Discovered your shadow
along the wall
in the pale moonlight
It was the shape
of a heart with two wings
So it goes without saying
you’re not of this Earth.
Discovered your shadow
along the wall
in the pale moonlight
It was the shape
of a heart with two wings
So it goes without saying
you’re not of this Earth.
We speak in sonnets
Our hands the couplets
Kissing haikus
And amid the dark we compose
These rhythmic stanzas
Because at some point
We stopped making love
And started making poetry
This is The Real Neat Blog Award. My nomination comes by way of Aradhana Singh from Aradhana poetry and thoughts. I hope you’ll check out her blog and giver her a like or follow. I really enjoyed reading this post of hers: “DON’T MISS ME IN MY ABSENCE..”
The Rules:
Questions:
1) Where do most visits to your blog come from?
The United States.
2) What is your favorite sport?
As a kid it was American football. Then it was basketball. But now I’m not into sports as much as I once was.
3) What has been a special moment for you in 2020 so far?
Rediscovering my creative passions during the lockdown; and meeting new people. If any of them are reading this … they know who they are.
4) What is your favorite quote?
I have too many; I’m not even sure I can pick one. Plus, I mostly like song lyrics. But here a few I can think of right now:
“Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm” – Winston Churchill
“You’re on Earth. There’s no cure for that.” — Samuel Beckett
Almost any yogi-ism by Yogi Berra; these ones are funny:
“You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there.”
“If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be.”
“We made too many wrong mistakes.”
“When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”
Bertrand Russell:
“It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.”
“One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.”
“Man is a rational animal. So at least we have been told. Throughout a long life I have searched diligently for evidence in favor of this statement. So far, I have not had the good fortune to come across it.”
Albert Camus:
“People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves.”
“I rebel; therefore I exist.”
“What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky
A “great mind must be androgynous.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
5) What was your favorite class when still at school?
None. I never had any favorite classes when at school. But my least unliked was English.
6) Anything you had wished to have learned earlier?
That it’s better to love too hard than to love too little; and that in the end almost everything ends up being all right, so don’t be afraid to go forward.
7) What musical instruments have you tried to play?
I first learned to play the drums as a kid. Then tried to teach myself guitar as a teenager (big failure). Then taught myself to play the piano, which was much easier.
Nominees:
Questions To Nominees:
Went running
Smiled the whole time
Everyone smiled back
Even said: “Hi”
I wonder if that still happens
Had I not been thinking of you?
I didn’t need 4 seasons
To recognize you’re the scent of sweet
I didn’t need 240 moons
To want you 8 days a week
I didn’t need 1 year
To give you the key to my heart
And I sure as hell
Don’t need you gone
To know what I got
It was obvious you were
Priceless from the start
Ra was a divine being
And so far I can’t find
Any evidence to support you’re not.
Some say he created us
Through sweat and tears
I’m not saying
You’ve done the same
Yet there are times
I’ve felt baptized in yours
Thought you were the only reason
The gods ever created human beings.
Ancient Egyptians often
Called themselves: “Cattle of Ra”
I’m not ashamed to say
You’re my shepherd
I’d follow you anywhere you lead.
Now, Ra is best known as a sun god
The ruler of both the Earth and sky
And, of course, it’s true you rule mine
But maybe you’re nothing like him
Because the way you shine
Blinds the light.
This is The Mystery Blogger Award. My nomination comes by way of the talented Wardah from Silent Silvery Tears. Follow her wonderful blog if you haven’t already. You’re sure to find something unique and heartfelt.
The Rules:
Three Facts About Me
1. I prefer a rainy day to sunshine.
2. I usually never stop singing, and I don’t even have a very good voice. I might be louder when I’m by myself than when I’m in a crowd. And yet I’m actually a very quiet person.
3. I’m allergic to 6 of the 8 most common allergies: milk, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybeans.
My Best Post:
I haven’t a clue. The next one, I hope. However, I like one of these for now: Others; Long-Distance Relationships.
Questions:
What’s the best day of your life so far?
A day I didn’t realize was the best day of my life until it was over: the day I met the soul of my soul, the love of my love, my twin flame connection. Or perhaps the day she was born, but I didn’t know her then, or known that I would ever meet her, so I couldn’t have known that until now that that would be the best day.
What’s the most important thing Covid-19 taught you?
Don’t waste one second of the time you have with the ones you love.
If you had to spend one day as an inanimate object, what would you choose and why?
Her hairbrush, of course. Then I get to be in her hands everyday and run my bristles through her hair. I could be lipstick, too. Then I could be on her lips all day and look good as a bonus. But I would have to be the very best shade. Maybe a red. A color that never goes out of style.
Have you ever almost died? If so, share your story!
Yes, I probably should be dead. Starting in fall of 2016 and for about 3 years after that I couldn’t really eat food, due to an esophagus issue and a bad reaction to acid reflux medication. I dropped lots of weight and went down to 109 pounds even at one time. I mainly lived off of sunflower butter (which I had to put on everything and eat in spoonfuls), candy, and potato chips just to try and keep my weight from going down any lower. At times I wasn’t even able to sip more than a few sips of water a day. Not really sure how I managed to live through that, and I don’t recommend this diet to anybody. It was terrible. If you ever suffer from reflux just try some ginger first. Natural cures work!
Do you believe aliens exist?
It’s possible that they don’t exist?
Nominees:
Questions To Nominees:
My love is not an I, I, I
It’s a you, you, you
An us, us, us.
My love cannot be put to bed
It never closes its eyes
It never sleeps—can’t be laid to rest.
My love cannot ungrow
It’s for all seasons
Blossoms in the sunshine and the moonlight.
My love is an “original goodness”
A remembered dream
That which can resuscitate a heart.
The bye never is
Good
The wave alone
Puts waves in my eyes
Will this be a parting?
Or
Will this be an end?
The bye never is
Good
I wish only to say goodbye
To goodbye.
Got a new doctor
Checked my blood pressure
Off the charts
He was concerned
But I wasn’t
Since I was thinking of you
Ordered a CT scan of my heart next
It was unthinkably enlarged
The technician was gobsmacked
But I wasn’t
Since it housed my love for you
EKG came back abnormal, showed no activity whatsoever
The nurses were petrified
But I wasn’t
Since my heart only beats around you
They didn’t believe me, of course
Until you walked through the door
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