Tag: time
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My Only Desire…
Let me begin by addressing the question at hand..my life is certainly not what I pictured a year ago… kinda! I embarked on a trajectory of life a year ago forcibly down a familiar path to find purpose in life. I did not want to take this beaten path but felt like I had no…
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The way you are..
When I close my eyes I see you gazing back at me Those doe eyes filled with sorrow and yearning, set me free! When I wander near wild jasmine I feel you next to me Your soft silky hair so ravenously black my pillow it used to be! Huddled, cuddled we would spend the night…
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A doorway to the unknown…
Unshackled freedom is what writing embodies in my eyes.. When the pen glances the page or the keys strike, the writer is constrained only by their imagination, skill and perseverance. There is a strange romance to being able to pen your words that may not so easily be uttered, for instance to the love of…
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A Whispered Tale..
Echoes call from sky to sea Wishing they bring my love to me The ancient peaks and trees standing strong speak that to me you belong! May the winter winds carry my song A whispered tale of love forlorn The flame of my love will ever burn Your heartfelt call I will not spurn; A…
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A Wicked Game
A surreptitious encounter unforeseen Emancipated hearts bound together in a dream Cautious though they were, now caught in Love’s scheme True Love will never die Despite how hard you try Hiding it will only make you cry Denying it a great, foolish lie! A wicked game of pain The fear of re-uniting again Separation now…
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Overcome Fear!
What fears have you overcome and how? Life can be a scary, uncertain time for many of us. I find this quote below by Sholom Aleichem describes the state of affairs rather aptly… Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.–…
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The Impermanence of Life!
As I perused and wandered the contrasting dimly lit caverns and light bathed halls of a museum, I was struck by one of the displays. The museum had displayed the portraits of various people from the recent past highlighting the disparity in class, as reflected by the way the painters observed their muse. The arrangement…
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Time is on my side…
Time has to be said seems the proverbial arch enemy of all things. Regardless whether you consider a speck of dust or a blue whale.. or a diamond or a blade of grass.. all things succumb to the passage of time. All living things cease to exist given a long enough duration of clicks on…
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My Teenage Self Listen Up..
What advice would you give to your teenage self? Listen up my teenage self…hindsight affords us innumerate opportunities to do things differently…but I will focus on what’s most important. Time is the most precious commodity! Learn to harness it… “How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon. December is here…
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The Passage of Time
Certain moments in our life become a precipiceStanding on the cusp of the great unknown, looking back at the life we lived, we consider whether it was a victory or a mess? Call it what you must, whether predisposition or natural intuition,One always reflects on the journey that has lead to the proverbial ‘fork in…
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