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THE SOUNDS OF VISION by Luscious
THE HARVEST by E.F. Bergakker
NATURE'S SHROUD by Patricia Hall
WON'T YOU? by L.Perry
FALLING ASLEEP by Sonia Usatch
BLACK EYED SUSAN by Sheila Hardy
LONGING by Yoly C
IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME by Sindi Holman
THE BIRD ON MY WINDOW SILL by Sarah Vaughn
KINDNESS BLOOMS by Lynne Remick
THE MIRROR by Patricia Hall
I WISH I'D LOOKED AFTER ME FIGURE. by Jazmine Schoenmaker
A LAZY MORNING by Luscious
BETRAYAL by E.F. Bergakker
SUNFLOWER DAYS AND SCREECH OWL NIGHTS by Debora A. Delaney
NOW AND THEN by Sheila Hardy
TRIUMPHANTLY MINE by Yoly C
SHADES OF GRAY by Sarah Vaughn
DAYS ARE DIFFERENT BUT NIGHT HAS AN ONLY NAME by Ancuta

THE SOUNDS OF VISION

To be flying above the clouds
Soaring like an eagle with no bounds
Going above so high
Wouldn't it be nice to fly

The window between myself and the water
Going outside, on the sand I saunter
As the water slaps against the sandy beach
To be water would be so neat

To be notes on a sheet
Participating with the sounds and the beat
To allow someone to be one with music
To be the music that they might pick

To drift to another place
To have the sun shine on my face
To see the world in another way
Would certainly make my day

The sounds, the clarity
To keep my eyes open, just barely
To absorb everything I see
To be one, I wish you could see and be

You look at me so strangely
My mind just goes so freely
When I listen to my tunes
I hope you will understand soon

Where does your mind wander?
When listening to your sounds, What do you ponder?
To talk it all in
In your mind, where have you been?

Amazing what it will do to you
It can take you to a world of fantasy, old and new
Some can be sad, happy and feelings of all sorts
To listen to the depth of melodies and chords

So close your eyes and drift
Your spirit will slowly lift
The talents of others, your mind will enhance
And once you do, you will start to move and dance

Try it sometime and you will be free
To vision what I see
I hope to see you where I am
Mr., Mrs., Ms., Sir or Madam

Written by:Luscious
(All rights reserved)

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THE HARVEST

Ours is not to reason "why",
but "if" and "whether or not".

Once made or taken of free will,
that choice our path defines.

It shapes character and self esteem.
No other shares the blame.

We harvest what we sew, it seems,
and reap the fruits or pain.

Yet of each spoken interfall,
there's something to be learned.

If we just open up our minds;
ourselves we'll have discerned.

Copyright E.F. Bergakker 1999.
(All rights reserved)

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NATURE'S SHROUD

Shadowed haze envelopes my car
Nature arranges her grey shroud,

Cloaking Earth in secrecy.

Patchwork of grey and white,
The Interstate plays

Hopscotch with my mind.

Nothing stands between me and Eternity
Save the thin white line

Marking the pavement

A mammoth shape looms.....
Tree Sentinel, limbs distorted by fog

Dense, thick, impenetrable curtain
Yet, my car glides through

With uncanny ease

Imagination runs rampant
Eyes strain to see what is or is not there
Assuring myself everything familiar is

Still beneath this misty veil

Hypnotized by the fog.....
To avert my gaze to either side

Is to be lost

Pressing nearer, the mysterious fog
Closets and chokes me

Swirling, murky vapor
Conjures old stories of evil
Lurking on Scottish Moors

Sherlock appears in my mind's mist
Pipe-puffing, check-caped
Searching diligently for clues

His hounds, ghostly apparitions
Fangs snarling, hot-breathed
Sprinting toward a doomed villain

Fog rises, issuing
From land-locked lake
The Lochness Monster swims

Eerily into my consciousness

Tires slide easily into pavement gap
Startling me back to the present

If the road divides, camouflaged by fog,
And I am confused,

MIGHT I CHOOSE THE WRONG WAY?

Written by:Patricia Hall
(All rights reserved)

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WON'T YOU?

Won't you hold my hand, and make everything alright?
Can't you hold me close when I'm frightened of the night?
Take my heart and save it: at least then, what remains,
But don't become one with it, it's where melancholy reigns.
Let me see your face, your eyes, partake of what is warm-
Instead of that I most despise, my image, evil's form.
Forgive this child! How dare I ask! Being loved is not my right...
Lie to me though, won't you? Tell me everything's alright.

Written by: L.Perry
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FALLING ASLEEP

“Friend,
afterwards,
I strain against
sweet fatigue and slumber.

Low breath sounds
companion the flesh
of your now
dispassionate hand,

but your arm,
like a canopy,
over the reach
between my buttock and thigh,
succors still.

