Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in Missouri on September 26, 1888. He lived in St. Louis during the first eighteen years of his life and attended Harvard University. In 1910, he left the United States for the Sorbonne, having earned both undergraduate and masters degrees and having contributed several poems to the Harvard Advocate. After a year in Paris, he returned to Harvard to pursue a doctorate in philosophy, but returned to Europe and settled in England in 1914. The following year, he married Vivienne Haigh-Wood and began working in London, first as a teacher, and later for Lloyd's Bank.

It was in London that Eliot came under the influence of his contemporaryEzra Pound, who recognized his poetic genius at once, and assisted in the publication of his work in a number of magazines, most notably "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" in Poetry in 1915. His first book of poems, Prufrock and Other Observations, was published in 1917, and immediately established him as a leading poet of the avant-garde. With the publication of The Waste Land in 1922, now considered by many to be the single most influential poetic work of the twentieth century, Eliot's reputation began to grow to nearly mythic proportions; by 1930, and for the next thirty years, he was the most dominant figure in poetry and literary criticism in the English-speaking world.

As a poet, he transmuted his affinity for the English metaphysical poets of the 17th century (most notablyJohn Donne) and the 19th century French symbolist poets (includingBaudelaire and Laforgue) into radical innovations in poetic technique and subject matter. His poems in many respects articulated the disillusionment of a younger post-World-War-I generation with the values and conventions—both literary and social—of the Victorian era. As a critic also, he had an enormous impact on contemporary literary taste, propounding views that, after his conversion to orthodox Christianity in the late thirties, were increasingly based in social and religious conservatism. His major later poems include Ash Wednesday (1930) and Four Quartets (1943); his books of literary and social criticism include The Sacred Wood (1920), The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism (1933), After Strange Gods (1934), and Notes Towards the Definition of Culture (1940). Eliot was also an important playwright, whose verse dramas include Murder in the Cathedral, The Family Reunion, and The Cocktail Party.

He became a British citizen in 1927; long associated with the publishing house of Faber & Faber, he published many younger poets, and eventually became director of the firm. After a notoriously unhappy first marriage, Eliot separated from his first wife in 1933, and was remarried, to Valerie Fletcher, in 1956. T. S. Eliot received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948, and died in London in 1965.

A Selected Bibliography

Poetry

Ash Wednesday (1930)
Burnt Norton (1941)
Collected Poems (1962)
East Coker (1940)
Four Quartets (1943)
Poems (1919)
Poems, 1909-1925 (1925)
Prufrock and Other Observations (1917)
The Complete Poems and Plays (1952)
The Dry Salvages (1941)
The Waste Land (1922)

Prose

After Strange Gods (1933)
Andrew Marvell (1922)
Dante (1929)
Elizabethan Essays (1934)
Essays Ancient and Modern (1936)
For Lancelot Andrews (1928)
John Dryden (1932)
Notes Towards the Definition of Culture (1949)
Poetry and Drama (1951)
Religious Drama: Mediaeval and Modern (1954)
The Classics and The Man of Letters (1942)
The Idea of a Christian Society (1940)
The Sacred Wood (1920)
The Three Voices of Poetry (1954)
The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism (1933)
Thoughts After Lambeth (1931)
Tradition and Experimentation in Present-Day Literature (1929)

Drama

A BETTER TOMORROW

Author: Yvonne Warren

I never knew there would be a better tomorrow
But you've come into my life and taken away all my sorrow

My days of sadness are a thing of the past
Because I have found true love at last

My days of emptiness are gone for good
Because you fill a void in my heart that you should

You've opened a window
You've shown me the light
And my love for you will continue to burn bright.

A BLUE STAR IN YOUR EYES

Author: Jo'Lene Tover

On the wings of an eagle,
My love for you flies.
Soaring higher and higher,
And touching the skies.

I reached up above,
And pulled a star from the sky.
To place it within,
Your precious minds eye.

