Oasis.

[SpiritKitty]

edited to correct a double post

Namaste, thank you for this thread.

you remind me that I should not give up hope....for if, as humans, we are capable of such beauty, then all is not lost yet.

*palms together* *head bowed* namaste

 

[SpiritKitty]

Enya On Your Shore

Strange how
my heart beats
To find myself upon your shore.
Strange how
I still feel
My loss of comfort gone before.

Cool waves wash over
and drift away with dreams of youth
so time is stolen
I cannot hold you long enough.

And so
this is where I should be now
Days and nights falling by

Days and nights falling by me.
I know
of a dream I should be holding
days and nights falling by
Days and nights falling by me.

Soft blue horizons
reach far into my childhood days
as you are rising
to bring me my forgotten ways

Strange how I falter
to find I'm standing in deep water
Strange how
my heart beats
to find I'm standing on your shore

 

[Namaste]

edited to correct a double post

Namaste, thank you for this thread.

you remind me that I should not give up hope....for if, as humans, we are capable of such beauty, then all is not lost yet.

*palms together* *head bowed* namaste

Where there's life, there's hope

 

[Gusty Wind]

thank you, too, Gusty.

make up for deserting you earlier?

Nahhh... I'm great! .. love to read your post too.

 

[SpiritKitty]

Love Sonnet XVII
by Pablo Neruda

I don't love you as if you were the salt-rose, topaz
or arrow of carnations that propagate fire:
I love you as certain dark things are loved,
secretly, between the shadow and the soul.
I love you as the plant that doesn't bloom and carries
hidden within itself the light of those flowers,
and thanks to your love, darkly in my body
lives the dense fragrance that rises from the earth.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where,
I love you simply, without problems or pride:
I love you in this way because I don't know any other way of loving

but this, in which there is no I or you,
so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand,
so intimate that when I fall asleep it is your eyes that close.

 

[Gusty Wind]

Love Sonnet XVII
by Pablo Neruda

I don't love you as if you were the salt-rose, topaz
or arrow of carnations that propagate fire:
I love you as certain dark things are loved,
secretly, between the shadow and the soul.
I love you as the plant that doesn't bloom and carries
hidden within itself the light of those flowers,
and thanks to your love, darkly in my body
lives the dense fragrance that rises from the earth.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where,
I love you simply, without problems or pride:
I love you in this way because I don't know any other way of loving

but this, in which there is no I or you,
so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand,
so intimate that when I fall asleep it is your eyes that close.

Wow! How truth!

 

[SpiritKitty]

To the Goddess of Love, 1713
Sappho translated byHerbert

O Venus, daughter of the mighty Jove,
Most knowing in the mystery of love,
Help me, oh help me, quickly send relief,
And suffer not my heart to break with grief.

If ever thou didst hear me when I prayed,
Come now, my goddess, to thy Sappho's aid.
Orisons used, such favour hast thou shewn,
From heaven's golden mansions called thee down.

See, see, she comes in her cerulean car,
Passing the middle regions of the air.
Mark how her nimble sparrows stretch the wing,
And with uncommon speed their Mistress bring.

Arrived, and sparrows loosed, hastens to me;
Then smiling asks, What is it troubles thee?
Why am I called? Tell me what Sappho wants.
Oh, know you not the cause of all my plaints?

I love, I burn, and only love require,
And nothing less can quench the raging fire.
What youth, what raving lover shall I gain?
Where is the captive that should wear my chain?

Alas, poor Sappho, who is this ingrate
Provokes thee so, for love returning hate?
Does he now fly thee? He shall soon return;
Pursue thee, and with equal ardour burn.

Would he no presents at thy hands receive?
He will repent it, and more largely give.
The force of love no longer withstand;
He must be fond, wholly at thy command.

When wilt thou work this change? Now, Venus free,
Now ease my mind of so much misery;
In this amour my powerful aider be;
Make Phaon love, but let him love like me.

 

[Gusty Wind]

To the Goddess of Love, 1713
Sappho translated byHerbert

O Venus, daughter of the mighty Jove,
Most knowing in the mystery of love,
Help me, oh help me, quickly send relief,
And suffer not my heart to break with grief.

If ever thou didst hear me when I prayed,
Come now, my goddess, to thy Sappho's aid.
Orisons used, such favour hast thou shewn,
From heaven's golden mansions called thee down.

See, see, she comes in her cerulean car,
Passing the middle regions of the air.
Mark how her nimble sparrows stretch the wing,
And with uncommon speed their Mistress bring.

Arrived, and sparrows loosed, hastens to me;
Then smiling asks, What is it troubles thee?
Why am I called? Tell me what Sappho wants.
Oh, know you not the cause of all my plaints?

I love, I burn, and only love require,
And nothing less can quench the raging fire.
What youth, what raving lover shall I gain?
Where is the captive that should wear my chain?

