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The Day I Heard
Mommy had been at a hospital for months
Looking after you.
The moment she got back,
I jumped in glee.
Until she told me.
I ran to my room and cried
I couldn't believe you actually died
What you were doing or where you were wandering.
When I went to your gravestone, I looked and I peered,
I knew something was wrong,something was weird.

written by: ~*~*Joel*~*~8 years old

A Wonder of Nature
From the moment your seed was placed in the soil
A promise was made that a life would unfold
But above you was war and pain and sorrow
No promises here, maybe no tomorrow
You're oblivious to all around you but snug below
Not a worry passes by you and you gently unfold.
You made your first appearance by showing your head
Nothing to guide you,ever gently I tread.
Each day you look stronger, your arms unfold,
Tis a Sunflower I'm thinking, bright and so bold.
Now a month has passed, you've grown so tall
No shelter from the elements, almost ready to fall
But before you die, you smile up to the sun
You are a wonder of nature, such a beauty you've become.
I saw you today, your head hanging low,
Time for you do die my friend, time to let go
You've got much more to offer this I know,
Your seeds I shall gather and they I shall sow
For another promise of life has come with this precious seed
I'll help grow

by:Susan

A Song Of The Wind
Sailing out to sea, I was embraced
by a calming gentle breeze.
I knew it was a dream about to take
a hold of me -
A dream
A thought
Of you, touching me
Enough to warm my soul and awaken me.
The thought of your hand upon me
Makes me warm and I feel my love
It shines brightly with each tender
touch of your fingers.
To feel your touch and you caressing me,
Sends fire through my body
Which no other has done.
I feel the warmth of your soul
and it makes me smile,
I feel your love shine on me,
Around me, and through me,
But realizing I am dreaming, sadness tries
to set in.
Fear that I am soon to wake up,
to see the love gone and once again face,
my aloneness
In a whisper I hear, You are never alone as
long as you have my love inside you.
You are in my heart always, as I am in yours forever.
And forever these moments I'll shall then treasure.
Now your soul shines like a light
Searching through this darkness
You are guiding my journey

by: Susan

You

You lighten my heart
With your warm glowing smile
You fire up my passion
Making it rage higher and higher
Your whispers, your words,
All that you are,
Make me feel lucky
You're my shining star
Shining with a brillance
That compares you to none.
I hope that you know this when all's
Said and done.
Kissing you and hugging you
And holding you tight.
Cuddling and snuggling,
for all of the night.
You're my friend and my lover
You're so much you don't know
Just always remember,
That I do love you so
by:Susan

Restless

Restless heart, searching new meaning and hope.
Walking past a villager, seeing emptyness, trying to cope.
Surrounded by memories, they fade in the sun,
Vast feelings of confusion, breaking out into a run.
The miles and the space only make the pain worse.
Being born on this Earth, feeling the plague of a curse.
Tired of being hurt, tired of all the words.
Just a living nightmare, never finding the cure.
Even the sounds and smells never seem to leave this mind,
Can I find peace for my soul, is it in this life time?

by:Susan

The Journey I am looking out my window and smiling at the moon
Do you see it too? Am I looking at you?
The clouds create illusions, they dance with the stars
My Heart opens for you, my thoughts never far
This soul's been searching her mate, forever feeling lost,
Through so much pain and sorrow at all given cost.
I see you, I feel you, reaching out to be with you,
Eyes locking in and showing that you feel this too
Tis a dance in unison
Together forming one.
Like the flame of a candle, dancing in a glow
My heart belongs to you now, don't ever let it go.
So take me in your arms, please hold on to me tight
I surrender all the darkness and long for this new light
Where your lips will touch mine, and you'll show me that you care,
I shall never leave you, I'll always be there
The clouds gently part, I can see the moon so clear
You've made me very happy, you've taken away my fears
Surrounded by the beauty of the peaceful evening sky
I wipe no more sad tears, only tears unleashed by joy
by:Susan

