tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18162738063382465742024-03-21T04:13:39.264-07:00PoemsPaulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072758098919862191noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816273806338246574.post-4446257593215275472014-02-04T18:06:00.000-08:002014-02-04T18:06:27.063-08:00Knowing 7-1-2013<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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Knowing is half the battle</div>
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The battle for yourself.</div>
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Knowing your worth,</div>
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The beautiful you inside,</div>
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Screaming to come out</div>
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But at times afraid.</div>
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Afraid of the words and thoughts</div>
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Of people you don't even know.</div>
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Knowing is half the battle</div>
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That no one's words or thoughts Matter,</div>
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Only you, you alone.</div>
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Knowing is half the battle</div>
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Of when to stand tall,</div>
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When you feel so very, very small.</div>
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We can break free</div>
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To be the you and me,</div>
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To be strong,</div>
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To be our own person.</div>
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Knowing is half the battle.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">By Paula Contreas</span></div>
Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072758098919862191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816273806338246574.post-12217416861676289842014-02-04T17:57:00.002-08:002014-02-04T18:01:58.503-08:00Solitude 2-4-2014<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">densely quiet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">as I take a step.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and keep the quiet, still.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Take in the silence </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and contemplate on my life.</span></div>
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<br />Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072758098919862191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816273806338246574.post-70960770333763088482013-05-11T08:16:00.001-07:002013-05-11T08:16:45.064-07:00Contempt May 11 2013<br />
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And exhale a deep heavy sigh.<o:p></o:p></div>
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My view of your world,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Has been corrupted by your lies.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It once was of a<o:p></o:p></div>
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Perfect little world.<o:p></o:p></div>
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You've replaced it with<o:p></o:p></div>
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Emotional horrors.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I loved you so<o:p></o:p></div>
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Looked up to you.<o:p></o:p></div>
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You've replaced that with<o:p></o:p></div>
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A totally different view.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The alcoves of my <o:p></o:p></div>
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Heart are burned<o:p></o:p></div>
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My mind a<o:p></o:p></div>
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Torrential blur.<o:p></o:p></div>
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You've treated your children<o:p></o:p></div>
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As mere spawn.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Not holding them dear<o:p></o:p></div>
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As treasures to look upon.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’m done, <o:p></o:p></div>
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My heart is over it<o:p></o:p></div>
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No going back<o:p></o:p></div>
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Or hanging in suspense<o:p></o:p></div>
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To see if your<o:p></o:p></div>
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Wretched heart <o:p></o:p></div>
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Would overcome it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I see the truth,<o:p></o:p></div>
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It’s black and white<o:p></o:p></div>
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You’re never changing<o:p></o:p></div>
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I must cut you out <o:p></o:p></div>
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Like a blight.<o:p></o:p></div>
Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072758098919862191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816273806338246574.post-8767513280817828272013-04-03T20:49:00.001-07:002013-04-03T20:49:30.314-07:00Youth Fade 4-3-2013<br />
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My petals wilt away.</div>
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My makeup looks</div>
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It looks old</div>
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Still is beauty.</div>
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Not far behind is glory,</div>
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Wisdom there is too.</div>
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The years I've lived</div>
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Like a worn out</div>
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Open up and take </div>
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A look.</div>
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</span></span>Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072758098919862191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816273806338246574.post-81355284994083809672013-03-28T10:33:00.000-07:002013-03-28T10:40:59.862-07:00Cherry Blossoms 3-28-2013 <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">They buzz endlessly around.</span></div>
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Enjoying the sights</div>
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Slowly and quickly </div>
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On the fly.</div>
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Their day in the sun.</div>
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The Sun it slowly</div>
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Descends in the sea</div>
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Thankful for that,<br />
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Enjoying with bliss<br />