And friend, once again,
I surrender.”

Written by: Sonia Usatch
(All rights reserved)

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BLACK EYED SUSAN

Meet Black Eyed Susan,
my sister and martyr extraordinaire.
She keeps crying
against my better judgment,
and the mere thought
that I'd bring her groceries again,
disgusts me
and softens her further.

Scanning my coffee cup for floaties,
I wonder, how stupid am I,
to knock on this splintered door again.
Isn't it just like me,
the perpetually uninvited,
to crawl through the remains of her party,
picking dog hair as I go?

Every single time
I roll my eyes,
she rolls a joint.
Little pig, little pig,
why don't you just leave?
Okay, so you asked for a cigarette,
not a sermon.

I lose my edge in this fog,
thinking look at me, I'm no better.
Still in love with Autumn
even as it twirls around my feet,
obliviously dancing at
it's own funeral.

Written by: Sheila Hardy
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LONGING

If I could be in the air
to feel you breathing,
I'd take in your exquisite essence
and forever measure my fortune
with the wind's palm; whose reach
graces thrones, and earthly seats,
committing boundaries to lessen.

I'd follow your sound and unwrap
Galileo's certainty at your feet,
and wait for you to discover a
minx in the wings.

Written by: Yoly C
(All rights reserved)

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IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME

If I could turn back time,
I would have held our hugs longer,
I would have stared into your eyes for a few more minutes.

If I could turn back time,
I would have showed you how much I really do care,
I would have held your hand closer to my heart.

If I could turn back time,
I would have let the kisses last longer,
I would have never let you go.

If I could turn back time,
I would have showered you with my love,
I would have paid more attention to your words.

If I could turn back time,
I would have listened to you more,
I would have heard your heart breaking.

If I could turn back time,
And knew then what I know now,
I would have never told you that "I love you"

Written by: Sindi Holman
(All rights reserved)

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THE BIRD ON MY WINDOW SILL

there is a bird on my window sill
he tells me everthing
when you talk about me
and when thoughts of me make you smile
and about a week ago
he told me something new
how thoughts of another filled your mind
and when you were with her...
she made you smile
the worst thing he told me
is when at the mention of my name
you turn that smile upside down
then this little birdie gave me sound advice
he said you were no good
and that I needed to lose you
that is why last saturday
I called you to break up
and never ever forget
every girl has...
a bird on her window sill

Written by: Sarah Vaughn

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KINDNESS BLOOMS

Watching a child
pick a daisy
with an awkward grasp

Observing petals
fall fast away
as the child runs

Seeing his face beam
as he presents
it to his mother

Benevolence
blossoms within me.

Written by: Lynne Remick
(All rights reserved)

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THE MIRROR

Today I looked into my mirror,
An old woman peered back at me
I can't believe I've aged like this,
For the whole world to see.

What has happened to my youth?
Just look at the hair of grey!
And my beautiful eyes of violet blue
Have faded in a noticeable way.

I stood, puzzled for a time
Then really thought of my life
For it has been good, and long
I'm Mother, Grandma, and wife.

This woman looking back at me
I guess I must accept with grace
She doesn't look so bad after all,
But she will have to keep MY pace!

Written by:Patricia Hall
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I WISH I'D LOOKED AFTER ME FIGURE.
FOR AUNT MARG.

Oh I wish I'd looked after me figure
when I noticed it growing bigger
all the chippies I munched
and the lollies I crunched
Oh I wish I'd looked after me figure

I wish I had taken more care
when there wasn't three tires to spare
And passed up meat pies
with respect for me thighs
well the cellulite wouldn't be there

When I think of the puddings I ate
the lasagna piled high on me plate
spring rolls, fish & chips'
all those lovely savory dips
I should have stopped but now it's too late.

Me mother she told me one night
obesity's a terrible sight
but I was young then and fit
and me jeans hadn't split
I was size 10....I was right.

Oh sometimes I'd put down me fork
and eat the apple instead of the pork,
but eating wise and hard exercise
didn't seem worth the time
I could walk.....

If I'd known I was charting a course
to three chins and girth like a horse
to girdles and strains
and blue varicose veins
well...I wouldn't have done it of course.

Now I sit in me old cane backed chair
and look at me legs...what a pair!
then feel the vibrations
from me heart palpitations
and get horribly filled with despair.

How I laughed when people would snigger
at the bulk of me mum's poor old figure
now I'm starting to pine
'cause their laughing at mine
Oh I wish I'd looked after me figure!

