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Pope pardons ex-butler who stole, leaked documents
Pope Benedict XVI granted his former butler a Christmas pardon Saturday, forgiving him in person during a jailhouse meeting for stealing and leaking his private papers in one of the gravest Vatican security breaches in recent times.
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Pope Benedict XVI granted his former butler a Christmas pardon Saturday, forgiving him in person during a jailhouse meeting for stealing and leaking his private papers in one of the gravest Vatican security breaches in recent times.
After the 15-minute meeting, Paolo Gabriele was freed and returned to his Vatican City apartment where he lives with his wife and three children. The Vatican said he couldn't continue living or working in the Vatican, but said it would find him housing and a job elsewhere soon.
"This is a paternal gesture toward someone with whom the pope for many years shared daily life," according to a statement from the Vatican secretariat of state.
The pardon closes a painful and embarrassing chapter for the Vatican, capping a sensational, Hollywood-like scandal that exposed power struggles, intrigue and allegations of corruption and homosexual liaisons in the highest levels of the Catholic Church.
Gabriele, 46, was arrested May 23 after Vatican police found what they called an "enormous" stash of papal documents in his Vatican City apartment. He was convicted of aggravated theft by a Vatican tribunal on Oct. 6 and has been serving his 18-month sentence in the Vatican police barracks.
He told Vatican investigators he gave the documents to Italian journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi because he thought the 85-year-old pope wasn't being informed of the "evil and corruption" in the Vatican and thought that exposing it publicly would put the church back on the right track.
During the trial, Gabriele testified that he loved the pope "as a son loves his father" and said he never meant to hurt the pontiff or the church. A photograph taken during the meeting Saturday - the first between Benedict and his once trusted butler since his arrest - showed Gabriele dressed in his typical dark gray suit, smiling.
The publication of the leaked documents, first on Italian television then in Nuzzi's book "His Holiness: Pope Benedict XVI's Secret Papers" convulsed the Vatican all year, a devastating betrayal of the pope from within his papal family that exposed the unseemly side of the Catholic Church's governance.
The papal pardon had been widely expected before Christmas, and the jailhouse meeting Benedict used to personally deliver it recalled the image of Pope John Paul II visiting Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who shot him in 1981, while he served his sentence in an Italian prison.
The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said the meeting was "intense" and "personal" and said that during it Benedict "communicated to him in person that he had accepted his request for pardon, commuting his sentence."
Lombardi said the Vatican hoped the Benedict's pardon and Gabriele's freedom would allow the Holy See to return to work "in an atmosphere of serenity."
None of the leaked documents threatened the papacy. Most were of interest only to Italians, as they concerned relations between Italy and the Vatican and a few local scandals and personalities. Their main aim appeared to be to discredit Benedict's trusted No. 2, the secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone.
Vatican officials have said the theft, though, shattered the confidentiality that typically governs correspondence with the pope. Cardinals, bishops and everyday laymen write to him about spiritual and practical matters assuming that their words will be treated with the discretion for which the Holy See is known.
As a result, the leaks prompted a remarkable reaction, with the pope naming a commission of three cardinals to investigate alongside Vatican prosecutors. Italian news reports have said new security measures and personnel checks have been put in place to prevent a repeat offense.
Gabriele insisted he acted alone, with no accomplices, but it remains an open question whether any other heads will roll. Technically the criminal investigation remains open, and few in the Vatican believe Gabriele could have construed such a plot without at least the endorsement if not the outright help of others. But Lombardi said he had no new information to release about any new investigative leads, saying the pardon "closed a sad and painful chapter" for the Holy See.
Nuzzi, who has supported Gabriele as a hero for having exposed corruption in the Vatican, tweeted Saturday that it appeared the butler was thrilled to speak with the pope and go home. "Unending joy for him, but the problems of the curia and power remain," he wrote, referring to the Vatican bureaucracy.
A Vatican computer expert, Claudio Sciarpelletti, was convicted Nov. 10 of aiding and abetting Gabriele by changing his testimony to Vatican investigators about the origins of an envelope with Gabriele's name on it that was found in his desk. His two-month sentence was suspended. Lombardi said a pardon was expected for him as well. He recently returned to work in the Vatican.
Benedict met this past week with the cardinals who investigated the origins of the leaks, but it wasn't known if they provided him with any further updates or were merely meeting ahead of the expected pardon for Gabriele.
As supreme executive, legislator and judge in Vatican City, the pope had the power to pardon Gabriele at any time. The only question was when.
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2009 Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aid, Metro Pictures, New York, NY
2008 Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artist Space, New York, NY
2008 Sanlun Yishu, Beijing, China
2008 SPE West Members Show San Francisco Academy of Art
2008 Bay Area Now 5, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2007 Stillwell Student Art Show SFSU Fine Arts Gallery
2007 Our World, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery
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Cougars game at Baylor moved to Friday night
Hurricane Ike caused the Cougars' game Saturday against Baylor in Waco, Texas, to be moved up to 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time today. WSU planned to fly out this morning from Pullman, and also would like to board the charter and return home immediately after the game.
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If you feel like complaining about your commute this morning, consider what the Washington State football program has in store for the day.
Hurricane Ike caused the Cougars' game Saturday against Baylor in Waco, Texas, to be moved up to 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time today. WSU planned to fly out this morning from Pullman, and also would like to board the charter and return home immediately after the game.
Asked whether he was aware of a situation when a team traveled and played the same day, WSU athletic director Jim Sterk cracked, "Probably not since they played Gonzaga."
Gonzaga, 80 miles north of WSU in Spokane, dropped football in 1941.
The Cougars (0-2) were originally due to fly out of Pullman at 9:30 a.m. today for Waco. They were trying to move that flight up about an hour, which could get them there by 2 p.m. Central Time.
Paul Wulff, first-year WSU coach, said the Cougars would then "go to the hotel, have a pregame meal and a meeting or two and go to the game. Our goal is to get out at night [afterward] as well. It may not be until 1 or 2 in the morning until we can get out of there, which is OK."
Sterk said an effort was made to procure a charter plane to leave Thursday night, but none could be found.
Wulff said the only alternative date in 2008 would have been Dec. 6, but there were problems with that. The Big 12 championship game is that day, and while not many folks are expecting Baylor to be in it, it might not be the right message for the Bears to schedule another game that day.
