There

There

We left it there so long ago

It's where we dream to always go

The happy times seem to override

The things in life we tried to hide

It is there we had each other close

To share the things that moved us most

Childhood fights seem reverent now

They tied us together, I don't know how

Dreams were made and realized

As one by one our house downsized

Marriange and careers led each away

From that place we long for most today

Cuddling arms that held us near

Bedtime stories we held so dear

Easters and Christmases come and gone

Occasions for which we sometimes long

Just a house, just a town

Places we liked to hang around

Sometimes with tears we face the fact

We must move on, there's no going back

Marian

October 11, 2009

And here's one from Thomas Jefferson that we should apply every day!
WALKING IS THE BEST EXERCISE. HABITUATE YOURSELF TO WALK VERY FAR.

While You Walk

Walk, walk, walk
And think with every step
Don't talk, talk, talk
Lest you be inept

It takes miles and miles to think a lifetime
Stepping until Kingdom come
Until you've earned the right to die
And leave behind your miles of wisdom

Marian
July 5, 2009

No matter what we have come through, or how many perils we have safely passed, or how many imperfect and jagged---
in some places perhaps irreparably---our life has been, we can not in our heart of hearts imagine how it could have been different. As we look back on it, it slips behind us in orderly array, and, with all its mistakes, aquires a sort of eternal fitness, and even, at times, a poetic glamour. Randolf Sillman Bourne 1886

Times Passed

Broken minds and broken hearts
Are sometimes scars we carry
As we look back on the life we've led
Perhaps saddened, perhaps not very.

Spirited debates won or lost
Love sweet, at times so sour
Had my life just passed me by?
It seems but just an hour.

Places seen and of places dreamed
Stored neatly in my head
I will not regret lost chances
To do everything I said

People known and people bemoaned
Friendships strong and true
The one thing I will treasure most
Is the day that I met you

Marian
August 31, 2009

Summer Storm

Summer Storm

Lying silently upon my bed
with a pillow comforting my weary head
I sleepily became aware
of distant thunder rumbling somewhere

The air was warm and still
Outside my open window sill
But in an instant the wind blew in
As applause before the show begins

The pattering on my rooftop grew
As good as any percussion I ever knew
Raindrops bounced from leaf to leaf
Adding a melody beyond belief

Thunder joined as a big bass drum
As a light show in the sky begun
The rustling tune of all the trees
Was a song included in the stormy breeze

The concert was brief but melodic
And I find it quite ironic
That in all the years I failed to listen
I had no idea what I had been missin'

Marian
August 27, 2009

Our greatest pretenses are but not to hide the evil and ugly in us, but our EMPTINESS. The hardest thing to hide is something that is NOT there.

Eric Hoffer

Secrets

In vain the emptiness I try to hide
The sadness carried deep inside
Alas the pretense is not to be
One hides nothing others can't see

They know not the times I cried

Holding on to secrets past

Extending pain that seems to last
If only I could share this pain
So hopefulness can still remain
But one cannot see a shadow not cast

Sharing the secrets held within
Accepting forgiveness for times of sin
Had I known that if I'd shown it
My loved ones would not disown it
I'd not have suffered years for what had been

Marian
October 6, 2009

Just Passing Through

We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.
Stephen Covey

October 24, 1932

Just Passing Through

Belief so strong
In a journey so long
I am a spirit inside and out
Not a being so mortal
I live portal to portal
I know what I am with no doubt

It is just for awhile
I am here in this style
I'm a mere living hunk of clay
My mind is a mist
Just that one thing I list
As my spirtit moves on day by day

You don't really see me
Just for now what I be
I'm a spirit on one train to a station
Where I will go next
Need not confuse or preplex
As I honor His guiding persuasion

I'll love you through time
While this being is mine
And hope your journey will end to meet mine
My faith is my ride
As I flow with this tide
To an end that is much more devine

Marian
September 25, 2009

I've Only Passed

"A word I want to see written on my grave: I am alive like you, and I am standing beside you. Close your eyes and look around, you will see me in front of you."Khalil Gibran

I've Only Passed

Never gone, those who lived
Never too far away from those to give
Guidence and direction, love and affection
Look around for me, I'll be there

No, I am not here, this grave site's for you
To visit when you miss my smile
But know I am standing right by your side

willing to share

You're never alone just a prayer away
I'll be there if truely needed
Be happy for now, I'm watching over you
Lovingly aware

Marian
Septeember 10, 2009

Your Life

Help yourself to love...for others and yourself. Climb those mountains that only appear to block your path. Be who and where you are. Your answers are there too. Let
go of fear and walk through it. Help yourself to life. Melody Beatty

Your Life

Grab the love
Share it readily
Go through life
Confident and steadily

Hills to climb?
No time to ponder
Climb them with heart
To what lies yonder

Show no fear
Put it aside
Be the leader
Don't break your stride

Be who you are
And always proud
Proclaim each victory
To awaiting crowds

Find the answers
That are waiting there
Live your life
Honest and fair

Where you are now
And where you've traveled
Is your life
That you've unraveled

Marian
October 8, 2009

Don't Mourn Me

While we are mourning the loss of our friend, others are rejoicing to meet him behind the veil. John Taylor

Don't Mourn Me

It was only just a journey
A vacation of sorts
The life as we know it
From all the reports

Our body a vehicle
To take us through time
Along with our loved ones
Yours and mine

We were offered the pleasures
God had in store
The natural beauty
Time to love, wings to soar

A gift from our Father
A prelude to a place
Gathering the hearts
We'll forever embrace

Come time for departure
From what we've known of as home
We'll be greated by those
That we've previously known

Don't mourn me, my friend
As I have earned my wings
Come join me later
For magnificent things

Marian
October 10, 2009