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Connectivity

Positive and negative wires
Currents of coursing desires
Gained momentum
Upon connectivity

His eyes brimming mischief
Hers inviting just enough
Instant communication
Upon connectivity

His body language telling
Hers preening veering
Sunflowers seeking sun
Upon connectivity

His blood running marathons
Hers promising fulfilling dawns
A gazebo of four arms
Upon connectivity

Dreamy mutual glazed glances
Requiting oft dreamed splurges
Readily abandoning to urges
Upon connectivity

A handsome dude approaches
A lovely damsel also traipses
She grabs him, he her
Upon perfect connectivity

Sorry, cross connections
Unfulfilled gratifications
Please stand by
For
Connectivity
Indefinitely???

 

 

Send home my long-strayed eyes to me,
Which (Oh) too long have dwelt on thee.- John Donne, “The Message,” 1595
 

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired- Robert Frost, in coversation

 

May your every wish be granted- ancient Chinese curse

Love, all alike, no seasons knows, nor clime
Nor hours, days, months, which are the range of time.
- John Donne, The Sun Rising,1595

 

Often we are firm from weakness, and audacious from timidity.
-La Rochefoucauld, Maxims 1665

 

Biological weakness is the condition of human culture.
Erich  Fromm, Escape from Freedom, 941

 

How few are our real wants! And how easy it is to satisfy them!
Our imaginary ones are boundless and insatiable.
Julius Charles Hare & Augustus William Hare, Guesses At Truth, 1827

 

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied
Must admit those of fancy.- Samuel Johnson, Rasselas, 1759

 

We do not succeed in changing things according to our desires, but gradually our desire changes.
 – Proust, Albertine disparue, 1925

 

I look at what I have and think myself unhappy; others look at what I have and
Think me happy.- Joseph Roux, Meditations of a Parish Priest, 1886.

Daybreak

Night canvas folds itself curling within
Stars dim turning their switches off therein

Fingers of darkness too lighten insipidly fading away
Moon retreats to sleep soundly giving in to another day

Streetlamps, lonely sentinels of concrete jungles
Turn off one by one in precision without rumbles

Owls and bats now silently go to rest as the night
Creeps away gently heralding the onset of daylight

Birds go about their business all chirruping in unison
Street traffic gains momentum as sounds of life beckon

The horizon as always defines a distinctively alluring sky
Where crisscross streaks of orange gold fingers playfully ply

The golden round disc of the sun makes a showing once again
Spilling shimmering orange golden reflections in flowing ocean

The bright blue sky appears lively with planes and flocking birds
All intent on reaching somewhere before turning back homewards

Church bells and temple and mosques all open their welcoming doors
Inviting all the laity, saints and sinners as them the god equally adores

Springy step and day’s challenges to be met head on, resolves we make
It is after all the dawning of another exciting new challenging daybreak

 

 A rare experience of a moment at daybreak, when something in nature seems to reveal all consciousness, cannot be explained at noon. Yet it is part of the day’s unity.
Charles Ives American, Composer Quotes

If your efforts are sometimes greeted with indifference, don’t lose heart. The sun puts on a wonderful show at daybreak, yet most of the people in the audience go on sleeping.
Ada Teixeira

 

It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.–Aristotle  BC 384-322, Greek Philosopher

one of my favorite songs by Cat Stevens
(his voice and music is awesome)

Morning Has Broken- by Cat Stevens
  
 
Morning has broken, like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
Praise for them springing fresh from the world

Sweet the rain’s new fall, sunlit from heaven
Like the first dewfall, on the first grass
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
Sprung in completeness where his feet pass

Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
Born of the one light, eden saw play
Praise with elation, praise every morning
God’s recreation of the new day

 

Time Warp

Hastily walking running jogging
Trigger triggers hurtling funneling
Down vortex of my life’s tunnel

Few patches of faded negatives slide
Trinkets n milk teeth gleaming glide
Umpteen tales princes and magic rides

Surface, thrilling rollercoaster
Whizzing, joyous cracker rockets
Forgotten pals in memory’s time pocket

Excitedly curiously lifting the veil of tarp
From times past I catch a glimpse of a harp
Buddies, old vinyls, armchair in time warp

Old ditties reverberate in head soothing
Friends all same stationary, me drifting
Navigating bravely twists n turns tasting

They say rolling stone gathers no hay
Yet tasting cup of life self, happen what may
Is by far better, defying, denying destiny its own way

Time warp made me realize
I envied none as I surmised
I was richer living life king size

No movement can afford to be caught in a time warp and
exist in a state of suspended animation.
Theodore Bikel
Austrian, Actor Quotes

The timelessness of a concept has to be woven into the
 running warp of dying time, vertical power has to be
wedded to the horizontal earth.
Ella Maillart
Swiss, Writer Quotes
If someone is making a judgment when they don’t have
firsthand experience, it’s intolerant. How can you make
a judgment on something you don’t know about?
Beck American, Musician Quotes