WSU, meanwhile, already has a Nov. 29 game against Hawaii, so another game would have meant two games after the Apple Cup with Washington, plus more time cut into the recruiting calendar.
"I just don't think we want to push things that late," Wulff said. "Right now, as coaches and players, we want to play. We want to do whatever it takes right now to play and get better."
Waco is about 90 miles south of Dallas, and the Saturday forecast was for rain and wind. But the immediate concern was the game traffic potentially clogging roads and slowing a possible evacuation from cities in southeast Texas.
Sterk, who had been consulting with Baylor officials, said consideration was first given to moving the Saturday kickoff up by 90 minutes, to 10 a.m. Central (8 a.m. Pacific). But officials decided the game still might be a risk to evacuees.
"Obviously, it's not ideal from our standpoint," said Sterk. "Given what other people are doing — in Houston, evacuating — other things fall by the wayside. It puts things in perspective."
Sterk said he wasn't immediately certain of the financial arrangements for the game, but most home-and-home agreements stipulate expenses, or slightly more, for the visiting team, so finances likely aren't a factor.
Fox Sports Network will pair the stadium scoreboard feed with Baylor's radio broadcast and show it live on Fox College Sports and FSN Southwest. Fox Sports Northwest, which has the Mariners-Angels baseball game live at 7, will delay the football showing until 11 p.m.
The telecast will also be available live on wsucougars.com.
Wulff said the change of plans would cause WSU to have a lighter practice Thursday. His quarterbacks, Gary Rogers and Kevin Lopina, have been dueling for the starting job in practice this week, but Wulff said he wouldn't name one until game time.
As for the travel change throwing another element into a rough 0-2 start, Wulff said, "I couldn't tell you what it does or doesn't do. It's all how you handle it. [Overcoming] adversity is what we talk about here. It's going to get ingrained into these guys. There's no better time to do it than now."
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas - In front of a record crowd of 2,036 at Don Sanders Stadium on Tuesday night the ninth-ranked Texas A&M baseball team earned a 10-0 road victory over No. 21 Sam Houston State.
"We played really well in every facet of the game tonight," Texas A&M head coach Rob Childress said. "Offensively, it was an impressive performance against a team that's having a great year and against a pitcher that's done some great things for them all season. We forced their pitching staff to throw strikes and when you score in seven straight innings, you're doing something right offensively."
Texas A&M's offense was relentless during the contest as it pounded out a season-high 18 hits and was fueled by the bottom three spots in the batting order which went 9-for-11 combined at the plate. Junior shortstop Mikey Reynolds led the way out of the No. 9 spot as the Glendale, Ariz., native tied a career-high with four hits in the victory.
Reynolds highlighted a list of six Aggies with multi hits games in the contest.
On the mound, freshman right-hander Daniel Mengden (1-3) turned in his second straight outstanding outing after making his first career start last Tuesday at TCU. The Houston native threw seven shutout innings, allowing just six hits and walking none while recording four strikeouts.
"That's two great performances in a row from him," Childress commented. "We asked him to close games out of necessity early in the year and things didn't go our way. We've made some changes and it's about him finding his confidence again. He's done a great job for us the last two Tuesdays when we've needed it most."
The Aggies (32-13) used sacrifice flies to build a 2-0 lead as senior second baseman Scott Arthur drove in the evening's first run with a fly out to left in the top of the third, before junior left fielder Brandon Wood repeated the feat in the top of the fourth.
Bearkat control problems on the mound during the top of the fifth aided the Aggies' cause as Texas A&M plated four runs to open up a 6-0 advantage. The frame featured a trio of bases-loaded walks in addition to a run-scoring single from sophomore catcher Troy Stein, who went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBI in the contest.
Junior outfielder Tyler Naquin added a pair of RBI late in the contest as Texas A&M tacked on an insurance run in each of the game's final four innings off a parade of Bearkat relievers.
Freshman Corey Ray and sophomore Parker Ray each contributed a scoreless inning out of the Aggie bullpen in relief of Mengden.
Sam Houston State fell to 31-14 after the setback with previously unbeaten right-hander Michael Oros (6-1) taking the loss on the mound.The Aggies are back in action this weekend on Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park when they host in-state rival Texas Tech in a three-game Big 12 series. Friday's series opener will be televised by Cox Sports.


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I was very pleased with the installation process. I had to cut an opening in the dash of my boat and the template was a life saver. I love the way it looks and sounds.
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The EQ gives me choices for selecting the right sound for the style of music I'm listening to.
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I am really thankful that I purchased this affordable product. I have had no problems with it and the sound quality is great.
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I purchased this for my '85 Jeep CJ I had been going through a cheap head unit every 6 months. One of the features that I found hard to find was a unit with a clock which this one has. It has worked great!!
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This CD player was a waste of money for my boat. Can't listen to a CD as they skip badly!
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This is a great unit and I have not had any trouble with it. It is a good value for the product. We use the unit mostly when the boat is anchored. The ipod input on the front is a great feature. The radio picks up well and CD player does not skip.
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Second unit. 1st lasted 1yr 1 month. Sony showed no care to assist me. Bass pro would not bend its rules nor discount a little to satisfy me. I feel like I the unit was great and liked the way it operated, but just had bad luck. So I purchased it on line for a great price and have enjoyed it with no regrets. Simple to use.
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April 24, 2011
Installed on my Harley-Davidson Electra Glide. The lights are a tiny bit bright at night, but not unbearable. Sound is great, controls easy to use, very many settings that can be customized. Also, easy to view with polarized sunglasses (not all LCD's are).
I rated durability as average because the website requires a value and I haven't had it in long enough to comment.
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January 13, 2011
I bought this stereo and installed it in the fairing of my motorcycle. The first thing I found was that the instruction book was poorly written and it took me a while to figure out how to turn off the "Demo" function, which scrolls all the features of the unit across the display continuously. I assume this is a feature dealers use when displaying the unit in stores. The next thing I found was that the CD player skips like a madman whenever the bike is being ridden. With "eight times oversampling" I would have thought this would not have been a problem. Wrong. I use the FM and I plug my IPod into it and play from there, but the CD player was a bust for my application.