Alas, poor Sappho, who is this ingrate
Provokes thee so, for love returning hate?
Does he now fly thee? He shall soon return;
Pursue thee, and with equal ardour burn.

Would he no presents at thy hands receive?
He will repent it, and more largely give.
The force of love no longer withstand;
He must be fond, wholly at thy command.

When wilt thou work this change? Now, Venus free,
Now ease my mind of so much misery;
In this amour my powerful aider be;
Make Phaon love, but let him love like me.

Thank you Kitty. .. ...let him love like me... Sigh...```

 

[Namaste]

Animals -- Frank O'Hara

Have you forgotten what we were like then
when we were still first rate
and the day came fat with an apple in its mouth

it's no use worrying about time
but we did have a few tricks up our sleeves
and turned some sharp corners

the whole pasture looked like a meal
we didn't need speedometers
we could manage cocktails out of ice and water

I wouldn't want to be faster
or greener than now if you were with me O you
were the best of all my days.

 

[Namaste]

forbidden fruit -- michael lally

all the forbidden fruit I ever
dreamt of -- or was taught to
resist and fear -- ripens and
blossoms under the palms of my
hands as they uncover and explore
you -- and in the most secret
corners of my heart as it discovers
and adores you -- the forbidden fruit
of forgiveness -- the forbidden fruit
of finally feeling the happiness
you were afraid you didn't deserve --
the forbidden fruit of my life's labor
-- the just payment I have avoided
since my father taught me how --
the forbidden fruit of the secret
language of our survivors' souls as
they unfold each others secret
ballots -- the ones where we voted
for our first secret desires to come
true -- there's so much more
I want to say to you -- but for
the first time in my life I'm at
a loss for words -- because
(I understand at last)
I don't need them
to be heard by you.

 

[SpiritKitty]

Wild Nights
by Emily Dickinson

Wild nights. Wild nights!
Were I with thee,
Wild nights should be
Our luxury!

Futile the winds
To a heart in port
Done with the compass
Done with the chart.

Rowing in Eden.
Ah, the sea.
Might I but moor
Tonight with thee!

 

[Namaste]

I Will Make Love To You -- Rebecca Lu Kiernan

Full speed ahead on a ski lift
Ever so gently atop an ivory mare
With perfect rhythm in a swaying tree house
Brazenly in a lunchtime parking lot
Cooperatively on a safari tram
With eyes rolled back in my head in the shark tunnel
Relentlessly when you are trying to edit a book
Medicinally when you have writer's block
Calmly behind a Prussian tapestry at a state funeral
Sympathetically beneath the broken cobalt willows
Covered in violet paint as we roll on a canvas
Under the grimace of gargoyles in a paint chipped gazebo
Comically in the heart shaped bed of a honeymoon suite
In a squeaky patched boat beyond the three-mile limit
With total abandon on a runaway train
Surprisingly when you are eating a ham sandwich
Through pink suds in a French antique claw-footed tub
Next to a crushed metronome in the orchestra pit
Under my red cape in the unexpected gray rain.
Oh, Sweet, the ways I will make love to you
Without hesitation, without mercy,
Without you, if necessary.

 

[SpiritKitty]

Because She Would Ask Me Why I Loved Her
by Christopher Brennan

If questioning would make us wise
No eyes would ever gaze in eyes;
If all our tale were told in speech
No mouths would wander each to each.

Were spirits free from mortal mesh
And love not bound in hearts of flesh
No aching breasts would yearn to meet
And find their ecstasy complete.

For who is there that lives and knows
The secret powers by which he grows?
Were knowledge all, what were our need
To thrill and faint and sweetly bleed?

Then seek not, sweet, the "If" and "Why"
I love you now until I die.
For I must love because I live
And life in me is what you give.

 

[SpiritKitty]

Ludwig van Beethoven - The Third Letter

Good morning, on July 7
Though still in bed, my thoughts go out to you, my Immortal Beloved, now and then joyfully, then sadly, waiting to learn whether or not fate will hear us - I can live only wholly with you or not at all - Yes, I am resolved to wander so long away from you until I can fly to your arms and say that I am really at home with you, and can send my soul enwrapped in you into the land of spirits - Yes, unhappily it must be so - You will be the more contained since you know my fidelity to you. No one else can ever possess my heart - never - never - Oh God, why must one be parted from one whom one so loves. And yet my life in V is now a wretched life - Your love makes me at once the happiest and the unhappiest of men - At my age I need a steady, quiet life - can that be so in our connection? My angel, I have just been told that the mailcoach goes every day - therefore I must close at once so that you may receive the letter at once - Be calm, only by a calm consideration of our existence can we achieve our purpose to live together - Be calm - love me - today - yesterday - what tearful longings for you - you - you - my life - my all - farewell. Oh continue to love me - never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved.
ever thine
ever mine
ever ours

 

[Namaste]

Where do forgotten things hide?