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences
 of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared,
 ambition inspired and success achieved.
Helen Keller
American, Author Quotes

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins:
cash and experience. Take the experience first;
the cash will come later.
Harold S. Geneen, 1910-, American Accountant, Industrialist, CEO, ITT

There are those who think they can play you like a fiddle.
I never tell them they are bad musicians, I just pluck their strings!
Carl Stoynoff, poet/philosopher

Sandcastles

Childhood and sandcastle are akin with a short life span
Both to be relished fully as time and tide wait for no man

Teens come upon us suddenly making us spurt and sprout
Sandcastles too get better defined in these hands no doubt

Youth comes along merrily and emotions take front seat
Exploration n awareness bring love, quickening heartbeat   


dreams dreamed, sandcastles built
enjoyed living without any guilt

High on cloud nine, in gold palace fine
entwined by loving arms, blissful, divine

Throes of exquisite first raptures
brief glowing fireflies captured

embedded treasure trove of cherished memories
gleaming sun catchers of tender love’s trophies

open sesame gained easily alibaba treasures
all in palms of hand without tough measures

four hands touched created dreamy castle in sand
promising eternal love beneath blue sky and land

the ocean heard and laughed at this innocence
shaking in mirth sending riptides as hindrance

love nest of sandcastle gulped in many a stride
telltale signs remained not, on beach, woe betide

lost grandeur of what once had been
handful of promises with lovely sheen

warming and fanning eternal love flames
at the hearth of sandcastle’s fireplace

ensconced lovingly in mansion built on sandy stretch
passing meteor briefly held, joyful catch, unlatched

 

 

“A hero is one who digs the moat while you build your sand castle.” By Sylphia, from internet

Hekyll And jekyll

Hekyll And Jekyll
Two faced
We all are

One for self
One for them
One acquiescing
One denying
One watching
One playing
One laidback
One proactive
One judgmental
One easygoing
One frivolous
One serious
One god fearing
One daredevil
One pathetic
One brave
One penitent
One incorrigible
One biting the bullet
One cringing
One shameful
One shameless
One witness
One witnessing

We are all one or the
Other sometime
For sure if not all the
Time!!!!
The essence of all jokes, of all comedy, seems to be an honest or
 well intended halfness; a non performance of that which is
pretended to be performed, at the same time that one is giving
loud pledges of performance. The balking of the intellect,
 is comedy and it announces itself in the pleasant spasms we call laughter.    
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

It’s silly to go on pretending that under the skin we are all brothers.
 The truth is more likely that under the skin we are all cannibals
 assassins, traitors, liars, hypocrites, poltroons.   
Henry Miller (1891 - 1980)

The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it.
 My beliefs I test on my body, on my intuitional consciousness,
 and when I get a response there, then I accept.    
D. H. Lawrence (1885 - 1930)
 
In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence
can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.    
Marya Mannes

To know that you do not know is the best.
To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease.   
Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu

A flatterer is a friend who is your inferior, or pretends to be so.    
Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)

I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.    
Clarence Darrow (1857 - 1938)

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.   
Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC)
 
Popularity comes from allowing yourself to be bored by people while pretending to enjoy it.   
Karol Newlin
 
Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.   
Alan Watts

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.    
Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007), Mother Night

Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public.   
Edgar Watson Howe (1853 - 1937)

You can pretend to be serious; you can’t pretend to be witty.   
Sacha Guitry (1885 - 1957)
 
If there is one thing worse than being an ugly duckling in a house of swans,
 it’s having the swans pretend there’s no difference.
Teena Booth, Falling From Fire

Playful Puppies (a-z)

A
Best
Comrade
Drooling
Enduring
Frequently
Goofy
High jinks
Inundating
Jesting
Keeping
Limits
Mauling
Nudging
Openly
Pawing
Quieting
Rambunctiously
Stimulating
Thrills
Umbrella of love
Vigilantly providing
Watchful ever
Xtremely caring
Zealously protective
 
Not only is life a bitch, but it is always having puppies.
Adrienne Gusoff
Author Nationalities, Artist Quotes

 There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.
Bern Williams
Author Nationalities, Musician Quotes

A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates.
Josh Billings
American, Comedian Quotes

There are all sorts of cute puppy dogs, but it doesn’t stop people from
 going out and buying Dobermans.
Angus Young
Scottish, Musician Quotes

Love A to Zee

A Love Story

(Alphabetically)

Alluring
Beguiling
Comely
Dynamite
Enchanting
Femme Fatale
Gently entrapped
Him forever
In Love lasso
Jubilantly embracing
Knight In Shining Armour
Love enthralling both
Merging spirits
Night And Day
Overcome  with passion
Paradise regained
Qunintessentially
Rapturous wonderment
Sufficient unto each other
Time and Tide meaningless
Under benevolent Cupid thrall
Victoriously Declaring
Wonder Of it All
Xanadu
Yearning no more
Zenith  of love achieved at last

One who has not only the four S’s, which are required in every good lover,
 but even the whole alphabet; as for example… Agreeable, Bountiful, Constant,
 Dutiful, Easy, Faithful, Gallant, Honorable, Ingenious, Kind, Loyal, Mild,
 Noble, Officious, Prudent, Quiet, Rich, Secret, True, Valiant, Wise; the X indeed,
 is too harsh a letter to agree with him, but he is Young and Zealous.