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December 5, 2010
Bought this stereo for my 21 Ft. boat and the sound was way better than expected! This thing really puts out the power with nice, clean bass. A lot of bang for the buck! I would definitely recommend it, especially since it is so much cheaper than the high end models.
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I purchased this stereo for my Pontoon boat this spring. Radio works well, and I love the Aux Jack, in fact that's why I bought it. It works perfectly for plugging in my MP3 Player (Any Model) not just iCrap...and yes you can plug that in too. I would recommend this product, however if your like me and your boat isn't always covered, purchase the protective cover or the contacts will corrode.
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I purchased this marine radio to install it into my Harley motorcycle. It looks better than the original radio installed. It has more features and provides a nicer look also. I really like the marine grade construction, due to being in a motorcycle in a florida environment.
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Great features, good sound, dependable.
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December 13, 2009
Works well - easy install - recommended purchase if it fits your needs and price range.
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April 16, 2009
PROS: Fairly easy to install (we needed to fabricate a special mount for my particular Reinell boat that did not have a radio slot). The inverted LCD display is easy to see.
CONS: Wish it had an adjustable color display and faceplate. Some menu selections take time to understand and set properly the first times you use it.
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When my life has finally left me and my last breath has been shed
And the silver cord is broken and my bodies firmly dead
I shall hover near the body, download the scenes of this past life
Noting all minutest details rolling backwards past my eyes
I'll store these scenes 'til later when I can take the time to learn
What the lessons have to teach me and help me to discern
How I treated other people, made them happy, made them sad
Examine all my actions, both the good and the bad
Three days later I'll lose interest as my focus moves away
From the world that I just left behind, there is no need to stay
For a lifetime in the life of man to God is just a day
And my soul as God on the wheel of life must move along its way
I'll take the download with me as I move into first heaven
It's the first stage in the afterlife, in number there are seven
Here I'll see and feel the good things that to others I have brought
And revel in the feelings of the kindness that I wrought
I will store these in my seed atom so in future lives I'll know
They're the things that I must multiply for my souls' conscience to grow
For the conscience is the souls' voice that guides you day by day
That still small voice that warns you in what you do and say
When that's done my view will shift then to the things that I did bad
To the hurt I did to people that left them feeling sad
I will feel their pain intensely, ten times worse when in this field
For I'll be purely spirit now with no flesh for a shield
These painful lessons will imprint upon my seed atom as well
In some religions we are told our soul's in everlasting hell
In the stages of the afterlife, this is your punishment in heaven
This is the third and the most painful of the total seven
The Grim Reaper now has visited with his scythe so I will know
Through natures Law of Consequence I will reap what I did sow
He has shown me all my misdeeds and caused me many tears
And this purgatorial experience may last for twenty years
When my suffering soul recovers and the pain has died away
And I've incorporated the lessons to never act this way
In future lives I'll be a better man from these lessons I have learned
One step closer to perfection that my growing soul has earned
Now I can sleep, Oh peaceful sleep, a state of heavenly rest
I'll dream the dreams I love in life, of things I love the best
All desires that my soul has yearned, not a thing I can't create
In the Great Silence of the spirit world to help me concentrate
The colors are much brighter, the scent of flowers more sublime
The senses are much sharper, there is no sense of time
I will see all other people as pure souls just like me
And I'll know we're all evolving to the bliss of eternity
I will hear the mystic music of the planets as they pass
Like a thousand singing angels, heavenly peace has come at last
Every planet sings its own song, we've grown deaf to this below
But in this super consciousness we're in the eternal flow
I'll be with my friends and family and others whom I love
The ones who left before me and currently live above
There they wait with arms wide open and rejoice when I arrive
In the fourth stage where I now live, it's utter joy to be alive
I've incorporated my lessons, I now recall my goal
And my mind begins to focus on further growth of my soul
I must make further preparations and my vision starts to clear
I feel I must keep moving forward for all my works done here
I now have gone through five and six, there is just one more
In years it's been from birth to birth one hundred forty four
The time has come to move along and leave this place called heaven
Prepare for life in the physical world, I move to number seven
My soul has gathered the material, I now know what I must do
To make some more improvements in the places I need to
I must take another body, I must live another life
To grow and liquidate more karma though it means more pain and strife
I build an archetype of the body that in future I will form
When embodiment is offered, and I can be reborn
I will see the opportunities and be able to discern
The ideal embodiment for me when the right egg meets the sperm
I will hover near the fetus, influencing where I can
And I'll have the power to make it be a woman or a man
I will help to build the body to suit the lessons I must learn
To overcome more issues so more advancement I can earn
When baby takes its first breath and my soul is taken in
With the imprint of my seed atoms that it has brought within
Now the babys' atoms resonate to my seeds vibration rate
Making it the perfect body for my soul to habituate
The new body will be my new home, I will live a life anew
Gain experience, learn more lessons, through the things that I will do
I'll apply the added knowledge that I learned in this past life
More evolved than in the last one, and cause me less pain and strife
This will happen just as often as required by the soul
As it pushes ever onward, pushing ever t'ward its goal
Of complete re-integration back from whence it came
To the universal soul of life no matter what its name
Nature is not personal, it does not seek revenge
If we mess it up we have the chance to do it all again
We arrived here by this process, nothing's changed it's still the same
But our souls have evolved immensely since we stepped into the game
We started out as fallen angels with no experience on this plane
We've grown to this by coming back again and again
Though we cannot remember for each conscious mind has died
The feelings in the soul remained in our subconscious mind
And so this is the story of the cycle of the soul
As it struggles through evolution on its way toward the goal
It's this way for all unfailing, from natures law there's no relief
All living things go through it, no matter their belief
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Brahmari Pranayama or Humming Bee Breath
IMP. NOTE: Temporarily I am stopping new episodes
of Yoga in Poem due to personal reasons and will try
to restart Yoga in Poem at a later date…
How to do Brahmari Humming Bee Pranayama
Sit in Sukhasana (Step 1) or in Padmasana in the morning hours, if you have achieved easiness to sit in Padmasana or else sit in Sukhasana. It is important that while performing Brahmari your stomach should be empty and bowls clear. Sit erect while practicing Brahmari in a neat and clean, quiet and calm place preferably an open place.
Raise your both arms and bring your all four fingers as a screen on your eyes. Now close your ears by the tips of your thumbs in such a way that your index fingers are touching your eyebrows and the middle finger the inner corner of your both eyes and other two fingers rests on the slopes of your nose and face joints gradually.