To dwell there forever,
As my love for you.
On the wings of our love,
Enduring and true.

I honor you my darling,
With all that I am.
Please darling please,
Will you be my man?

There are so many things,
My heart wants to say.
I love you sweetheart,
There is no other way.

A CUTE POEM FOR A CUTE GIRL

Author: Anonimous

You changed my world with a blink of an eye
That is something that I can not deny
You put my soul from worst to best
That is why I treasure you my dearest Marites

You just don't know what you have done for me
You even pushed me to the best that I can be
You really are an angel sent from above
To take care of me and shower with love

When I'm with you I will not cry even a single a tear
And your touch have chased away all of my fear
You have given me a life that I could live worthwhile
It is even better everytime you smile

It so magical those things you've made
To bring back my faith that almost fade
Now my life is a dream come true
It all began when I was loved by you

Now I have found what I am looking for
It's you and your love and nothing more
Co'z you have given me this feeling of contentment
In my life something I've never felt

I wish I could talk 'til the end of day
But now I'm running out of things to say
So I'll end by the line you already know
"I LOVE YOU" more than what I could show

Pure as Gardenias.
Gentle as Rain Lilys.
Innocent as Hydrangeas.
Elegant as a Rose.
Soft as Geraniums.
Intense as an Orchid.
Overwhelming as Cherry Blossoms.
Alluring as Calla Lilys.
Beautiful as Colorado Columbines.
Wild as a Ginger.
Rare as a Green Jade.
All alone in the garden of my heart.

Spiders and snakes,
make me cry and scream
even in my dreams.
In the garden,
amongst the grass,
they emerge to fight.
Still they are creatures of God,
part of life, I should enjoy,
pretend it's just a game of,
can I escape these naughty
little guys forever.
Sorry, I cannot forget how
creepy, crawly they are,
this I regret and will leave them alone.

If I had one wish.
If one desire could come true.
If I had one wish.
My wish would be you.

If I could choose.
I would stay in your arms forever.
Our hearts would fuse.
And our love would become an endeavor.

I would wish for you to stay with me.
For you to be my love.
You would be my hearts key.
Forever my angel, my dove.

Forever is a long time.
To require in a single command.
I will write our love in a rhyme.
For it would be my demand.

I would ask of this.
Only with your permission.
Lost in a kiss.
Our love is my ambition.

So I wished upon the star.
The star that reminded me most of you.
My actions seemed bizarre.
But this wish I had to pursue.

If I had one wish.
My wish would be you.
And since I made that wish.
My wish has come true...

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Opened an account 4U
at the Universal Bank of God's Blessings
& deposited 365 days full of of
Love,
Faith,
Joy & Fulfilment ...!

Enjoy withdrawing them.

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If I get ur SMILE,
I dont need FLOWERS,
If I get ur VOICE,
I dont need MUSIC,
If u speak to me,
I dont need anybody else,
U just b my FRIEND,
I dont need the WORLD!

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Last nyt
i caught sum starz
i decided 2 giv dem
2 my friendz
2 let dem know
how especial dey r
2 me..
*
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'
'
/
catch!
dis 1st 4 u..

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I may be far
4 a min,
4 a hr,
4 a day,
4 a month,

but I’l always b there 4 u.
I may not be able to always say
good morning,
good evening,
good night,

but, I’ll never say Gud Bye…

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50 years from now,
id be so old,
I might forget u.
I might not remember ever knowing you,
or might forget I once cared for you.
I might...

But I won't.

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without u my friend,
the days of the week are...
sadday...
mournday...
tearsday...
wasteday...
thirstday...
frightday...
and... shatterday...

thanks 4 being my friend... keep smiling:)

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The -# -.- #-.
Heart # "#" #
of "#. . #"
a Friend "#"
knows No BoundarieS, No LimitS
,just endless Love and Care!
"Have a Great Day..."

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when a greeting is sent from distance
u can hear the wishes
nor see the smile
but u can sense the care
that truly come from the heart.

