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Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

0 posted 2006-03-17 08:09 PM

Slender Threads, Faith, and Time

I thought of you today
on the glimmer of a thread
backed up by time
where pages leaf me to laughter
and wisdom

and life is balanced

I thought of the disarray of life
as the pendulum swung back, and forth,
how we can go from gleam
to dusty fingerprints

and etchings of love
can be as fragile as crystal
or as brilliant as the faith
one is born with
or acquires

I thought of time spent
and times to come
where I might hold all
or nothing
but memories

In this hushed perusing
of my belief, designed
by a larger force,
it becomes forged more solid
than ever…

of how, without knowing, you’ve
touched me, in ways that
I will be able to return to,
through your writing

your art

your beliefs…

and how much I look forward
to more moments
spent with you
no matter how much time we have
or don’t have…

I thought of you today
on the glimmer of a thread
backed up by time
where pages leaf me to laughter
and wisdom

and life is balanced

because I will see you here

and there

on a glimmer
in time
with laughter
by wisdom

balanced.

~*~

Dedicated in the memory of
Lyra Nesius
Passions' only Chipmunk...
03-18-03

SmartChick
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since 2001-09-23

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On A Journey To The Unknown

1 posted 2006-03-17 08:14 PM

Awwww Sunshine, this is beautiful. I think of my dear friend, Lyra, all the time. And, I miss her, so much.

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

2 posted 2006-03-17 08:37 PM

Beautiful Karilea...
I too have been thinking of her.
Missing you dear Lyra.
Your words live on, forever.

Magnus

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since 2001-10-10

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South Carolina, USA

3 posted 2006-03-17 08:53 PM

You have done her well. A beautiful and
funny lady who left a distinct impression
on all of us. Our wonderful Chippermunch!

Tks KJ for stirring the memories just a bit.

WindWalker
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4 posted 2006-03-17 08:55 PM

WOW, this is beautiful, just beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hoot_owl_rn
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since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

5 posted 2006-03-17 10:22 PM

What a beautiful tribute to one who touched so many lives here on Passions

...as a little side note, I'm about 1/2 way done with the book and loving it

bubblesleave
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6 posted 2006-03-17 11:53 PM

Wonderful!!!!!

Martie

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7 posted 2006-03-18 12:52 PM

Sissie...thank you for you beautiful and loving heart!

serenity blaze
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8 posted 2006-03-18 01:28 AM

How I miss her too...

she was such an open and kind soul.

I am learning to study the bestness of my people who remain with me in my heart.

Maybe someday, I'll come close.

vlraynes
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since 2000-07-25

Posts 8229
Somewhere... out there...

9 posted 2006-03-18 01:40 AM

Out of the blue, she crossed my mind an hour or two ago...
but not realizing the date, I didn't know why...

Now I know...

Thank you...

"When the power of love overcomes the love
of power the world will know peace."
--Jimi Hendrix

Honeybunch
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since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

10 posted 2006-03-18 03:20 AM

A truly beautiful write and lovely tribute!

"In this hushed perusing
of my belief, designed
by a larger force,
it becomes forged more solid
than ever…"

True words spoken here!

StevenS
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since 2005-09-21

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11 posted 2006-03-18 06:06 AM

Sunshine, you gift us again and yet again with the treasures of your golden heart. Beautiful! :-)

El_Campeador
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since 2003-01-29

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Ohio, USA

12 posted 2006-03-18 08:39 AM

quote:
because I will see you here

and there

on a glimmer
in time
with laughter
by wisdom

balanced."

Excellent! Thank you for the thoughts, Karilea!

“We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we can find in our travels is an honest friend.” –Robert Louis Stevenson

Rex Allen McCoy
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Sippin a Timmy's in London

13 posted 2006-03-18 08:47 AM

a wonderful tribute

OwlSA
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Durban, South Africa

14 posted 2006-03-18 10:06 AM

Sunshine, I didn't know her at all, but with a pseudonym like Chipmunk and with all the wonderful things you and everyone else said about her, she must have been a very special person. I feel that grief unites everyone who has experienced it. I feel that, not knowing her, I don't have the right to say the following, but I'm going to say it anyway - Thank you from Chipmunk.

I know she is reading your poem aloud surrounded by Flicka, my horse, Serenity Blaze's Mojo, Mysteria's Mojo, Martie's canary and all the other people and animals there who are close to any Pipster.

- Owl

The Lady
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The Southwest

15 posted 2006-03-19 12:28 PM

Exquisite poem. I didn't know her either but she must have been a star to inspire such loving work.

iliana
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USA

16 posted 2006-03-21 04:23 AM

The bonds formed here are really amazing. I'm going to go back and read some of her work as I didn't know her. It is a wonderful thing that Ron and all have done here....somehow, it does seem eternal. Such a precious write; I can feel the love.

....jo

playing.with.crayons
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Neverland

17 posted 2006-03-21 05:47 AM

wonderful. beautiful. wonderful.
should I say more?
your poem certainly calls for it, only I cannot think of what to say that would serve it well enough.
special.
love, xxx

Ratleader

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Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass

18 posted 2006-04-22 10:04 AM

I find that sometimes I need a certain poem, more than anything in this world at that particular moment....and I know it only after the fact, when I discover those words and read them.

This was one of those moments. My thread seems easier now...balanced.

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suthern

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Louisiana

19 posted 2006-04-23 06:59 PM

I thought of time spent
and times to come
where I might hold all
or nothing
but memories

I'm sorry I missed this when it was posted... but then... I think it touches me even more now that it would have then. *S*

Corinne
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since 1999-10-28

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state of confusion

20 posted 2006-04-23 10:06 PM

Karalea,

This is really so perfect, so touching. You have a wonderful heart, lady.

Hugs,

Corinne

luminosity
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21 posted 2006-04-24 02:36 PM

beautiful........in heart and in poetic wisdom

Midnitesun

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Gaia

22 posted 2006-04-24 02:44 PM

K, this, brought tears, remembering her presence. She will always be one of my favorite Pipsters. Thank you for this beautiful tribute.

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