Take a deep breath and fill your lungs with the fresh air and then exhale slowly from both the nostrils while creating a humming sound. At the time of doing this do not open your ears and keep pressing it gently so that your humming sound gets more clear and it create vibrations in your mouth, throat, ears, eyes and even other parts of your body ( this stage would come when you practice this exercise regularly )
Try to creat the humming sound continuously as loud and clear as possible for you.
We all know and accepts
The miracles of Sound
On everything which
Surrounds us.
We live, we love, and we work
We play and we laugh
With one or the other kind of sounds
We become harsh or soft
Even we weep and sometimes
We hate with some or the other kind of sounds only
These are all the effects of
Different Sounds
Which make us
What we are and what
We become as a man or woman in life
Kind hatred or benevolent
A lover or a hater
A teacher or a Poet, a writer or an artist or a Musician
A leader or a preacher
Or even
A dictator or a Don.
When sound comes
From a serene source
It binds the hearts
Of millions
And we began to love and adore
That sound and even that source
And keep it as a source of energy and joy.
But when it comes
A biased mind and selfish source and
Tries to destroy our peace
And began to dictate us
We feel fed-up
To bear that sound
And then we try
To get rid of that source or sound.
Brahmari or the humming Sound
Is one such elegant self-music
Which opens our heart and mind
With its vibrations
To fill life in those dead or sluggish
Nerves and spine
To restore
The Melody not only
In your voice but also in your heart and mind.
Brahmari would
Restore your love and even your confidence
Bringing your beloved more close to you
And you to your beloved
Which often
Becomes a soft target of differences
Because of
Age effected unnoticed deeds and actions.
Brahmari gives you the boon of
Music and melody
Even when age has taken you
On the withering heights of life
You often find yourself standing alone
Looking for someone to
Restore your energy and mind.
The miracles of
Humming bee sounds
Brings an instant coolness
To your otherwise
Anguished mind and heart
Which began to enjoy
The colors and moods
Of Love and Life
A peaceful mind
Is the dwelling place of heavenly gestures
And even of God.
The regular practice of
Balances your hormonal secretions
Invigorating the thyroid gland
And thus increasing your metabolism.
Even Brahmari balances
Your blood sugar and helps
Oxidizes fats
In our body and
It completely removes the causes which
Leads to the curse of human body
The Migraine
By giving you the joys and comforts of
Relaxation which ultimately
Soothes your Heart to pump more actively
The fresh flow of blood
To your nerves and mind
Thus making your pressures
To work happily
Without crossing the limits
Unless you have done some extreme wrongs.
It's a boon for those
Who suffers from Diabetes and heart problems
And a real gift of God
For those who are in pregnancy
As its wonderful effects on
Human nervous system
Effects the pituitary gland
To balance the growth and control
Of hormones in our body
Thus the practice of this wonderful
Pave way for easy and trouble free
Child birth or delivery.
I often ponder
What a treasure of blessings
Yoga has given to the world and
Has exposed
In these simple and wonderful
Breathing exercises
To make every human being
More befitting and joyous
To enjoy the blessings of Nature
Thus elevating the human body to absorb
The Beams of the Light and Love of God.
Kanpur 4th Aug. 2013
Duration: Not more than 3 to 5 times in a day in the beginning. Maximum 10 to 12 times only in a day without any force beathing or straining yourself.
01. Never perform this Prayanama while you are lying down
02. If you are having any ear infection do not perform Brahmati till your ears get rid of all infections.
03. Do not hold your breath while doing Brahmari and Heart problem persons should do it under a trained instructor only.
04. Do not perform it when you are not empty stomach and try to perform it preferably in the morning/evening hours only.
05. If for any reasons you do not feel comfortable stop it and take few normal deep breaths
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Yoga in Poem at a later date…
My Gratitude
Brahmari Pranayama is a boon for human being
brought mainly in the lime light of the world
by Swami Ram Deoji about 20 years back.
(One poet's vision of what being indwelled by Christ's heart might look like)
What makes me feel loved isn't easy to say,
And not because the heart of love is blind
I can see the ripples form in my own pond.
And feel the shock of each and every stone.
Perhaps a fear of words just gets in my way
(I lack the will to open up my mind?) ,
But I have the key, and for me, words are play,
Unlocking the gate would surely be kind.
There are many fair maids of whom I'm quite fond,
But choosing just one would double my moan
You see for me to win not one must be conned.
Not one feel my heart was only on loan.
There are women I know who'll not like my tone,
Though their feet are not bruised by silken frond
I've laid in their path: truly for them I've pined...
Whatever my loss, I'll not rue their day,
Chorus: (Repeat until you tire of it)
For I'm a poly-amorous man, I am, I AM!
Brian Johnston
January 11, 2014
Poet's Notes:
Please! For the record! Poly-amorous as I am using it here (remember the poem is mine and not what you the reader project onto it) is not a synonym for 'Don Juan' or 'Casanova' and certainly not a synonym for poly-sexual. I'll admit (in an attempt to be completely honest here) that sexual feelings might well be part of a poly-amorous relationship, however they certainly don't define it. I have to admit, like Jimmy Carter (the last honest president perhaps since Lincoln... Only partially serious here) that 'I have lusted after women I was not married to in my heart.' Yes I am an adulterer just like you. But to me, God's convicting me of this sin, was never meant to demean me, but to simply remind me that we have all sinned all sins. Salvation is God's blessing on a broken world, not wages for pay, or 'heaven' for overtime.
The first stanza is about love having a new meaning for me at this stage of my life. I'm 71. There is no possibility of a family for me anymore, no future family to protect as there is when people are much younger. While I can enjoy the fact that a woman is attracted to me, I am no longer enamored by any woman's desire to have me all to herself, nor do I wish to tie down a woman in this way. I still think I believe in commitment, but desire a woman who, like me, believes she is strong enough, and capable of trusting me to the extent that she able to actually accept if not welcome anyone I love into our relationship. The darker undercurrent of this viewpoint is that someday, in the name of love, we may either or both be required to let the other move on, possibly to a new love (or not) , but always lovingly in support the other's personal growth and their soul's needs. She cannot and I cannot allow our personal feelings of self worth to rest solely on our staying together. This love that I am speaking of is beyond jealousy and may not even be possible, but it is what I aspire to.
