Goosebumps and Tears

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time is a gun
pointed at my head
demanding that I live

it’s almost too much sometimes

life steals me away
at a hundred miles a minute
in a thousand different directions

like the breeze
I fly through this life
twisting and twirling
and dancing and swirling
as the caravan moves on

and my payoff:
an equal number of
goose bumps and tears

I know there is suffering
but sometimes all I can see
is the sign
the proof
the evidence
that this was all made for me:

random illogical clouds
the softly scented nape

the moribund dance
of fall leaves
to songs without words

the unexpected kindness
infinite grace

the exact right word
coming to me

every moment
is a present
wrapped in a memory

and I offer them
to you
in gratitude


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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
This is really good, mate. The idea that life is a trial is something I am tired of hearing.

I offer them
to you
in gratitude


And I thank you for these wonderful words.
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
like the breeze
I fly through this life
twisting and twirling
and dancing and swirling
as caravan moves on


This is so beautiful.

You are consistently fantastic.
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
sometimes all I can see
is the sign
the proof
the evidence
that this was all made for me:


Douglas Adams once said:

. . . imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, 'This is an interesting world I find myself in -an interesting hole I find myself in. Fits me rather neatly, doesn't it? In fact it fits me staggeringly well, must have been made to have me in it!' This is such a powerful idea that as the sun rises in the sky and the air heats up and as, gradually, the puddle gets smaller and smaller, it's still frantically hanging on to the notion that everything's going to be alright, because this world was meant to have him in it, was built to have him in it; so the moment he disappears catches him rather by surprise. I think this may be something we need to be on the watch out for.

So watch out Buddah!   

You are consistently fantastic.


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