Miguel De Cervantes
1547-1616, Spanish Novelist, Dramatist, Poet

Kindred Spirits

(on two playful puppies)

Two sweet cuddly balls of fur
Wagging tails, like malleable rubber
 
Playfully fencing, prancing feinting
Dancing tiny steps, selves balancing

Sibling are they, born of the same mother
Having same genetic makeup, minds other

No two living creatures have similar minds
Only same likes and dislikes that them binds

Thus we often look for our doppelgangers
Kindred spirits making living that matters

Virtually or in reality we are all on missions
To find folks having same speak and visions

Doubled is our pleasure if we find such a being
Co-existing in tandem, making life worth living

 

I found that it wasn’t so oddball to like music and poetry and visual arts, they’re kindred spirits.
J. Carter Brown
Author Nationalities, Athlete Quotes

 
I sometimes read in a gossip column that I was at a party when I was in Europe at the time.
 It sometimes feels I’ve got a Doppelganger somewhere.
Candace Bushnell
American, Writer Quotes

 

 

 

Making Memories (Family Album)

First sighting
instant
Déjà vu
Transmigration
Osmosis
Merging
Making memories

 1,2,3,4..

Tough two knitting needles
Strong, upright, tensile, resilient
Yarns of love and trust hold tight
 The skeins of two colorful personas
 

Multi-hued crisscrossing mingling
Kaleidoscope like forming patterns

Intricate and unique pleasuring both
The onlookers and performers alike
Yet, unalike, as  involvements  are unalike
Betwixt memory makers n memory shakers
The woof and wharf of two lives’  fabrics
Takes on a unique blended designer beauty
Skilled cohabitation and masterful dance
In step, in sync, gracefully bending, pirouetting
Twirling,  nuzzling,  guzzling,  feeding
Merging, submerging, panicking, smiling
Living, loving, flying, jiving, diving, divining
Singing, winging, zinging, singeing, searing
Creating a very personal private memory bank
Enriched with coins of life well earned together
Spending from it lovingly, in bits and bytes
Storing in memory chips, in print and virtually
For progeny to enjoy and cherish in later life
As memory makers waltz  into horizon, for posterity

I cannot say good-bye to those whom I have grown to love,
 for the memories we have made will last a lifetime and never know a good-bye
Anonymous
 The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels:
 it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.
Salvador Dali
Spanish, Artist Quotes
The one thing I need to leave behind is good memories.
Michael Landon
American, Actor Quotes
A life-long blessing for children is to fill them with warm memories of
 times together. Happy memories become treasures in the heart to pull
 out on the tough days of adulthood
Charlotte Davis Kasl
Author Nationalities, Politician Quotes

Looking- Swapping

Once
There was a goldfish in a bowl and a kitten peeking from outside
The kitten had its nose pressed against the glass globe
Looking inside wishing wanting an in
The goldfish ogled at the kitten wanting an out
Now
With swapped places
The kitty is inside and
The goldfish is out
Having got their wish
They both realize
That it matters not whether you are inside or out
The key is to be in tune with self
Barriers will automatically vanish
Fusing all into a unified whole
Visualization, perception, realization
 
Ultimately swapping places
Trading spaces. Matters not
 
 
 
The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and
 to be able  to lose all desire for things beyond your reach.
Lin Yn-tang, 1895-1976, Chinese Writer and Philologist
 
 
True contentment comes with empathy.
Tim Finn
New Zealander, Musician Quotes
Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge,
 for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.
Kahlil Gibran, Author Nationalities, Poet Quotes

Poem 2

swapped places- Fishdream

fumbling goldfish,  furious frantic freaking

writhing feline critter cowering confused

contained confined cogitating cajoling

finny friend forcing freedom frowning

scared cat, crying, twisted hapless toddler,
 
swapping places, transference, juxtaposed askew

globe, mini ocean, goldfish world, verily, true

magical, Houdini, sleight of hand, swapping

spaces, seeking  short span, brief, somersaults

confining, confusing kitty, ball of fur and fish

perception, telepathy. tantalising visualisation

teleportation, swapping spaces, trading places

who is who, what is what, vision, sighting, slanted

Fishdream free unconfined, feline foe fear fraught

swapped places, trading spaces fishdream fantasy

 
When of a gossiping circle it was asked,
 What are they doing? The answer was, Swapping lies.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
1751-1816, Anglo-Irish Dramatist
 

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