The second stanza is about the fear we all confront when faced by the prospect of being loved by another. Unlocking our hearts is unfortunately the only way we can know the other's love is real. We must risk losing it all to have a chance of winning it.
The third stanza is about the two pillars that keep the building from collapsing on itself, Integrity (no one is conned) and Surrender (your heart cannot just be loaned out for a limited time, it must be given) .
The fourth stanza is about understanding the fact that what ever the gift's we lay at the feet of another, they can still be rejected. The end purpose of loving another is actually just the gift of our love only, not what we naturally expect (at least hope) to get back. Love and control are diametrical opposites. There are no elements that belong to both sets. (Isn't math fun?)
As the poem has aged on me, I have recently noticed the last 4 words of the poem. Initially I was not sure why the first 'I am' is not capitalized but the second 'I AM' is capitalized. I guess I just saw it as a way of expressing exuberance. Now however, after adding the new subtitle, I think the poem is actually suggesting that the poly-amorous person male or female, is a person touched by divinity, especially blessed by God, a person willing to risk his own happiness and even his primary relationship perhaps, for the greater good of helping others understand that they are lovable (in every way) . So now to me the exuberance has taken on even greater meaning, extended to being joined with God is His mission to show us all that we are lovable.
Personally if someone were to love me to the exclusion of all others, I would be thinking about (in love) committing them to a mental institution. If they were to insist that I love them that way I would be tempted to run as from the devil himself/herself. : -) It is the love my woman has to share with the world that will make me proud to be her mate, not just her physical beauty, the goals we share, or the love she gives to me alone. Ultimately what will bring me to my knees and make me ask her to marry me will be the fact that we both share the same purpose, a desire to first and always serve God.
Fifty years, boy and man, I've been a Sooners fan;
And watched thousands of recruits try to make my Sooners Team.
Often, I've enviously wondered what it must be like
To be a touted Sooners recruit, living out his dream.
He'd had a great career through high school;
Made good grades, was a football star, played baseball too.
Coach said college recruiters were watching closely;
So, he tried his very best to make his dream come true.
You see, he'd played on the L'il Sooners as a kid;
Started getting serious about the game when he was only eight
Played with older, bigger boys and practiced hard;
Always told his friends, "To be a Sooner, ya gotta play great".
Oh yes, his parents raised a football player;
And, even more important, a Sooners fan;
But he wanted more, to be a Sooner,
To feel the glory raining down from the stands.
Now, the Sooners' Head Coach is in his living room.
"Son, you've got talent. We think you fit our scheme.
We're offering you a scholarship, an opportunity
To be an important member of our great Sooners Team".
His mother smiles her biggest smile.
His father nods proudly and pats him on the knee.
"Lord knows, son, it's a dream come true.
Go be the very best Sooner you can be".
He walks into the locker room,
Not quite sure what to expect;
But sure that to play for the Sooners
He will first have to earn respect.
He looks each man straight in the eye -
Other recruits, trainers, assistants, and every coach.
"Be proud, but respectful", his mother had said;
Your character, more than your performance, must be above reproach".
His handshake is firm and he smiles.
"Only one chance for a first impression", his father had said;
"Always put yourself in positive light, on and off the field.
That's what it will take to play for the mighty Big Red".
He meets so many other recruits, each one a high school star.
He's played against a few and knows they share his dream.
And, to a man, each knows before any chance for Glory,
He first must prove worthy to play for this Sooners Team.
He knows a few will fail to meet the coaches' expectations.
For some, the scout team will be their fate.
Many will suit up, but rarely play.
Only the very best will ever dare to be great.
Coach says, "If every man learns and executes when called on,
Then this team, we Sooners, will win a lot of games;
But, win or lose, if you play hard and give your very best,
You'll never have to hang your heads in shame".
"But gentlemen, with or without you, this team will win.
Every season, the Sooners strive to win it All.
So, listen, work hard, and prepare yourselves. Each game is war...
And you must be ready when Victory calls".
Through grueling practices, he finds himself.
As he walks to class, his closest friends are aches and pains;
But, just the other day, Coach helped him up, smiled, and patted his helmet.
"You're doin' fine, son. Keep pushin'. Remember, no pain, no gain".
He sees his name on the "open scrimmage" roster for the very first time.
It's a moment he'll never forget, another milestone in his dream.
He calls his Mom and Dad, knowing they'll tell his family and his friends.
He hopes they'll actually see him play, proof he's made the Team.
As he suits up for the last pre-season open scrimmage,
He wonders if the coaches would really let a freshman play at all;
But Coach puts him in for eight plays against the first team;
He makes two great open-field tackles and intercepts the ball.
He barely hears the roar of the crowd, as the whole defense "gives him five".
He's so excited, he forgets to ask if he can keep that ball.
Fans are buzzing, "Did you see that hit"!? "Who is that kid"!?
"Will he red shirt or will Coach let him play this fall"?
He sees his name in the Sunday paper, hears it on local sports.
He's happy, but he doesn't let it go to his head.
He keeps his focus and uses it as motivation.
After all, he wants to start one day for the mighty Big Red.
Yes, we'll hear more of this young recruit.
Perhaps, one day he'll be the hero of the game.
A seasoned veteran, maybe All Conference or even All American,
Who's tasted Victory many times and helped glorify the Sooners' name.
Oh yes, there have been so many who've aspired;
But many fewer who've actually made our Sooners Team.
They are our heroes, each and every one;
For it's through their accomplishments, we fans can live the dream.
Billy Vessels, Steve Owens, Billy Sims, and Jason White,
The Selmons, Little Joe, the Boz, Josh Heupel, and "Q"
They, and so many others, were once touted Sooners recruits;
Who set a higher mark and built the Tradition that is OU.
So, c'mon! c'mon! all you great young football players!
Dedicate your talents to OU's Team and OU's Fans.
Make Oklahoma's Owen Field your Field of Dreams,
And feel the Glory raining down from the stands.
In memory of Bob
A true story.
