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RSWells
Member Elite

since 2001-06-17

Posts 2533

0 posted 2002-10-31 08:25 AM

The dust motes
like blessings
stream down the
Sun's rays and
land atop,
around me.

I (we) whose
skin constant
in shedding
adds to the
dust bunnies
under the
cheap, thin
bed I've been
reduced to.

My father
sought to
cheat the
worms, all
future
archeology
by having
himself
immolated,

the dense grey
finery really
just dust.

Dust to dust,
ashes to ashes.

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

1 posted 2002-10-31 09:57 AM

Well done! ...Yes, that's what it comes down to in the fleshly part of this universe...but the spirit lives on, pray thee in harmony with eternity.

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

2 posted 2002-10-31 10:31 AM

On gray days
less streams
of shine
there seems
less activity
in a lone room

I would have
sun
just to see
the dust motes
dance

and think
from whence
they came....

Richard, once again....wow...

regards2you
Member Elite

since 2002-10-01

Posts 3940
California

3 posted 2002-10-31 10:33 AM

VAS said it so much more eloquently than I could. When reading this my immediate thought was of all the things I might have tried if I believed this was all there is. Then, I blushed!

I am feeling ever so grateful for my loving God, and all He has forgiven for the things that I did try and all He blessed, as well.

I like this poem a great deal. I take it quite personally, and it is fun to consider the possibilities.

Thank you for a quick wonder what if?

Warmly,
Pat

..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons..
"Desiderata"

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

4 posted 2002-10-31 04:32 PM

Well, I believe that all dust is either fairy dust, or I have been dusted by a previous loved one, but then you know me

However, if I were to be less optomistic - I suppose I might think as this but not until I fully grow up.

A smile costs nothing but makes someone rich.

Sandpiper
Senior Member

since 2002-06-15

Posts 738
land of flora and fauna

5 posted 2002-11-02 05:40 AM

Between birth, and ashes, must we live in the dust? Oh, please no, there has to be more. Sometimes, you make me think too much

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

6 posted 2002-11-02 09:10 AM

It's too early in the AM for me (7AM) as my frontal lobes are still climbing out of a midnite dusty dream.
I love to watch dust floating in streams of sunlight, knowing all physical matter is somehow interconnected (not to mention emotional matter).
Is this where our MUSES reside? Is this our stream of concsiousness?
Too much thinking for my dustbin today.

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

7 posted 2002-11-02 05:19 PM

(sigh) Somehow I agree with what Mysteria said, I'd rather many times live surrounded in the dust than in a wealthy office as In know seeing the dust there exists so much interconnected particles and there I can find tranquility and solace! (big hugggssssss) This is an excellent thought, sweet friend, I love it, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Richard, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

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