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Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2004-02-17 08:52 PM

Look to Others

Self pity in itself is a disease
That drains the lubricant from supple knees
And makes of muscled bone, a crippled limb
Wrought only by imaginings within

Let not your sorrow’s wind uplift the wings
Of life’s short journey through God’s offerings
For you were given but one ship to sail
O’er silver sheen unmarked by weathered trail

Look to the one who grabs the helm you’ve cursed
For it is he who begs to quench your thirst
And passes you a vessel duly filled
In which the tears he’s wept have been distilled

Look to the one who swabs the wooden deck
For you know not the distance of his trek
He smiles though glimmer of his eyes, and yet
His mission on the sea is to forget

Then look to one who wears the albatross
For you know not the deepness of his loss
He looks to you with sympathy and shame
That you do not feel blessed within your pain

Reach out your fingers to the quiet night
For you have no remembrance of the fright
That caused some pulsing heartstrings to ensue
To touch your fingertips the way they do

Extend your eyes to places far beyond
The black of wing tipped flutters from your pond
Where seasons are determined by the sky
And not from puzzled creatures seeking why

And there in far off lands your heart will see
How deprivation’s door to misery
Can make you grasp again the rudder’s wheel
And let the wounds of pity fully heel

Let not your sorrow drive the billowed sail
Though bitter pangs of life’s most furious gale
Dark clouds that mark your course and measured pace
Are but a mist that veils the sun’s embrace

Elizabeth Santos

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

1 posted 2004-02-17 09:10 PM

Let not your sorrow drive the billowed sail
Though bitter pangs of life’s most furious gale
Dark clouds that mark your course and measured pace
Are but a mist that veils the sun’s embrace

Oh my, Elizabeth. This is breathtakingly beautiful.
I'm so glad that you're posting more.

Hugs

Ethel

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

2 posted 2004-02-18 03:17 AM

much needed advice and wisdom shared in this

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

3 posted 2004-02-18 02:38 PM

Not only breathtaking because I know you bet that perfect poem took all of what - let's say 5 minutes max?

You lady are simply TOO amazing! I sure miss you too.

Today I'm only moving clouds, tomorrow I'll try mountains.

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

4 posted 2004-02-18 02:41 PM

Of course you know
I'm putting this
on your shelf...

Rick
Member Elite

since 2001-06-21

Posts 2903
Victoria, Australia

5 posted 2004-02-19 07:32 AM

Dear Liz, this is just wonderful, you inspire me to better at what I do, thank you for this fabulous write, very, very much enjoyed.

Sincerely
Rick

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

6 posted 2004-02-19 09:35 AM

LizzyLady~

'Reach out your fingers to the quiet night
For you have no remembrance of the fright
That caused some pulsing heartstrings to ensue
To touch your fingertips the way they do'

Yes ....~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

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