It was in spring of two thousand when I first saw Bob. I'd just started working at Perth Dental hospital, and in fact it was my first day there. I walked up to the front door of this building, but it wasn't yet opened. So I turned around and went to sit in the bus shelter which was just outside the building. As I went to sit down I noted a dark skinned gentleman sitting there with a happy, benign look on his face. He was about five feet eight give or take a little, and he was rather a thickset man who looked like he'd done his fair share of hard work in his sixty years or more.
There was something about this Gentleman that I could not quite put my finger on. He had a certain charisma about him; not the phony kind of charisma that one seen in the car salesman or the philanderer who messes with women's heads, no, Bob had a kind of friendly smile for everyone that he met, and he seemed to draw people into him with his love, and gigantic heart. I knew as soon as I met him that Bob was most definitely for me.
As Bob looked at me and smiled, the whole world seemed to open up. He said "Ow ya going mate" in a loud ebullient manner, then we started to chat. Bob was like myself, a thinker, and straight away we started philosophizing about this, that, and the other, and it was like we had known each other forever. Then all of a sudden I found Bob talking about death, and the difference in the way the Maori people faced death, compared to the rather the silly way us white folk look at the subject with great fear in our hearts. Now this had always interested me, and somehow it just seemed natural to talk to this Maori gentlemen on this subject, and we spoke about it till the doors opened and it was time to work.
I don't think anything happens just by chance, and I definitely have this feeling that Bob and I were meant to meet, and I really think this was a major destiny thing. I have found during the course of my life, that as I am aging, I can feel something pushing me into a certain direction, and I always felt that Bob was part of all this; and I had much to learn from him. Although I have never believed in organized religion, and never followed one I have always felt deeply spiritual, and I have met many people who I learned from, and Bob was most definitely one of them with all his great wisdom and patience. As I came to know Bob, we had many dialogues together, on many subjects. Bob used to love music and could always have time to plonk away on his guitar. He used to come round to my place and we would play songs together, though both he and I were no Eric Clapton's, I would bang around on my guitar and play the harp, while we would both take out turns at singing. We'd have a smoke or a beer or two, and we'd play songs all day long, ahhh, I remember those days well, the memories are so strong.
Bob was one hell of a man, I could tell that he had been a wild one in his youth,
But when I knew him in his sixties he was an icon of wisdom and virtue; he had a kind word for everyone, and gave all his time to anybody who needed him, always.
He used to hear me waffling on like an idiot, trying to make him like me [as I always did] but never once did he tell me how foolish I was, he would just smile knowingly at me. He used to stand there at the window for hours, just drinking in the trees, or the clouds in the sky, and yet he was so aware, I used to try to sneak up on him; it couldn't be done. His awareness was incredible.
Then one day Bob fell ill with terminal cancer, and he knew that he had very little time left on this Earth. He lay there sick for days in intolerable pain, but you never heard one complaint from him, even when he only had days to live, he was still worrying about the welfare of others. When the day finally come for Bob to leave his shell; he was lying there in deep sleep, when all of a sudden he woke up, with a smile on his face. His children asked him 'Dad, do you want some pain killers" Bob laughed, compassion written all over his face, and he said to them 'Not one of you has a clue, have you' and he died with a big smile on his face.
His daughter got in touch with me, and told me about his death, and also told me that his last wish was to have me watch his soul leave his body. I felt very honored about this and went and sat with his body [as Maoris do]. I got the most peaceful feeling come to me [which I presume was his spirit leaving his body] as I watched his silent body, a Mari war stick and a beautiful rose lay across his chest. I still see it, and I feel blessed by it. He was my Maori warrior, and I adored the man.
Night Moods
Stars weep, they cry in the night sky
for those who laugh in the light of day,
yet, not with spirit, heart soul or eye.
They see not the game they play,
nor understand what laughter is about,
nor can they know what laughter is all about.
Some cannot see by the light of day,
only in the darkness of night can one say
they see all, for that is when the veil slips away
to reveal all that has been blinded by what may
lay before the mind's eye in the bright light of day.
This night brings
This night, as so many have come before,
take flight – life / night, brings nothing more
than those that have been, will be born.
nights waiting, harbingers of the forlorn –
as I sit before this one eyed monster.
For life's many moments – the creator
as we exchange glances, stare
into the abyss, the windows – and share –
of each other's lifeless soul,.
To learn, what ?, what is there to know !,?
Time's light, dances across the crucifixion,
falls upon the cross, the spaces in-between
- two thousand years is where we have been -
and on towards the light of resurrection.
Springing out from that darkened cave,
came a man who was not, yet was brave.
I, and this place, in time, dance alone.
Then, as before, we were on our own.
Not once – by anyone – was it shown,
- nor by any means we have known, -
that the hearts who know and are known,
took the time, the thought to care,
or a fleeting moment, in which to share.
Passions lost to the past -
passed a long time ago
The childhood of Linda B
From the sickness of a father, came bricks !
From that denial by mother, came bricks !
From genetics, experienced sister, came bricks !
from the same, created brother, came bricks !
From fear, denial, burial, nothing will fix !
Walls, fences, barricades, road blocks does the trick !
The pain inflicted by the hands of father, brother,
perpetrated by sister, a blind eye, turned, by mother
have been the masons, laying all the bricks for this wall,
walls that have created the rough ride to your fall,
keeping you uptight, in fear of one and all.
Searching, finding, experiencing, all seem to lead back.
Throughout the years, nothing found to put you on track !
Reaching out – Touching
Grappling hooks tossed to the top of this wall
- catch !, -, yet, are unable to pull it down.
not one brick comes lose, wall will not fall
to earth, will not touch the ground.
the attached rope, a possible means by which to scale.
with every attempt to climb over, to allow, doth fail'
Try, as one might, to scale these walls !
Try, as one might, to knock down these barricades !
Try, as one might, to go around these road blocks !
One finds these walls to high – far too high to climb,
the bricks, far to secure in their mortar to be dismantled,
the barricades, of cement, cemented in time – immovable,
the roadblocks stretching out into infinity, no way past.
All merging, meeting, greeting with restricting rejection.
Hands, thoughts, feelings protecting the soul, with a piece of cloth
that tells a story, has more to say then words ever can.
It prevents freedom, the motion of every man.
The bush within which I live, the wilderness of my life,
- life created by the hands of men, men I know not -
life created by the very hands of this man.
Wilderness lies all around me, in lifeless memory,
memories of a life lived in the realms of others.