Wherever we run, knowledge follows.

 

[Gusty Wind]

...like the shadow..

 

[SpiritKitty]

MOODY BLUES

"Your Wildest Dreams"

Once upon a time
Once when you were mine
I remember skies
Reflected in your eyes
I wonder where you are
I wonder if you
Think about me
Once upon a time
In your wildest dreams

Once the world was new
Our bodies felt the morning dew
That greets the brand new day
We couldn't tear ourselves away
I wonder if you care
I wonder if you still remember
Once upon a time
In your wildest dreams

And when the music plays
And when the words are
Touched with sorrow
When the music plays
I hear the sound
I had to follow
Once upon a time
Once beneath the stars
The universe was ours
Love was all we knew
And all I knew was you
I wonder if you know
I wonder if you think about it
Once upon a time
In your wildest dreams

And when the music plays
And when the words are
Touched with sorrow
When the music plays
And when the music plays
I hear the sound
I had to follow
Once upon a time

Once upon a time
Once when you were mine
I remember skies
Mirrored in your eyes
I wonder where you are
I wonder if you
Think about me
Once upon a time
In your wildest dreams
In your wildest dreams
In your wildest dreams

 

[SpiritKitty]

Sacrifice

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin

It’s a human sign
When things go wrong
When the scent of her lingers
And temptation’s strong

Into the boundary
Of each married man
Sweet deceit comes calling
And negativity lands

Cold cold heart
Hard done by you
Some things look better baby
Just passing through

And it’s no sacrifice
Just a simple word
It’s two hearts living
In two separate worlds
But it’s no sacrifice
No sacrifice
It’s no sacrifice at all

Mutual misunderstanding
After the fact
Sensitivity builds a prison
In the final act

We lose direction
No stone unturned
No tears to damn you
When jealousy burns

 

[Namaste]

How to kill a living thing -- Eibhlin Nic Eochaidh

Neglect it
Criticise it to its face
Say how it kills the light
Traps all the rubbish
Bores you with its green

Continually
Harden your heart
Then
Cut it down close
To the root as possible

Forget it
For a week or a month
Return with an axe
Split it with one blow
Insert a stone

To keep the wound wide open.

 

[Namaste]

To Love Somebody -- Janis Joplin

There’s a light
A certain kind of light
That never shone on me
I want my life to be lived with you
Lived with you
There’s a way everybody say
To do each and every little thing
But what does it bring
If I ain’t got you, ain’t got you?
You don’t know what it’s like, baby
You don’t know what it’s like

To love somebody
To love somebody
To love somebody
The way I love you

In my brain
I see your face again
I know my frame of mind
You ain’t got to be so blind
And I’m blind, so very blind
I’m a woman, can’t you see
What I am
I live and breathe for you
But what good does it do
If I ain’t got you, ain’t got you ?

 

[Namaste]

love and tears

The ony two things we can never really control. And when one ends, the other starts and it's an endless, seamless cycle.

I don't know how to stop doing either one.

 

[Namaste]

Yeah Yeah Yeah -- Roddy Lumsden

No matter what you did to her, she said,
There's times, she said, she misses you, your face
Will pucker in her dream, and times the bed's
Too big. Stray hairs will surface in a place
You used to leave your shoes. A certain phrase,
Some old song on the radio, a joke
You had to be there for, she said, some days
It really gets to her; the way you smoked
Or held a cup, or her, and how you woke
Up crying in the night sometimes, the way
She'd stroke you and hush you back, and how you broke
Her still. All this she told me yesterday,
Then she rolled over, laughed, began to do
To me what she so rarely did with you.

 

[Namaste]

The Curve Of The Earth -- Rebecca Lu Kiernan

Even today I blush at how I worshipped,
Learned to love being spread out on my knees.
You gave me everything I could not ask for
And nothing on my list of basic needs.

You washed up starving on the Gulf of Mexico
Your unblinking eyes fingering my blouse
In a thatched roof bar where the next James Taylor
Dabbled in the old Fire and Rain.

We left our remote sugar island
For a house of shadows on a dead end street
But my name never got on your mailbox
Your initial never added to my monogram.

I put my unworn mermaid cut gown on
Consignment and went sailing with a once
Platonic friend.
So deep we saw the curve of the earth,
So far we had to consult the stars
To get back home.

Everything old is new again.
We plant belladonna and tiger lilies
In the window box, talk about the
Fragile needs of flowers
And joke about your fancy silver car
Once in our driveway.

 

[Guest]

Re: love and tears

 

[Gusty Wind]

Re: love and tears

The ony two things we can never really control. And when one ends, the other starts and it's an endless, seamless cycle.

I don't know how to stop doing either one.

Don't! You can't.

It's just part of the nature.

It's much harder when you go against it.

Let it be. Namaste.

Be well and have a great day Sir.