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This is an area where we can share writing that has helped us. Please go to the forum and post a poem, piece of prose or writing which could be helpful to others. | This is an area where we can share writing that has helped us. Please go to the forum and post a poem, piece of prose or writing which could be helpful to others. | ||
- | ==You cannot hurry death== | + | ===You cannot hurry death=== |
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You cannot hurry death | You cannot hurry death | ||
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It has its own time | It has its own time | ||
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Its own season | Its own season | ||
- | Even when life is | + | ----- |
- | thin, frail and achingly hard | + | |
+ | Even when life is thin, frail and achingly hard | ||
You cannot hurry death. | You cannot hurry death. | ||
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+ | ----- | ||
Thin skeletal man | Thin skeletal man | ||
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Just a breath in a sheath | Just a breath in a sheath | ||
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of skin and bones | of skin and bones | ||
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+ | ----- | ||
But still that breath continues | But still that breath continues | ||
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In and out | In and out | ||
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Measuring the last moments | Measuring the last moments | ||
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of life and being | of life and being | ||
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+ | ----- | ||
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How do we free ourselves | How do we free ourselves | ||
- | from our painful | + | |
+ | from our painful | ||
they are exhausted and spent? | they are exhausted and spent? | ||
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+ | ----- | ||
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The soul valiantly | The soul valiantly | ||
- | Showing glimmers of itself, | + | |
- | a spark of light | + | Showing glimmers of itself, |
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+ | like a spark of light | ||
through a dense gorse bush of redundant bones. | through a dense gorse bush of redundant bones. | ||
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How the soul must long to be free | How the soul must long to be free | ||
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To rise up and fly again | To rise up and fly again | ||
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Unencumbered by the trappings of an | Unencumbered by the trappings of an | ||
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ancient body | ancient body | ||
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And yet there is a deep affection for | And yet there is a deep affection for | ||
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being here in this world | being here in this world | ||
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A place we know | A place we know | ||
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People whose lives have touched us and | People whose lives have touched us and | ||
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who we have touched | who we have touched | ||
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At some stage the call to freedom | At some stage the call to freedom | ||
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Must be heard and not resisted | Must be heard and not resisted | ||
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At some stage the shackles of the body can be | At some stage the shackles of the body can be | ||
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sloughed off | sloughed off | ||
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Like a snake losing its skin - | Like a snake losing its skin - | ||
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too small | too small | ||
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too itchy | too itchy | ||
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and | and | ||
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not fit for purpose | not fit for purpose | ||
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anymore | anymore | ||
+ | ----- | ||
Then when one abandons | Then when one abandons | ||
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the thin thread of hope | the thin thread of hope | ||
- | that binds the soul | ||
+ | that bind the soul | ||
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+ | ----- | ||
Only then can the future | Only then can the future | ||
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Whatever that might be | Whatever that might be | ||
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Open and blossom | Open and blossom | ||
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Maxine Green | Maxine Green | ||
- | ==There is no need – ode to a dying man== | + | ----- |
+ | ===There is no need – ode to a dying man=== | ||
There is no need | There is no need | ||
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to say the words | to say the words | ||
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The heart beat is enough | The heart beat is enough | ||
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There is no need to mend the future | There is no need to mend the future | ||
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The past was ample | The past was ample | ||
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and enough | and enough | ||
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There is no need to press the flesh | There is no need to press the flesh | ||
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When the souls beat together | When the souls beat together | ||
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that is enough | that is enough | ||
- | There is not need when the beat of the | + | ----- |
+ | There is not need, when the beat of the | ||
soul is | soul is | ||
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loud | loud | ||
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and clear | and clear | ||
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There is no need…… | There is no need…… | ||
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it is enough | it is enough | ||
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+ | ----- | ||
Maxine Green | Maxine Green | ||