A life once lived ?, now but a memory
of another life that overwhelms.
My heartache weeps, profusely, for you Melanie !,
knowing that my tears will never wash away
the pain, the fears you are feeling within your growth,
your understandings, your desires, your desire
to be needed, appreciated, loved and your need to be.
All I have to give you, is all the love that is within me
Melanie, and I pray that it is able to help you through,
allows you to see the roads clear, the paths far and near
and is able to allow you to set your soul free
and not to be waiting on life to happen,
waiting for life to ring.
Open the doors and, my Dear, sing !
April 13th 2002
The last horse my grandfather had
he shot one spring morning behind
the shed in which his nameless horse
had lived in for many years. It was
April and chilly, with peach trees in bloom.
It was an old horse, its backbone
sagging like the roof of an old farmhouse,
and it still wore its matted coat
of winter hair, its mane coarse
like a spray of dried weeds, its hoofs
ringed with tufts of knotted hair,
bits of caked earth and dung.
Its tail fell listless from its roughened
rump like a cluster of bailing twine
that hung from a ceiling hook.
It was the last morning of its life.
My grandfather entered the shed
and led the old horse to the back pen.
I followed behind as I hsd so many
times. But that morning the old horse
walked with a limp – an infected knee.
Behind the shed a group of men
stood pressed against each other
with faces drawn like mourners.
Then I saw it, the familiar rifle
leaning against the weathered shingles,
the small red box of bullets next
to the butt. And I knew. I knew what
the old horse did not. In dread I ran
back into the small shed. I pressed
my hands hard over my ears, and I
waited. Waited for the shot that
would bring the old horse down,
the old horse I had befriended,
talked to morning after morning,
had fed pieces of carrot and
apple to; the gentle old horse whose
mane and tail I had often brushed,
the nameless horse I had brought
fresh well water to on hot afternoons,
and fresh shavings I spread over
its stable floor. And I waited. And I knew
what the old horse did not. And when
the shot rang out, my knees buckled
and I jerked as if the bullet had entered me.
I fell to the ground and groaned
and cried, and I kept my hands hard
against my ears, shaking my head
as if to dislodge the sound that filled
my head and amplified. And I heard
the old horse let out a sharp cry
and felt its hard fall rise through
my knees, as it collaped on itself,
its knees buckling under dead weight.
What hurt most that morning was
my grandfather's casual treachery –
not so much as a pat on the old horse's
shoulder, not a word of farewell, no outward
sense of loss or sadness, no tears. Only
a cold guiltless betrayal, it seemed to me.
And they roped the dead horse
to the tractor, the small hole in its
forehead still leaking blood like
a liquid red ribbon. They dragged
its body to a secluded corner of the field
grown thick with greening yarrow
and new shoots of goldenrods,
the men following behind, silent
and solemn, to where the earth
had already been gutted open, waiting
like a gaping mouth to swallow
the horse's carcass: a large meal
that would take years for the soil
to digest, leaving only a small depression
and a stench of rotting flesh
escaping slowly through a growth
of prickly blackberry, purple vetch
and swarms of buzzing insects.
The men stood silent and watched
the dead horse dragged and fitted
into the open grave.
Then, to my surprise, my grandfather
removed his hat and stared pensively
at the nameless creature he had killed,
the horse he had known for most
of his old age, the horse that had
served him selflessly. He stood there
wiping his eyes with the back of
his hand, saying nothing, looking
at the dead horse, and walked away.
Certain men then took up shovels
and began to fill the hole, the others
following my grandfather to the house,
talking in whispers, as if they had
witnessed the burial of one of their own,
one they would never see again.
And for as many springs as they might
live, they would talk about the old man's
horse, the horse without a name,
the harmless creature they had come
to watch die on a chilly April morning
when peach trees were in bloom.
Have you ever seen a woman you like blush, now that is attractive
I never reallie understand woman in till I got out of school
It was this one girl that for some reason like natural selection I would just
stare at
And she would just fall to sleep during class intend of thinking of class I
wonder what is she dreaming
About I said to myself officially she does not know notice me in the very last
day of class and schedule
Class she blurt out Louis are coming back and I'm think to myself I'm a senior
Not but did again she was just a junior how was she to know if she did not
All I know I treated the girls I know with respected and gave them candy I do
have older sisters you
Now and All I know guys hate me and the girls was just mean girls glad school
was out
Well to my delight and shock and relieve high school being over and life goes
on and
A few years later I rent an apartment and year or two years later and odds of
all odds she move in my
Neighborhood and next door (snake eyes)
I don't mean to role play but Think Like A Man If only if it had sequel it was
She was the "Single Mom" and I was "The Momma's Boy" but to straighten out
the facts
About a momma's boy well in my case I know how to
Cook, clean, wash, dry, fold and hang clothes all I would need to know is
Would you like cream or sugar with your breakfast because I came here sever
And yeah I get it and no it is no such thing as a perfect man if it was how
We show growth to age of age of maturity my good mate
But to clarify a detouring I could not imagine she was more shy then me
First look and words that come to mind is still gorgeous-
And one day I was walking back from the mail post and just when she was
Out I bump into her and ask her how was her day and the impression of words
to found
Words of her to say was sensation and a vibe when down my spine when she
said good and
You that's that's good real good I'm still question today did she stutter when
she said that must been
The heat-
Then next week her car broke down on her and I said to myself it's
The battery, engine, or the sensor sense it hot outside
Then I seen her son couldn't be no more than the first grade went to the back
of the car
And try to push the car it was the most hilarious thing I ever seen
But it does build character and he does have his basketball I'm sure he will do
just fine
By the following week she had another car I notice I never seen a father
around and I also
Notice she work so hard but how would I ever get odds of asking how was
your day ever again
And I did not want to be one of those guys here now and gone tomorrow I
remember when
I was her son age that was the last thing I won't it so I left it alone knowing
I would be leaving to finish my degree in a prestigious university (with god
blessing) I stay up to break of
With school work and trying being an entrepreneur and looking outside
And she would have back light on
For whatever reason thinking doesn't she have to go to work tomorrow
But the question I ask in few months if I would have knew the girl next door
I said to myself I only what the best for you and for some reason
When I think of woman I think of Lyrics
It's the weekend of the fourth of July and if it has been like any
Other year since I started college than the one place I go on Sunday with my
I'm sure she know where I will be just my way of trying to say hi but this is a
New millennium of woman I don't think the day I bump into her was an
innocent and I don't
Think that she kept the back light on for nothing but I bet she know that
"love so many people used name in vain for better or worst I still would put
you first",
If only if I had knew The Girl Next Door-
You make me feel so complete
You brought me up to my feet
You're the good company that I'd like to greet
I shouldn't ever doubt you – you're such a treat
I tried so hard not to cry…
I ask myself why…why do I lie
To myself…I'm living my fantasy
On my own…I'm full of glee, but I feel slight melancholy
I feel this bittersweet sorrow brew inside of me
Looking forward to tomorrow's yesterday…I'd rather live in the present than
dwell in the past…masked with happy reminiscences & grief-stricken reverie
You quench me with serpentine poetry
You gave in to gravity
I tried so hard to not let you down
I ask myself, why do I wear this frown?