Our day at the shore.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">I can be an Octopus,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">You the buccaneer.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Riding waves and pillaging,</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Now I 'm a regal castle,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Walls of mighty mortar.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Keeping you safe against the dragon,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Who is a fire snorter.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">100 hundred feet into the sky,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Here the giant lives.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Save the golden goose,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">And an egg she will then give.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">I am more than just a tree,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Especially to a child.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Come and sit beneath my shade,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Remember youth..</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">And smile.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">Softly, softly, I float to the ground</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">All of my siblings lost are now found.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">Gathering here on the ground below</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">Waiting to be covered by a blanket of snow.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">Fall is fading fast and winter it bleeds</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">It's blanket covering both color and seeds.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">Only to bed we are just now</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">Waiting for spring to let us endow,</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">Our colors once more upon the earth, </span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">Holding in the soil all of our rebirth.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">Don't mourn, we will not be long,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">Soon we'll be back our colors so strong.</span><br />
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Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072758098919862191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816273806338246574.post-62937136491045318492013-02-04T21:26:00.003-08:002013-02-04T21:37:39.612-08:00Coffee November 1, 2012<br />
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">It's cold outside but warm in here</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">As the cup to my lips is near.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">Breathing in the aroma fresh</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">Goosebumps appear on my flesh.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">Slowly sipping the liquid gold</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">My body is no longer cold.</span></div>
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Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072758098919862191noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816273806338246574.post-62384074075247729272013-02-04T21:16:00.000-08:002013-02-04T21:38:44.773-08:00Woman December 11, 2012<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">She is resilient!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">Hardy and Beautiful.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">Her Grace and fragile looks</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">Belie her Strength</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">To overcome. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">She Is Woman</span></div>
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Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072758098919862191noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816273806338246574.post-78451496306119306062012-12-28T23:35:00.001-08:002014-02-24T19:38:01.488-08:00We Know not our Time! 12-28-2012<div style="text-align: center;">
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We Know not our Time!</div>
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The new is here for now,</div>
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Enjoy it just the same and </div>
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Treasure the time you have,</div>
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For we know not our time!</div>
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Roll down a hill of grass,</div>
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And drink lemon-aid.</div>
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Laugh until your belly hurts,</div>
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Just because you can!</div>
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We know not our time,</div>
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So Live!<br />
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Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072758098919862191noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816273806338246574.post-64233259625626557622012-12-21T17:07:00.002-08:002013-01-07T12:29:52.985-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hope Street</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> All along Hope Street</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The boxes are full.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The people wait patiently</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Boxes full of hope for love,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Boxes full of hope for life,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And Boxes full of hope </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for the future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We never know </span></div>
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Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072758098919862191noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816273806338246574.post-78812797002327933542012-10-23T21:44:00.000-07:002013-02-01T22:42:39.257-08:00The Mirror on the Wall 10-23-2012<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It does not see it all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Deep down into the core,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The beauty, there is much more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It does not see the pain,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And the wisdom you have gained.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It can see the wrinkle in time,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But not the laughter that defined.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It only see's the outside,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not the you that's really there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It doesn't see the warm</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Embrace that's waiting </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for you to share.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It can not see the smile</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That is hidden beneath your skin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The failures you have had,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Or even the wins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The anger that is deep</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And threatens to seep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It only see's the cover,</span></div>
