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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2004-06-17 07:10 AM

At the corner market-stall
there are boxes big and tall
but what to pack in tissue wrap
what to throw away as scrap
and what to keep for seven years
or until the heartache clears?

Intermingled with my own
the perspective of a soul
turns the sane and practical
into the mystical
and I thought to go today
to pack my thoughts away
but I can’t remember, can’t define,
the entry/exit line -
who came before or after,
only now or a hereafter.

At the corner market-stall
there’s no box to hold it all
but a fire in the hold
of what a soul can know
then to laugh again the laughter
of the now and not hereafter
is all I want to keep
and the rest exchange for peace!

Helen

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

1 posted 2004-06-17 05:19 PM

Helen

"then to laugh again the laughter
of the now and not hereafter
is all I want to keep
and the rest exchange for peace!"

Me too!

Ericc
Member Elite

since 2003-01-31

Posts 4178

2 posted 2004-06-17 07:25 PM

Wow...!!!

Eric

Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

3 posted 2004-06-17 07:26 PM

Enjoyed this.

Susan

The whole of the Universe resides within each individual heart.

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

4 posted 2004-06-18 01:46 AM

Thanks Martie, Ericc, and Susan, for the read. I guess we're not meant to travel too light through life because that would make it all too easy and perhaps less appreciated.

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

5 posted 2004-06-20 12:23 PM

a wonderful poem, Helen, and one I understand...

hugs
M

Kahlil
Senior Member

since 2003-04-12

Posts 1881

6 posted 2004-06-20 12:25 PM

superb
~K~

time prophet
Member

since 2003-07-30

Posts 371
In New Zealand Amongst the Ancient Trees

7 posted 2004-06-21 06:47 PM

One should always keep their packing light, and let the laughter lighten the soul.

Jaime Fradera
Senior Member

since 2000-11-25

Posts 843
Where no tyranny is tolerable

8 posted 2004-06-21 07:04 PM

Well maybe we could pack pot plants ... or maybe we could make up potted pot plant packs for potted pot plant pack people ehhhhh?

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