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The Journey & Remembering
"Character builds slowly, but it can be torn
down with incredible swiftness."
Faith Baldwin
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The Journey
One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice --
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
"Mend my life!"
each voice cried.
But you didn't stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do --
determined to save
the only life you could save.
Mary Oliver
http://www.panhala.net/Archive/The_Journey.html
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Remembering
If you could just remember what you saw in my heart
If I could just forget what I saw in your eyes
If you could just remember how special I made you feel
If I could just forget how empty you made me feel
If you could just remember how safe you felt
If I could just forget how frightened I felt
If you could just remember how kind I was to you
If I could just forget how cruel you were to me
If you could just remember how much I showed you
If I could just forget how much you hid from me
If you could just remember how I touched you
If I could just forget how you pushed me away
If you could just remember how much I did for you
If I could just forget how much you did to me
If you could just remember how happy you were
If I could just forget how much I cried
If you could just remember how much I gave to you
If I could just forget how much you took from me
If you could just remember how I made love to you
If I could just forget how you used me
If you could just remember how it felt to kiss me
If I could just forget how it felt to be at your mercy
If you could just remember how much I loved you
If I could just forget how much you betrayed me
If you could just remember how much I made you forget
If I could just forget how much you made me remember
If you could just remember...
If I could just forget...
...from our member Sanewoman
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Graphic by BBWMisty Fotko.com
Last edited by femfree, Mar/17/2009, 11:59 am
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