SOME PEOPLE
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Some people spend their entire lives in pursuit of a dream
Although most never achieve it
Some people give up
Some people give into the wishes of others
And some people are merely satisfied with less
THE MIND
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Thought is the blossom
Language the bud
Action the fruit behind it
Like snow
Soft as it falls
The longer it dweils
Deep sinking in the mind
65 ROSES
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Upon learning that my 4 year old son Richard has advanced Cystic
Fibrosis, I was in shock, then I mourned, finally I became furious
and fought back. Franticly, every night I would call everywhere
looking for help; there was none.One night after several long and
agonizing phone calls pleading for help, Richard came into the
room and said "Mommy I know who you work for." With some
trepidation I poised the question back to him, "Who Richard?" 65
roses he said with a smile.I went to him and tenderly pressed
his tiny body to mine, so he could not see the tears running down
my cheeks.I was amazed, since I had never told him that he had
advanced liver cancer; then as I hugged him I realized, he couldn’t
pronounce Cystic Fibrosis.Now every time for the past 38 years
as I visit Richard, I smile and cry as I gaze upon a 7 year old’s
gravestone that read’s 65 ROSES.
LIGHTNING
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Love
Like lightning
Strikes
Where you cannot tell
Till
They have fallen
Woman
Caresses
Affections
Expressions
A FEAST OF REALITY
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My passions are like convulsion fits
Like fire useful and dangerious
Though they make me stronger for a time
They leave me weaker
Oh the pain of the mind
Pain and pleasure
Like light and darkness
To be tasted and swallowed
Chewed and digested
Delicious as the sunshine
Refreshing as the rain
A feast of reality
EXSCUSE ME
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Do you know what day it is ?
Why yes
It’s New Years eve
The 3rd time this week
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