It should be upside down instead
I'm trying to shoo away the ghosts of the past,
Rehearsing dread
In my head
In my head
In my head
In my head, there's voices in my head,
Telling me that I'm not good enough in anyone's eyes
In my head, I tell them off in my head,
Saying that their callous fiends and quit rehearsing lies
Quit rehearsing lies in my head…in my head…
I hear your echoing empathy on cloud seven
Fly down to me, you shady, heartrending raven
You make me experience cloud seven
You brought me to your heaven
I tried so hard to not let you down
I ask myself, why do I wear this frown?
It should be upside down instead
I'm trying to shoo away the ghosts of the past,
Rehearsing dread
In my head
In my head
In my head
In my mind's eye…in my mind's eye, (I try to fly with my
might...afraid to fly too high)
I fly like an eagle with confidence – oh so wondrous,
Caught in the current of the aqua-blue sky (I try my hardest to be an
optimistic light to all who pass me by)
This liberty is beyond marvelous – oh so marvelous!
Your words implant seeds of growth
Your eyes, an undying oath
I tried so hard to not let you down
I ask myself, why do I wear this frown?
It should be upside down instead
I'm trying to shoo away the ghosts of the past,
Rehearsing dread
In my head
In my head
In my head
I can't put my racing thoughts to bed
I must be dreaming or something…give me a reason to see the light in
I will try to be humble – I'll not puff up like bread
Don't treat me like crumbs of deception – don't shoo me away like I'm some
bothersome fly
I tried so hard to not let you down
I ask myself, why do I wear this frown?
It should be upside down instead
I'm trying to shoo away the ghosts of the past,
Rehearsing dread
In my head
In my head
In my head
I tried so hard not to cry…
I ask myself why…why do I lie
To myself…I'm living my fantasy…drowning in ecstasy
On my own…I'm full of glee, but I feel slight melancholy
You melted my heart of ice
I'm your living sacrifice
You watched over me with glistening eyes
Your warmth never screams goodbyes
I feel these mixed emotions…
I'm breaking up the clash between two oceans
You make me feel so complete
You brought me up to my feet
You motivated me to fight the good fight
After all was said and done, we took divine flight
You brought me to your heaven…
You weaved an upside down frown on my face
This happiness has no end…not even
Death can make us part – we won the race!
You make me feel so complete
You make me feel whole again – you're so neat!
You brought us luck alone the way…I smile all day today
We earned a prize – vast grace – it's priceless I must say
I wonder ?, have pondered ?, have analyzed the boxes,
the cages, the walls my little Girl, my young Woman,
finds herself packaged in, trapped in, stuck behind,
believing that they have come into being
– along with all the uncertainties, doubts and fears –
because of the constant " You are to much like you dad ".
If you are me ?, and I you ?, in you mothers eyes,
then we can see why all the pain, all the heat ache
I inflicted, by my actions, drove your mother to turn
all her hurt, her pain into anger, hostility, animosity,
malice, vengeance, a vendetta. All her mean spirited
words ponding through your youthful days and nights,
into your innocence was directed at me, meant for me,
– not you – unfortunately, this you had to endure.
For you where your mothers only outlet, only release valve
and in her naiveté, her blind rage, her need to strike out,
she did not know, did not understand, did not pay heed
to my words and so the words she was shooting at me,
struck at the very heart of you, how could they not kill
your spirit, destroy the very soul of one so little, so fragile,
when she was often said " You are so much like your dad ",
a picture she painted black, with angry, harsh brush strokes
of a dad that was not the dad you knew and understood.
That caused great damage to us and our relationship.
In the end – unfortunately – my acts flooded your growth,
impacted your life with such negativity and uncertainty.
I am sorry that I let your mother leave, taking you with her
and for my leaving for distant lands, unknown worlds,
leaving you to your own and your mothers devices.
Unfortunately my Dear, being your fathers Daughter,
" You are to much like you dad ", you were forced to endure
all the abuse meant for me, – personally – after all,
how could you not ?, how could you escape the war ?,
especially when you became the battle field upon which
your mother waged her destructive war against me.
I look into the tapestry of our lives my Dear, and see it
tattered and torn, frayed at the edges of its heart, and see,
pieces of me being blown apart – as my world
( in your ears, in your eyes ) – crumbles before you,
comes tumbling down, scattered around uncertain ground
upon which to build your own world, rebuild your spirit,
your soul, your personality and climb out of your little coffin
and rise up from the broken, shattered remains, the ashes
of the man you called dad and walk out of the maze
of memories, of experiences, of the tales told,
that threw you into the fire, that mess of confusion,
the pain of uncertainty, by " You are so much like your dad "
and know that I think ( it was unintentional, I do believe )
that it was all intended for me and not you my Dear.
In the final analysis Gail, one can only conclude that the love
your mother and I had and have for you, got lost I the fray
– because we did not have the strength of character to overcome –
of our destructive needs and desires, the wants of our sicknesses.
Our fractured, tortured psyches Gail, drove us, and at your feet,
permeating your soul, upon the head of an undeserving little girl,
you have come to know – all that you never needed to know.
In time – be it already history or yet to be the future – I, -
as I am sure your mother - harbour many regrets and I hope
that you will find peace and forgiveness within that
shattered heart and soul of yours, if not for our sakes,
at least for yours, for not letting go, only hurts you
and you are the only one that matters, for all time.


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