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Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072758098919862191noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816273806338246574.post-47893894031547018352012-09-24T22:48:00.000-07:002013-02-01T22:36:30.415-08:00Flights of Freedom 9-24-2012<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I am beauty in the</span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;">Eye of my beholder,</span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;">I am strong and free.</span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;">They wish that they could</span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;">Fly and </span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;">Spread their wings like me.</span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;">I have no bounds to hold me,</span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;">I go wherever I want.</span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;">And if I should </span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;">Need some sustenance,</span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;">I simply go and hunt.</span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;">I am beauty in the </span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;">Eye of my beholder.</span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;">They are jealous tis true,</span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;">They wish they had</span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;">This simple life</span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;">Soaring in the open blue.</span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;">P. Contreras</span></span></span>
Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072758098919862191noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816273806338246574.post-59398082294628956582012-09-20T04:43:00.000-07:002012-09-20T11:09:13.083-07:00The Shadow 9-20-2012I am tired, but I'm wide awake<br />
I wish that I could sleep,<br />
The thoughts are running through<br />
my mind, running oh so deep!<br />
I have thoughts, thoughts you see,<br />
of things I think you did.<br />
When fairy tales should have been mine<br />
and I was just a kid.<br />
The images of running through fields,<br />
Flowers slipping through my hands.<br />
Are replaced with images of<br />
A dark and troubled man.<br />
I push them out, but they come back<br />
Bleeding through my brain.<br />
My heart is heavy, oh so heavy<br />
filled with angst and pain..<br />
I hate you for these memories<br />
forced on me when oh so young.<br />
They're thoughts that tumble<br />
through my mind<br />
and can never be undone.<br />
I'm searching for a peaceful dream<br />
filled with sanctity.<br />
Help me wipe them from my thoughts<br />
So sleep can come to me.<br />
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P. ContrerasPaulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072758098919862191noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816273806338246574.post-8971169173076709172012-09-05T22:28:00.003-07:002012-09-20T04:50:35.500-07:00Invisible 9-5-2012<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Invisible</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I live in an invisible world, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is my invisible world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A world I have made because</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't stand up for myself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't make myself important.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Everyone else is more important than me</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And now, I am invisible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I look into the mirror and </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I do not see me, I see someone else. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am invisible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Where am I, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She left years ago to raise children</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And to keep a husband.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Her dreams are gone, but hopefully</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not forgotten.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope soon she will show herself to me,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And become visible once again.</span><br />
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Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072758098919862191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816273806338246574.post-45731200070432823282012-08-15T22:14:00.002-07:002012-08-19T22:06:13.063-07:00Flying 8-15-2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Floating, dipping, gliding,<br />
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lifted up and weightless<br />
I go without a care.<br />
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My mind is free,<br />
My body benign.<br />
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I'm floating away,<br />
More dreams to find.<br />
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No troubles do I have,<br />
My cares are simply none.<br />
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In my dreams I'm flying<br />
And every battle I have won!<br />
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<br />Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072758098919862191noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816273806338246574.post-10774518738218157272012-08-11T23:58:00.000-07:002013-02-01T22:47:37.946-08:00Mother Bear August 2012He's not perfect, I know this in my mind<br />
But in my heart, he is nothing less.<br />
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He shares all the little idiosyncrasies<br />
that I have carried for so long.<br />
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Inheriting not just the good,<br />
but the bad and annoying.<br />
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With all this, I know still<br />
that the best part is his heart.<br />
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For unlike others he see's with <br />
his heart not his eye's.<br />
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And judges not even those<br />
who try to judge him.<br />
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I am biased I know, but I am<br />
Mother Bear.<br />
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Do not harm him with hands <br />
or words for fear,<br />
that I will come and my claws I will show.<br />
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Loudly they will proclaim<br />
that he is mine<br />
and I am Mother Bear.<br />
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Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072758098919862191noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816273806338246574.post-86992387407023395202012-08-07T09:42:00.001-07:002013-04-28T10:17:24.082-07:00In the Meadow of Life 1989In the Meadow of Life<br />
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In the Meadow of Life<br />
The large tree was beautiful and strong looking, sinewy with knots that bulged here and there.<br />
His branches were growing in a symmetric way that gave him a look of grandeur.<br />
The smaller tree stood beside it living in the shade and strength that the larger tree provided.<br />
They grew there side by side leaning this way and that with the wind, growing closer and closer.<br />