Mind Traveller

Alone here, it's now night
I sit on this hill,
Surrounded by pines, such beautiful trees.
Their sweet scents, and their regal stillness
Above me
I see heaven, it's full of stars
It's just here, above my head
Like precious gems, a sea of colour
They sparkle and smile,
They ressemble our hearts afire
I watch the glow from the silver moon
The light she casts is ever so sweet
The night sky goes on forever
It casts shadows out across the distant mountains
And even though the sky bursts out with a million stars
The darkness embraces me til' I can hold you again.
My soul aches for the moment together
When we'll share this same sky
And when the stars like an angel spar
Invite us to their world above
We'll enter their world of peace and love.
May 31st, 1998 ..Susan

My Loneliness She Will End

In dark of the night
when the moon shines bright
and little streams give shadows light

look out among the stars
where the muses spinning are
and see my love from afar

for where the willows bend
by the force of the wind
my loneliness she will end

in witches circle at mid of night
when the Goddess sends down her light
and grants all her lovely sight

she has the swan's grace
and across the stars I will chase
the loveliness of her face

for in the dark of the land
when moonlight fills the oak stand
my loneliness she will end

by: Russell C. Martin

I love you
not for what
I want you to be
But for what you are

I loved you then
For what you were
I love you now
for what you have become

I miss you
And not only you

I miss what I am
When you are here...

-Leonard Nimoy

Immortality
So this is who I am,
And this is all I know,
And I must choose to live,
For all that I can give,
The spark that makes the power grow

And I will stand for my dream if I can
Symbol of my faith in who I am
But you are my only,
And I must follow on the road that lies ahead
And I won't let my heart control
my head,
But you are my only
And we don't say goodbye,
And I know what I've got to be

Immortality
I make my journey through eternity
I keep the memory of you and
me inside

Fulfill your destiny
Is there within the child,
My storm will never end,
My fate is on the wind,
The king of hearts, the joker's wild,
But we don't say goodbye,
I'll make them all remember me

'Cos I have found a dream that must
come true,
Every ounce of me must see it through
But you are my only
I'm sorry I don't have a role for love
to play
Hand over my heart I'll find my way,
I will make them give to me

Immortality
There is a vision and a fire in me
I keep the memory of you and
me, inside
And we don't say goodbye
We don't say goodbye
With all my love for you
And what else we may do
We don't say, goodbye

by: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb

Where is the Love
If ever a boy stood on the moon
All the heavens would call their angels 'round
Stop the tears from troubled skies
from falling
If ever the river could whisper your
name
Would the choices you make still
be the same
Like a flower that dies from angry
rain
Why do we hurt ourselves?
Where is the love that lets the sunlight in to start again
A love that sees no colour lines
Life that begins with love
So spread your wings and fly
Guide your spirit safe and
sheltered
A thousand dreams that we can
still believe

If ever a boy stood on the moon
Carrying all of his treasures from
the stars
To a rainbow which lead to
where we are
Together we chase the sun

Where is the love that lifts my
brother's voice to the skies
A love that answers a mother's cry
Life begins with love
So spread your wings and fly
Guide your spirit safe and
sheltered
A thousand dreams that we can
still believe

A boy stood on the moon
The ancient souls can still
discover
A thousand dreams that we can
still believe
We can still believe....

by: Corey Hart

~*~Somewhere I Have Never Travelled~*~

Somewhere I have never travelled, gladly
beyond
any experience, your eyes have their
silence:
in your most frail gesture are things that
enclose me.
or which i cannot touch because they are
too near
your slightest look easily will
unclose me
though I have closed myself as
fingers,
you open always petal by petal myself as
Spring opens
(touching skilfully, mysteriously)her
first rose
or if your wish be to close me, I
and
my life will shut very beautifully,
suddenly,
as when the heart of this flower
imagines
the snow carefully everywhere
descending;
nothing which we are to perceive in this
world equals
the power of your intense fragility:whose
texture
compels me with the colour of its
countries,
rendering death and forever with each
breathing
(I do not know what it is about you that
closes
and opens;only something in me
understands
the voice of your eyes is deeper than
all roses)
nobody, not even the rain, has such
small hands
~E. E. Cummings~