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As I watched the ants crawl up the wall,
I noticed that no matter how busy they r,
they still communicate with each other.
Hope we'll be like them,
keep in touch always~!

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Lovable symbol
"Rose"
Lovable Place
"Eiffel Tower"
Lovable Day
"14th Feb"
Lovable Friend
"U"

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Dont"t love a
friend like a flower,
--:--:< @ because a flower dies in season. Love them like a river, because a river _-_-_-_-_-_-_- -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ - _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ Lives forever.

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WISHING U
12 months of HAPPINESS
52 weeks of FUN
365 days of LAUGHTER
8760 hours of GOOD-LUCK
525600 minutes of JOY &
3153600 seconds of SUCCESS
THROUGH 2007

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Flowers die,
Stories End,
Songs Fade,
Memories are forgotten,
All things come to End,
But,
"Precious People" Like "You"
Are always remembered.

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Love is like\"missed call".
It stops when U try 2 catch.
But Frndship is like "sms"
Bcoz it comes & stays inside Ur Inbox
until U delete it.
So its upto u
2 keep & value a friend!

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REMEMBERthat there willalways besomeomewhorememberueveryday
withorwithout messages!or calls!

THATS ME!!LV U(",)

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Friendship is SIM
which has no activation charges,
Free incoming and outgoing with
Roaming all over the world
and its validity never
ENDS…

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This is
a prezzy 4 u....
wanna see whats inside?
'v'
my heart
and
my luv (",)
hope the
friendship we
share
lasts forever!

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COURT ORDER!
Ur accused of crawling into my HEART,
& hijacking my smiles with your care.
Hw du plead? GUILTY!
U R sentenced 2 b MY FRND 4-LIFE
-no bail!

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There r 3 chambers in my HEART.
1 for papa.
1 for maa.
1 4 God.
Oh! what abt u my frnd?
Sorry no place 4 u in my heart...
... coz frendz r my heartbeat

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---;-<@ ---;-<@ ---;-<@ Roses exclusively for a nice person... "U" From a simple person... "ME" Keep roses until they dry... Keep my relation until I die

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To live a life i need heartbeat,
2 have heartbeat i need a heart,
2 have heart i need happiness,
to have happiness i need a friend,
and 4 a friend i need U.ALWAYS

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6 rules to be HAPPY:
Free your heart from hatred;
Free your mind from worries;
Live simply;
Expect less;
Give more &
Always have ME as UR FRIEND

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Moon said to me,
if ur friend is not messaging u
why dont you leave ur friend.
I looked at moon and said
does ur sky ever leave u
when u dont shine.

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True friends are like mornings,
u cant have them the whole day,
but u can be sure,
they will be there when u wakeup tomorrow,
next year and forever.

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GOD is so wise that he never created
FRIENDS with pricetags,
Because..... if He did,
I can't afford a precious FRIEND like YOU!!!

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$ <)".".'(> $
$ ( ._o)."."(> $
$ /'-==(o_. ) $
==(,,)(,,)(,,)(,,)==
Life Looks Cute & Beautiful With a FRIEND Like You...Good day

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Never abandon old friends.
They are hard 2 replace.
Friendships is like wine:
it gets BETTER
as it grows OLDER.
Just like us...
i get BETTER, u get OLDER.

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Friendship is a language spoken by heart...
not written on paper, not given by pledge...
it is a promise renewed everytime we keep in touch...
Take Care...

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Vacancy in my Heart 4 a True Friend
Eligibility: Loving & Caring,
Duty: To Luv,
Experience: Not required,
Salary: Never Ending Luv,
Joining: ASAP,
R U interested?

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If u r a chocolate ur the sweetest,
if u r a Teddy Bear u r the most huggable,
If u are a Star u r the Brightest,
and since u r my "FRIEND" u r the "BEST"!!!!!!!!!

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Ur validity of being my friend
is going 2 b expired today,
plz recharge ur friendship
immediately by delivering
4-5 sweet & cool msgs.So hurry

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www.friendship.com
Log On...