The grass was green beneath their branches and when their leaves did fall, they fell softly to the thick grass below.<br />
His trunk was solid and his branches reached down to embrace the smaller tree.<br />
Their leaves move this way and that and their limbs are entwined.<br />
Her every branch reaches up to him and when he touches her it is as if her leaves have been rustled by a warm wind.<br />
Their roots are intertwined and become one, that can never be undone. <br />
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Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072758098919862191noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816273806338246574.post-65568498698275105922012-08-05T21:12:00.000-07:002013-02-01T22:59:53.069-08:00Death By Chocolate 8-5-2012Death By Chocolate<br />
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It has been two long days<br />
And no chocolate in sight.<br />
I was craving it bad<br />
And there wasn't a bite.<br />
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I had looked in the cupboards,<br />
I had looked in the fridge.<br />
If I didn't have it soon<br />
It would be a big binge.<br />
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Madly I drove<br />
Today to the store<br />
To pick up some <br />
Chocolate, and a little bit more.<br />
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Running the isles<br />
To fill up my list,<br />
I can't forget isle six<br />
Or the chocolate I'll miss.<br />
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On my way home the<br />
Chocolate I eye,<br />
I must have a piece<br />
Or I think I will die.<br />
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One hand on the wheel<br />
And one on the bar,<br />
I struggle to open it<br />
While driving the car.<br />
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My attention is elsewhere<br />
And not on the street.<br />
I must have this concoction,<br />
I must have this sweet.<br />
<br />
I swerve the car<br />
To just miss another<br />
I've realized now<br />
That I must recover.<br />
<br />
I really don't want my<br />
Epitaph to read,<br />
"Death by Chocolate,<br />
She just had the need".<br />
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P. ContrerasPaulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072758098919862191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816273806338246574.post-87540948617701412762012-08-03T12:35:00.000-07:002013-02-01T22:37:34.463-08:00Morning 8-3-2012It's very early morning<br />
And I stretch and yawn,<br />
Go back to bed<br />
It's not even dawn.<br />
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My body is tired, <br />
While my brain is awake.<br />
What to do, what to do<br />
As I hesitate.<br />
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My body rolls over<br />
While my mind is spinning,<br />
I haven't decided yet<br />
Which one is winning.<br />
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Get up, Get up!<br />
My Brain yells at me,<br />
With eyes barely open<br />
I can hardly see.<br />
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It's cold outside and <br />
I've decided to keep<br />
My body in this bed<br />
And go back to sleep.<br />
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P. ContrerasPaulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072758098919862191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816273806338246574.post-51323580490594768202012-08-02T19:07:00.003-07:002012-10-29T13:49:52.420-07:00Rain July 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Faltering, but unending raindrops<br />
Like knives cutting the air.<br />
Pieces of thread that lead to the earth<br />
Must end somewhere.<br />
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It's like dew on the grass <br />
of a new spring morn<br />
And little clear trinkets <br />
that the leaves have worn.<br />
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A small raindrop, <br />
Like a tear on a flower,<br />
The hail that can come<br />
and with it the power.<br />
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The feeling on your skin<br />
when it's warm outside.<br />
Like a hug from the ocean<br />
in the midst of the tide.<br />
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Rain, oh how I love the rain,<br />
It just erases all of the pain.<br />
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P. ContrerasPaulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072758098919862191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816273806338246574.post-61486552950027395332012-08-02T18:22:00.000-07:002012-08-12T14:38:14.784-07:00From A Pal circa 1937 or soThis poem is in memory of my grandmother whom I wrote about today on my other blog,<br />
All Things Wonderful<br />
<br />
<br />
From A Pal<br />
<br />
From a pal to a pal,<br />
Now that everythings over<br />
Can we still be pals?<br />
We can still have fun together<br />
As just two fun loving pals.<br />
Some nights when you are<br />
Lonely you can say,<br />
"Oh Gee",<br />
I still have a pal in<br />
This whole world that's<br />
Willing to be with me,<br />
He's a pal that<br />
Was my sweetheart<br />
A long time ago<br />
A pal that would be <br />
with me anytime I want to go.<br />
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E. M. BrownPaulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072758098919862191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816273806338246574.post-79799826200522084792012-07-31T00:03:00.000-07:002013-02-01T22:56:17.628-08:00Manners 2003Manners it seems have flown out the door.<br />
People are rude to each other, what's more.<br />
<br />
I say let's invite all our good conduct back,<br />
Say hello to each other, let's get back on track.<br />
<br />
Here it all is and it's well worth repeating...<br />
Like saying something that's close to a greeting!<br />
<br />
How about on your way out, holding open the door,<br />
For the stranger with the package, and children and more.<br />
<br />
Could you smile a big smile at all the strangers you meet,<br />
Then see how it spreads through the crowd, through the street.<br />
<br />
Saying "Thank you" and "Please" and other nice words,<br />
Might make this a better place, if only you've heard.<br />
<br />
Say "Hello" to the girl at the grocery stores stand,<br />
You'll make her day and it goes hand in hand...<br />
<br />
The smile that she gives you as you leave her store,<br />
The very next customer will get a bit more.<br />
<br />
Spread the news let them hear,<br />
It's about love and good cheer.<br />
<br />
It's about giving and seeing,<br />
And seeing is believing,<br />
That the best of us all is well worth receiving!<br />
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P. ContrerasPaulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072758098919862191noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816273806338246574.post-88960090901035466842012-07-29T09:48:00.004-07:002012-08-12T14:46:16.551-07:00Living 5-20-1983Can you see into my eyes,<br />
Down deep into my soul?<br />
If you can and look close enough,<br />
You'll notice that it's cold.<br />
<br />
I've stood by the fire <br />
To get myself warm,<br />
To try and thaw my heart.<br />
But the only way to ease the cold<br />
Is to step in all, not part.<br />
<br />
I can't imagine myself out there,<br />
I've always been in here.<br />
And when someone held out<br />
Their hand to me,<br />
I always turned for fear.<br />
<br />
The only way for me to go is<br />
Look and jump myself,<br />
Or live a lonely, loveless life<br />
Of living on a shelf.<br />
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