~*~*Forgiveness*~*~

Forgiveness is letting go of the pain and accepting what has happened,
because it will not change.
Forgiveness is dismissing the blame.
Choices were made that caused the hurt;
we each could have chosen differently,
but we didn't.
Forgiveness is looking at the pain,
learning the lessons it has produced,
and understanding what we have learned.
Forgiveness allows us to move on towards a better understanding of universal love and our true purpose.
Forgiveness is knowing that love is the answer to all questions,
and that we all are in some way connected.
Forgiveness is starting over with the knowledge that we have gained.
I forgive you, and I forgive myself.
I hope you can do the same.
-Poem by Judith Mammay

Just Another World Away..

Last night as I walked in the rain
I was deceived again
I heard you, Mom, you called out my name...
I felt so out of place
It was then that I knew, I was deceived again.

Oh Mom, how I miss you
Last night, I lit a white candle and sat all alone
Remembering our talks and our giggles
I picked up the telephone
There was nothing there, but just an empty dial tone

I walked over to my window
In silence, alone, I gazed up at the moon
Who would have known you'd be taken so soon?

If I blew you a kiss and sent it off in your way..
Could you catch it and save it?
And..
Remember this day...
There was so so much I wanted to say to you
So much I needed to do for you
Life is so short
I know now this is very true

Can you feel my heart ache?
Will this pain go away?
My thoughts are of you every single day
Only..
Just another world away.
~susan. november 26/98~



Secrets Untold, Secrets Unfold

Everyday my Mother would tell me to get up and get ready for work.
Being 17 and not wanting to go would that make me look like a jerk?
My Boss was well loved by the entire town,
but the thought of going to work again, I couldn't help myself but frown.
I'd arrive there for 6 am to commence my daily shift
Being prompt and reliable wasn't any kind of gift.
I'd make the coffee for the mechanics and get the pumps up running
But the feeling in my stomache was like a thousand drums drumming.
When the crew would all arrive I'd smile and say hello
Each and everyone of them was a swell guy to know
But then the Boss himself would arrive he'd been drinking the night before
He'd come in with an angry look , I'd turn and look at the floor.
Susan, he would holler, bring me some coffee and come here
Not knowing any better I'd obey and fight the tears.
He'd push me up against the cold and stoney wall
His hands would start to wander, he'd make my skin crawl.
No! I'd cry, please stop, please don't touch me there.
Why dear God, oh Why? This really can't be fair.
This kind of activity would go on from day to day
All because my Mother for room and board I'd have to pay.
If I had quit my job, she would have thrown me out
If I had told her what my Boss did, she'd blame me without a doubt.
So the pain continued on for a year perhaps a bit longer
I couldn't fight the tears anymore, I was determined to get stronger
So I went up to the Boss, I told him that was it
I'd take no more of him, and basically I quit!
Off to another job I went this time as a waitress
The tips were pretty good but the pay a little less.
It was fun meeting all these new people and nice to be free of the other place
For now I'd stored those nightmares to a safe and hidden place
My Parents went to England I was afraid to be alone
Much to my surprise, the Boss called on the phone.
Susan we need you to work the midnight to 8
Starting tomorrow so please don't be late.
It was a relief for me for now I didn't have to be alone
I started the new shift but the Boss said it was a law, he had to drive us home.
There were 4 of us girls in the car he'd drop us one by one
I was the first, and besides I was afraid to be with him alone.
Each time he drove us he'd alter his route and smile
One by one he dropped them off we were on our last mile.
We arrived in the parking lot behind my parents place
He reached over and ripped open my blouse and slapped me across the face.
I fought , I screamed, I tried to get out
This man was determined to rape me, I screamed , I cried I let out a shout.
With my clothes ripped and tattered I swung round and and slapped his face
I opened the door and ran, and hide inside my place.
Years have passed, I'm still alive, the secret is out, I'm free
No One, will ever, harm or lay a hand on me.
~Susan~ 1976/77.



