
Hardened the walls from the debts I have paid
Mellowed is trust that a love once betrayed

Bright is the spirit’s most glorious dreams
Enriched by the aura of God’s glowing beams
Deep are its caverns from life’s flowing streams
Calm are the waters now, strengthened, the seams

Sorrow came out of the visions I sought
Golden the lessons so bitterly taught
Enriched is the soul for the battles I’ve fought
Love and affection, the treasures they wrought

I believed I had tread every bridge to be crossed
And yet what was gained, is so easily lost
The seasons of sorrow in truth never cease
But they’re always diminished by one’s inner peace

Elizabeth Santos

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

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displaced

1 posted 2002-01-25 05:07 AM

very nice, well written!

Chrissy
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since 2002-01-24

Posts 81
Idaho, no I am not a farmer!

2 posted 2002-01-25 05:10 AM

Thank you so much. This poem kind of put everything that has been going on in my head at rest. Very beautiful poetry. I could really feel "the calming of the storms"

Chrissy

Sudhir Iyer
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since 2000-04-26

Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium

3 posted 2002-01-25 05:33 AM

Liz,

This is wonderful, and you are too...

Regards,
sudhir

sodpossom
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N.C

4 posted 2002-01-25 11:25 AM

Very nice and well done!

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

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California

5 posted 2002-01-25 12:20 PM

Liz--You share much in this uplifting poem...so many lessons taught painfully before peace.

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

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British Columbia, Canada

6 posted 2002-01-26 11:23 PM

Liz incredible writing of what many can identify with. That inner tenacity, believing in yourself, and a lot of faith will always overpower anything thrown at us in life, and funny how we are always stronger and smarter for it! Great piece.

<font face="monotype corsiva">~* Carpe' Diem *~

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

7 posted 2002-01-26 11:26 PM

Elizabeth...just wanted to say how much I love this piece.
~Hugs, Nancy~

~Time has cast a spell on you,
So you won't ever forget me~

Balladeer

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since 1999-06-05

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Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

8 posted 2002-01-26 11:26 PM

Beautiful writing, Liz. Yes, inner peace is the greatest weapon we have. I applaud yours

Thank you so much for your kind words to my Poetry on the Porch poem. I appreciate it....and our friendship.

Honeybee
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since 1999-12-26

Posts 5372
Ontario, CANADA

9 posted 2002-01-26 11:40 PM

I'm still searching for this kind of peace...you express it so softly and beautifully. You're one graceful poet

Take care,
Melissa~

"Poetry is not an opinion expressed...
it is a song that rises from a bleeding
wound...or a smiling mouth"

~Kahlil Gibran~

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

10 posted 2002-01-26 11:52 PM

(big hugggssssssss) Yes, yes, finding peace in one-self is the most beautiful way to believe in ourselves and to embrace the world, for creating peace all starts in bringing atonement to ones own heart! (kiss on cheek) We all love you so much, sweet friend, you are a delight to us all! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Elizabeth, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Elizabeth Santos
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since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

11 posted 2002-01-27 04:27 AM

THank you all so much for your comments. Inner peace is what carries us through life's traumas
Liz

Denise

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12 posted 2002-01-27 09:49 AM

Indeed it does, Elizabeth. Excellent expression!

NewEnglandlazurlu
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since 2002-01-04

Posts 7470
A Mountain Paradise

13 posted 2002-01-27 12:44 PM

Wonderful, wonderful poem. We are all searching for that inner peace.

"Enriched is the soul for the battles I’ve fought
Love and affection, the treasures they wrought ... "

Thank you for these words. A vitally important life lesson for us all and one I try hard to explain to my children.

I love your poems. Marti

Midnitesun

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Gaia

14 posted 2002-01-27 12:50 PM

Liz, this poem is such a wonderful work of art, both in the message and the polished poetic presentation.

"The seasons of sorrow in truth never cease
But they’re always diminished by one’s inner peace"

That is the most comforting thought of all.

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