Poem – Whole in Your Heart

The Whole in Your Heart I think this is a song… after singing Adele’s “When We Were Young”…and repeatedly crying my eyes out the first few times trying to sing it, I then looked at this poem…and… I think with a few tweaks, this is a song, a ballad, a story, and I like it. And…

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My Hibiscus – Metaphor of Loss And Life, and Cancer

Life Lessons and My Poor Hibiscus My HIBISCUS ….. I did everything I could…. and it still died (or, someone said to cut it waaaaay back and it might show regrowth from the base…at this point…I question that, although it sounds verrrry metaphorical which I like)… there is something so sad about this…and then…there is…

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Why I Love Cyrano De Bergerac

Some of this is borrowed from thought.com. The end is all mine. It is all about love. Romantic love. Love of wit. Love of words, and tempo, and a soul that is good and pure and well meaning. It is all about love. Outward appearance, and inner beauty. You must look it up on you…

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Poem, “Give My Love Away”

Loosely based on a Hebrew prayer, after attending service at a synagogue after 17 years.   Give My Love Away   To my dearest love, Do not hold my love tightly when I have gone Give it to the frail elderly and to children Share it with others who are in need Do not keep…

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One Day In Review, Part 1

1249am Inside My Brain, Part 1 A jumble of thoughts, conversations (my side) from a blog site, and various tangents and musings. A little scattered, but that was how it was on this day: Thanks….I think the fairies outdid themselves today….this really put joy in my heart…I know Emilee would love it…I think she IS…

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Poems, Rainbows On The Page

Intro to Rainbow Post (second time around) One of the worst feelings is to lose something you have just written, and especially if you loved the way it read. And then with a mistaken key stroke, poof, it is all gone. That just happened, and I should have known better than to write it in…

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Poem, “Jumper On The Ledge”

JUMPER ON THE LEDGE Jumper on the ledge That’s been me From time to time Many times Grad school, home care, when Emilee died. Now not so much, but not far from the edge. I find joy talking to A jumper on the ledge Seeing if Using my scarred heart I can use words and…

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Poem, “Affirmations (Echoes)”

AFFIRMATIONS (ECHOES) Affirmations Like echoes Echoes are a wondrous thing. You shout And your voice rushes out into space And instead of fading, Dissipating into nothingness, Dropping off into a vast void, A bottomless canyon, An infinite, endless expanding universe, Your voice comes back to you. Almost a surprise Almost unexpected Your mouth still open,…

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Poem, “What Is This Lonely”

WHAT IS THIS EMPTY What is this empty I feel, Longing for more than touch, Touch with connection. Touch with emotion. Touch with emotional connection. How do I feed my self, And learn to fill my self, Linger in my own fullness Without the aching emptiness, The deep pangs of lonely. And once not so…

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2 Poems, “A Drink And A Wish From The Well”

“Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing” (Kahlil Gibran) Based on that phrase, I like “well” better, and I was inspired to write this a Poem and a Wish, for those who just need a little something   DRINK FROM THE WELL Only when you drink from the well…

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