Another Dream, by Susan

Alone I sat amongst the bravest of willow trees.
Dreaming of a soft touch that would reach out to me.
You appeared, yet your face I did not know.
But I trusted a feeling in my heart and what it told.
You fell upon your knees and looked up at my tear filled eyes
I couldn't hear your words, no matter how I tried.
With a tender embrace, you kissed me upon my lips,
I felt your strong arms go around my hips.
Then..
You led me to the forest upon a path I had never seen
Memories of hurt began to fade away as if they were mere dreams.
I felt our heartbeats join together in a single beat of one time,
A moment of serenity, protected, yet guided by some Divine.
But as quick as you appeared, was as quick as you walked away.
Only this time breaking my heart,
Leaving me, without a word did you say.
And to this moment
I feel so incomplete
On a path I once loved so much
Now lost in defeat.
In the waitings of tomorrow
And the depths of today.
I will find my love somewhere and all will be okay.





A Mirrored Reflection, by S. Clarke

A mirrored reflection looked back at me today.
A portal to a beginning of a new way.
Visions that were once so clouded and dense,
With vast problems seeming so immense.
Til' I looked deep and cast my fears away
It was only then I knew how to pray.
A divine presence was ever so near,
Giving a gentle breath to cast away this fear.
Knowing it's all being taken care of through pure guidance and divine love.
I love this reflection I've awakened to see.
It's pure,it's simple, this reflection is ME!



The music I hear is the breath you take,
As natural to me as the smile you make.
Like the autumn leaves I watch
falling at my feet..............
~Susan~




A Cleansing Rain
I sit alone tonight listening to the rain.
My hearts been so heavy with a gnawing empty pain.
I want to fall in love and share the depths of my soul.
To open my heart and let the love I have begin to flow.
I have so much to offer and want someone in my life.
To feel loved and honoured and perhaps somebodys wife.
I've grown over the years and know I can make it good for you.
Be a loyal, loving woman with only feelings for you.
You must find me soon before it's too late and I'm gone.
When time stops for no one
But no one should be alone.
My heart feels cleansed with tonights gentle rain.
I will go to bed alone tonight,
With a dream of love and hope and no pain.
I feel you're near me and pray you'll find me soon.
In my heart so big
I now have room.
Come, hold me, don't let me go.
I will love you forever.
I love you so.

~Susan Clarke~ Nov/2002.






At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received,
How much money we have made,
How many great things we have done.
We will be judged by "I was hungry and you gave me food to eat."
"I was naked and you clothed me"
"I was homeless and you took me in".
~Hungry not for only bread but hungry for love.
~Naked not for clothes but naked for human respect and dignity.
~Homeless not only for want of a room of bricks but homeless because of rejection.


~Mother Teresa~




~2002~ Scattered leaves dance upon my weary feet.
Colours that radiated a life that was.
And now with time and the nudging of Mother Natures hand,
They break free and travel to the unknown.
Yet a path so well travelled.
I feel sadness as the cold air encloses all around me.
A paleness glows with certainty,
For all new journies must begin with this first breath.
And somehow inside
My heart knows
It is time.

~Susan Clarke~




The Lesson is Love
When we look inside the great religions of the world, where the differences melt, we find that every one of them teaches us that we're here to learn the lesson of love, to really learn how to love one another and love God (who ever your God may be). All we have to do is look at the content of our lives where the lesson of love is trying to be made.

The music I hear is the breath you take
As natural to me as the smile you make.
LIke the sun this morning which shines upon me.
I count down the days til' I'm with thee,
I've trusted my feelings,
And I've listened to my heart.
In there, I've found healing.
And the peace for a brand new start.
Wherever you are, whoever you are...
I love you.
~Susan~





Last updated, June 20th, 2003.

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