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VAS
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450
Oregon

0 posted 2003-01-28 09:08 AM


“...we put up our own barriers
through our egos and pain...”

the above was a line by a Cardinal, played by Richard Harris, from a film on t.v. today, I couldn’t relocate the movie, so I don’t know what it was, sorry

Walls

walls of stone
can be knocked down
walls of wood
penetrated

fences, barriers
built of tangibles
identified
solidified
easily
nullified

yet,
we put up our own barriers
through our egos and pain
identifying them
begins with their
permeating stains

more difficult to see
than those built
as perimeters
of claims
or demarcations
from which to refrain

more difficult
to erase
than the walls of Jericho
with a marching
of Joshua
and his men fit to go

only with love,
words of prayer
and trust,
can those walls be
extricated
and degraded
to dust

©January 27, 2003

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

© Copyright 2003 Virginia Salter - All Rights Reserved
regards2you
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since 2002-10-01
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1 posted 2003-01-28 09:56 AM




Vas,

Very true and wise! Enjoyed.

Pat

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

Nan
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2 posted 2003-01-28 10:36 AM


"only with love,
words of prayer
and trust,
can those walls be
extricated
and degraded
to dust"

Indeed - This is so true - Sometimes those walls are pretty tough to penetrate - but rarely are they impervious... Nicely said, VAS..

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07
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Tamarac Fla
3 posted 2003-01-28 10:49 AM


VAS,
Take away the cement and they will tumble,
enjoyed.

garysgirl
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4 posted 2003-01-28 11:40 AM


Very true, Virginia....very much enjoyed this one...
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