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Today's Tears
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Today's Tears |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa 
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Not even in the bottom of Gentle Spirit's league (her poem: Annual Holiday Ramble of sorts ...), but her poem inspired me to post this. Today's Tears 10 July 2005 Today, this Sunday morning, my tears are tears of joy, gratitude optimism and love and tears of sorrow, pain, awareness and understanding, braided over a lifetime and shed in a butterfly breath, for the light of family bonds for the darkness of failures for every blindness, ignorance, fear, tear, hurt, and crime that not obeying God’s rules has caused since Earth’s first rotation for a future of understanding, love, kindness and compassion towards and from all people the good, the bad and the in-between of all nations on Earth, for a little golden sausage dog across the road sitting in the sun lonely without his Maltese Poodle companion of yore, (may he have met with my loving horse in Heaven) for all sad animals, birds, fish, reptiles, and insects, yes, sad insects, yes for all things living glorifying in life or struggling for existence for all Evil over all time for all Good over all time . . . I wish that we could all know at all times that although the greatest good and the smallest, are seldom remembered, told, understood or even noticed, they are always more powerful than the greatest wrong and worthy of Sunday tears. - Owl |
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
I just really liked this part a lot.... "and tears of sorrow, pain, awareness and understanding, braided over a lifetime and shed in a butterfly breath," that was what stood out for me, but I really enjoyed all of it  |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
"and tears of sorrow, pain, awareness and understanding, braided over a lifetime and shed in a butterfly breath," A wonderful write... especially love the above lines. Hugs~Nancy |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
"for a future of understanding, love, kindness and compassion towards and from all people the good, the bad and the in-between of all nations on Earth," ~ Amen, amen, amen! A deeply prayerful, moving, and compelling piece of writing!   EA |
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Interloper
since 2000-11-06
Posts 8369Deep in the heart |
all the greatest good will be remembered by man yet the smallest good, the hardest of all, will be remembered by God Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write. |
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Startime55 Member Elite
since 2003-04-05
Posts 2148Alberta, Canada |
My tears join with yours as all is remembered....Hope and prayer fill my heart that someday there will be no need for tears of sorrow but there will shed only tears of joy....Thank you, for your beautiful words...**big hugs** |
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Nightshade
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
Amen to this most heartfelt write. Keeping this in my library. hugs, Chris  |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you Sea, Enchantress, Earth Angel, Interloper, Startime and NightShade for your kind and understanding responses. Well said, Interloper. That is something that I am going to make sure I remember. - Owl |
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gemjop Member Elite
since 2002-11-18
Posts 2587Pencilveinia, USA |
you are amazing. You're one of those writers that do so in a way that you can feel their energy, if that makes sense. the words aren't just on a screen, you're in my minds eye, kind of thing, along with your words. And yes, that 'rambling' of donnas did make perfect sense didn't it. library again. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
FORUM LEADER, I was busy replying when somehow or other I pressed a wrong key by mistake and landed up somewhere else. If I have semi-duplicated a reply, please delete the previous semi-duplicate, as I didn't finish that one. I will delete this paragraph when you have deleted the previous copy. PLEEEEEZ, don't misunderstand me and delete gemjop's reply! Thank you gemjop for your wonderful compliments. They mean a lot to me. I am amazed and very honoured that a poet of your calibre liked this. I would have thought that you would have found it bare, trite, unoriginal, clichéd, too telling and not enough (if any) showing. However, it was what I wanted to say, and whether other people are going to like it or not, I write what I want to. Thank you so much for saying – and even more for thinking – what you did. It’s funny about the energy thing. In spite of being 60 (and I llllllllloving being 60) I have boundless physical, mental, spiritual and poetic energy and I have no idea where any of it comes from. - Owl |
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