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U have been successfully Loaded....
Into my HEARTDISK as My Sweet Friend

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A Friend is :
1% Funny ,
2% Sweet ,
3% Caring ,
4% Loving ,
and ...................
90% Smart & GooD lOOkinG .
That's y U r My FRIEND .... !!!!
Have a nice day n Keep smiling!!

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Friendship is sweet when it’s new,
Sweeter when its true,
but sweetest when its u.
When God gave friends he tried 2 b fair!
When I got u, I got more than my share!

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('¨`v´'¨)
'•.¸.•'
*:·. We'Ll
.·* Be
.·:* MiLeS
*:·. ApArT
.·* I'Ll
*:·. KeEp
.·* YoU
.·:* DeEp
*:·. InSiDe
.·. YoUr
(`·.¸ AlWaYs
`·.¸) In
)´ My
('¨`v´'¨)HeArT
'•.¸.•'

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I have you!
If you hate me,
shoot me with an arrow,
but please not on the heart
coz that's were you are!

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Love Express!
Because Love Cant Wait!

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We were given:
2 eyes to see
2 ears to hear
2 hands to hold
2 legs to walk
2 arms to hug.

But why only
----->1 heart?<-----

Because the other
was given to someone else
for us to find

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·:::·
.-*-.(¯`·´¯).-*-.
`·..·`·.¸.·´·..·´
I Send My Heart Flying To You
Please To Break It
But Even If You Dd,
ONCE BROKEN CONSIDERED SOLD!

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LOCK ME IN
your heart
and throw away the key

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(¨`·.·´¨) (¨`·.·´¨)
`·.¸(¨`·.·´¨)¸.·´
×`·.¸.·´×
** Love **
(¨`·.·´¨) (¨`·.·´¨)
`·.¸(¨`·.·´¨)¸.·´
×`·.¸.·´×

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Boy:
didn't anyone
ever tell you it
was wrong to
steal before
you took my
heart ?

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I may run out of message to text you.
I may run out of jokes too.
I may also run out of battery or even a cent
but my heart won't run out of space for you!

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I'm afraid to close my eyes
coz I might think of you.
I'm afraid to open them
coz I might see you.
I'm afraid to move my lips
coz I might speak of you.
I'm afraid to listen
coz I might hear my heart fall for you.

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If I had the letters "HRT",
I can add "EA" to get a "HEART"
or a "U" and get "HURT". B
ut I'd rather choose "U" and
get "HURT" than have
a "HEART" without "U".

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(¨`•.•´¨)Be Sure Its True When U
`•.¸.•´ Say I Love U (¨`•.•´¨)
Millions of HeArTs •.¸.•´
Have been (¨`•.•´¨)BrOkeN
just because `•.¸.•´ these WoRdZ
Were SpOkeN

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(¨`·.·´¨) * I
`·.(¨`·.·´¨)*Love
`·.¸.·´ *You

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:¨·.·¨:
`·.·´:¨·.·¨:
`·.·´
I Love You
:¨·.·¨:
:¨·.·¨:`·.·´
`·.·´

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Follow your heart,
but be quiet for a while first.
Ask questions,
then feel the answer.
Learn to trust your heart.

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**** ****
* ** *
-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-> Cupid struck Me
* *
* *
* And send You to Me!

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As the ocean is never full of water,
so is the heart never full of love..

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You may hold my hand for a while,
but you hold my heart forever.

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Let your heart guide you.
It whispers,
so listen closely.

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There are 4 steps to happiness:
1. you,
2. me,
3. our hearts,
4. together!

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iT`z JUz ME +& yOU

:¨·.·¨:
:¨·.·¨: +& `·.·´ I LoVe
`·.·´ YoU!!