Written by: Jazmine Schoenmaker
(Copyright 1999)
(All rights reserved)

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A LAZY MORNING

As I lie here
Upon my bed
I hear my heartbeat, loud and clear
Thoughts run through my head
With mellow music on
Playing softly in the background
It's telling a story in a song
Instruments playing beautiful sounds
I am fully relaxed --
Restful and comfortable
THAT'S a fact
To get up - I am unable
I SHOULD get up
But I can't --
My body is paralyzed
My arms are weak
My legs are lifeless
My eyes are heavy and drowsy
So I have decided --
Instead of getting up to this city of ours
Or to go to the land of trees and flowers
I am NOT to leave this bed!
To leave this bed of feathers and foam
Soft and cuddly
Warm and lovely
This is the life of comforts of home!!

Written by:Luscious
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BETRAYAL

Oh how I loved you!
The sacrifices I'd have made
just to be by your side;
why then was I betrayed?

You of all people-
how could this be?
I was so sure
of the love you'd promised me.

I thought it was strong enough
to withstand all the pressure,
but this 'd only started
when you took back my treasure.

Where does that leave me?
What now must I do
with a life not worth living
if it's lived without you..

What happens to our dreams;
the plans that we made-
our future together..
is this how I'm repaid?

Or could I've misjudged you;
was I wrong then to believe
your words, reassuring,
but meant to deceive?

No! Whatever may have happened,
our love was never a lie!
I will treasure it and remember you
till the very day I die, my darling, goodbye.

Copyright E.F. Bergakker
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SUNFLOWER DAYS AND SCREECH OWL NIGHTS

Humming Birds dance in dawns early light,
Ripe red Tomatoes and Corn sweet and white.
Yellow Bell Peppers and Carrots just right,
A Rooster crows at the day's edge of night.

The Sunflowers growing are favorite sight,
our Grapes on the vine are sweet and ripe.
The Pumpkins are growing, just out of sight,
and red Poll Beans flowers are so very bright.

Mid-summers calls of Screech Owls all night,
while Bats chatter after bugs in flight.
High in the sky we watch Moon rise into sight,
and all of this in a summer that is so right.

Copyright:Debora A. Delaney & Delaney Enterprises
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NOW AND THEN

as a kid
I found it in puddles
at the end of a dirt road
sailing Popsicle ships
on calm chocolate seas
flat round rocks stacked
to make Flintstone homes
along a murky edge

what more did I need
there was always me
to spread eagle
and straddle a shoreline
like a giant eight-year-old god
I could filter the silty sand
on smooth freckled legs
shave it off with sticks
and dream of becoming
a modern woman
with big red lips

then there was smoke
and loud music that spoke
in riddles like my mother
that old time cartoon
with the sound turned down
still finding a way
to tap in through the slits
in my head

now I wade a thicker air
my son's obsession with guns
my daughter's need for cool things
popularity at any cost
and late at night
I just shuffle through photos
of days taped and torn

Written by: Sheila Hardy
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TRIUMPHANTLY MINE

Past the bend of a splendid dawn
a trickle of soft haze
joins the light that draws on you,
as you're somewhere with your silence.

My breast cave tempers
and unfurls to a thought:
how is it that you're here,
triumphantly mine?

Written by: Yoly C

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SHADES OF GRAY

a long, long time ago
nothing was very clear
I could not see a shadow
in the bright sunlight
all that I could see was
shades of gray
when I met you
the gray began to leave...
you made a rainbow for me
and together we crossed it
on the other side
we searched for the pot of gold
but instead we found a note
that said us two were never meant to be
and that until we found our one true love
the pot of gold would never come
then I woke up and realized it was true
and the phone rang
it was you and you had had the dream to
on that very night we broke up
and now my life
is back to it's
shades of gray

Written by: Sarah Vaughn
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DAYS ARE DIFFERENT BUT NIGHT HAS AN ONLY NAME

Yes, days are different, because they lie and there are thousands and thousands of lies, one different lie for each and every day. But night is unique, as it's honest and there's only one single truth.

Days lie owing to light, which conceal the immensity of the Universe from us; we see daylight, we enjoy the sun's warmth, but we forget that beyond this light there is the reality of the Universe; we hide behind each and every day's lie, as we are afraid of this Unknown; we keep busy because we can't answer the question of our reason in this life and because we can't accept that we were born just in order to die in few decades of years; we keep busy, very busy, as though the problem would disappear if we weren't aware of it.

Night is honest because it doesn't hide the cruelty of our condition from us. We can see the stars and the unique truth and remember about our sense in this life. Everybody dies alone, no-one can help, no-one can follow, we must assume our own death; death forces us to. Why not assume our own life, then? Isn't this the lesson which every and each night teaches us?

But no, we never learn this lesson, we keep busy every and each day, not to assume the difficulty of our self-determination. Night would like to help us, but we chose to sleep at night: there are no lies to hide behind of; we prefer to be awake during the day: our complacency smoothly draws us to our futility.

Copyright: Ancuta

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