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¤`.¸(¨`·.·´¨)¤
¤`·.¸.·´ ¤
Love ¤(¨`·.·´¨)¤
Ya! ¤`·.¸(¨`·.·´¨)¤
¤`·.¸.·´

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Every time I hear my text tone,
I always hope one of them is from you.
My cell phone may have
limited memory space
but my heart has
unlimited space for someone like you.

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Love is like an hourglass,
with the heart filling
up as the brain empties

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Love is a tickle around the heart
that you can't scratch!.

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A memory is a photograph
taken by the heart
to make a special moment
last forever.

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The heart of a fool
is in his mouth,
but the mouth
of a wise man
is in his heart.

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To get a woman's heart
a man must first use his own.

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:¨·.·¨:
`·.·´ :¨·.·¨:
`·.·´ :¨·.·¨:
`·.·´My heart has fallen for you

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Screaming is bad for the voice,
but it's good for the heart.

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¤`.¸(¨`·.·´¨)¤
¤`·.¸.·´ ¤
Love ¤(¨`·.·´¨)¤
Ya! ¤`·.¸(¨`·.·´¨)¤
¤`·.¸.·´

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The heart has reasons
that reason does
not understand

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Live :¨·.·¨:
:¨·.·¨:`·.·´ Laugh
`·.·´Love :¨·.·¨:
`·.·´

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I wish that when I gave my heart,
I could see whether or not
they kept it or threw it away!

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Never take people for granted
hold everyone close to ur heart
because u might wake up one day
and realise that
u have lost a DIAMOND
while u were too busy
in collecting stones

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When the day of ressurection comes
only my heart will keep on pounding,
repeating relentlessely your name,
my sweetest angel,
my one and only love!"

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Words are just words
and without heart they have no meaning

I go for a walk outside in the night
But there's something there just two steps behind
I run and I flee almost out of my mind
Taking the stairs two at a time, and into the hall, with this shadow of mine?

It's cold and it's dark and it looms in the night
My heart skips a beat and my head fills with fright
As an icy chill creeps up my spine
And the hair stands proud on this head of mine

Was that a creek upon the floor?
Or possibly the closet door?
I don't know and I don't care
But what's that shadow upon my chair?

It shudders and shivers what a ghastly sight
Oh! It's just the trees outside in the night
Goblins and ghoulies around me abound
I can't see them and they make no sound

There's a beast under my bed
In my closet, in my head?
Under the covers eyes squeezed tight
I lie here alone shaking with fright

As sleep encroaches upon my mind
Peace at last I seem to find
As these thoughts leave my head
THERE'S A MONSTER BESIDE MY BED

Nature is not always kind, but never cruel,
can be unforgiving, but is always loving.
The rose, one day whipped by the wind,
burnt by the sun, still accepts the morning dew.

Who are we to reject Grace
pointing to our flaws,
to claim the scars on our soul
justify hardening the heart?

And what lessons do we have to learn
when the eighty year old grandmother of 17,
the oldest at the party, is the first to dance;
when a crippled old man in purple pajamas
shows us what we gain cataloguing our handicaps
can never steal our joy?

So, let us give our gifts freely
looking each other in the eye and asking,
“Is it given from the bottom of the heart?”
because only the heart can give without conditions,
only the heart can receive Grace,
only the heart can teach us how
to free ourselves from the love that holds us in chains
in order to find the love that gives us wings.

As we sit in the snow white sand,
And the waves crash upon the shore,
I stare to the sky trying to understand,
Why the stars seem brighter then ever before.


______________

Is it because the sky is so clear,
That the stars are shining bright?
Or could it be that love is near,
On this perfect summer night?


______________

We laugh, we kiss, we talk,
Draw pictures in the sand.
Along the ocean we walk,
Just her and I, Hand in Hand.


_______________

Our night is almost finished,
As the moon is fading fast,
Another day will be diminished,
Put with the others in the past.



_______________

Everything seems to melt away,
Faster then the drop of a dime,
As night dissolves to day,
We lose more precious time.

__________________


Surely soon the sun will rise,
As this is Gods command,
I know she can see the twinkle in my eyes,
As we walk Hand in Hand.

If my mother could express her feelings now I know these would be her words. I always felt what my mom felt inside.

I Love You My Son

I haven't turned my back on you,
so there's no need to cry.
I'm watching you from Heaven
just beyond the morning sky.
I seen you almost fall apart,
when you could barely stand.
I asked The Lord to comfort you
and watched him take your hand.
He told me you are in more pain
than I could ever be.
He wiped his eyes and swallowed hard,
then gave your hand to me.
Although you might not feel my touch,
or see me by your side,
I've whispered that I love you
while I wiped each tear you cried.
So please don't ever ache for me,
we'll hug again one day.
Beyond the dark and stormy sky
a rainbow lights the way..

.

Missing you

You were taken from me, it all happened so fast

You smiled and kissed me, said you loved me and then went away

You left this world so quickly and fast leaving me speechless and hurt.

I was weak and started to cry as if someone stolen you from my side

Felt cheated and angered, no one could ever understand why.

So much I had to tell you, expressing my love for you inside

I wanted you to know so much more, but time was not on my side.

I know That God took you away from me, as you held his hands

I know he wanted to take away also your pain.

Held you with his hands, taking your spirits to the sky.

But it does not change the missing felling I feel deep inside.

I know it was best, to end all your pain

I cried every moment you looked at me with a tear in your eyes.

Mom I know you don’t want me to cry or even feel the hurt and pain

But it is not easy mother; someone took half my heart when you went away.

Ripped from my body, as I stood there amazed.

Feeling every inch as someone took my heart that day.

Now I sit here, miss you every moment of my life

Wondering why he took you from me, after I begged him to keep you alive.

So I feel hurt and cheated when I think of you.

I know its not the way I should feel when it comes to God and you.

But this pain I have deep inside no one can take away.

But mother know that when my time comes I will be with you once again.

I pray to God he picks me when he decides to take someone next time.

I feel dead already, when I lost my mother at the hospital that night.

If you hear me please listen to what I just said.

I want to be with my mother; for you took the person I needed most in my life that day.

I am not being selfish or asking for much.

Look at my life story see it in my heart, I extend my hands to you right now.

Please take me to her, for a life without her is a greater pain, than the pain she had.

I miss you mom I miss you with all my heart.

I miss you holding me and your loving kisses each day

My Thoughts of You*

How can you love someone
you have never seen
with a feeling
so passionate that it makes
your heart skip a beat at
the sound of his voice?

How can you feel his hands on you,
when he has never touched you?
How can you feel his lips kiss yours
when he has never whispered your
name in the night?

A love with such passion
that life could have never
known it in your wildest dreams.
Or if it could ever be possible
would you turn it away in fear that it could not be real for you had never known such a love.

For this love I would take the chance of heartbreak.
For I have known a lifetime of heartbreak
and heartbreak in itself is of a temporary nature if we allow it to be.

But to know just one moment in
my life with
such passion
such feeling
such want
such need.
I would give myself entirely
without regret
without sorrow
without remorse
to you
your wants
your needs
your love
your life.

To deny such a love would be the most fatal of mistakes.
To deny myself your love would be an injustice within itself to the name of love.

To have a love based on a spiritual not physical beginning could only result in the most special of loves.

The love you wait a lifetime for.
A love so strong that heaven nor earth could stop it from being.

A love for you and I,
A love for eternity.





For You My Love

If I came to your doorstep
would you welcome me in
or would you turn me away
in shame?
Would you take me to your
family in pride of knowing me?
Or say you have never
heard my name?

Would you caress me when we met
with open arms or
would you hide me away in fear
of unknown harms?

If I beckoned for your love
would you open your heart?
If I asked for your tenderness
would you kiss my tears away?
If I came to you willingly
would you give me your love?
If I whispered I love you,
what would you say?

I give my love freely,
for it is mine to give.
My love has no possessor.
My life is mine to live.