What goes through your mind right now?

[Frankie Jasmine]

EMBER OF LIFE
by Frankie Jasmine


Inside of me is a spark, flickering up,
Then sometimes settling down to a mere ember.
It threatens or gives hope of a great conflagration!

Why do I keep losing it?
It's almost a part of me, and yet it slips just past my grasp.
I want to grab hold of it, run with it, set fire to my life!
Then light up the world with it, share it, give it, hide it, expose it, control it!
Still . . . it is just barely out of my reach.
Why?

Yet, I can feel it there, taunting me to grasp it and run!!
Oh, how I want to reach it, own it!
How I want the power and very life of it!!
How I wish to possess it and never, ever lose it again!!!

[Maviii]

@frankie meaningful and optimistic words brava...
i wish i was a poet

what goes in my mind is
'' dam waterg har sa donay dikin aghor xeets yish yal 7ar sa, tsan7 gayna yal yad mattig bal 7ar sa ''

[Frankie Jasmine]

@Maviii, dear, what neither you nor Layla realize is that each of you is already a poet. You simply do not know it. But I see it clearly in the many things you say, post, whether words, photos, etc., poetic and artistic--very much so. And it is on this level especially that I can identify with both of you . . .


And the "poem" above is very true . . .
There have been moments when I almost had my hands on "it" . . .
For it then to retreat, beyond even my ability to beckon it.
"It" teases me.
Sneaking upon me at moments when I'm unawares
To know exactly what "it" is, and staying just out of my reach . . .
Taunting me.

When "it" finallly becomes mine, dear,
I intend to S O A R !!!
I am sure then you will recognize the change in me.

I have "possessed" it before without knowing it.
Now, it's half-enemy
(Because I cannot conquer and use it for myself).
And half-friend
(Having been a part of me before).

Once I have "it", own it . . .
LOOK OUT WORLD, HERE I COME ! ! ! !

[safe1]

I sold my car...so it's about high time to buy my car... NO?

[safe1]

Damn, I didn't take my umbtella... Crap..

[Ofratko]

can the bloody train go any slower...

[Ofratko]

@Frankie lovely poem. Feel like this a lot lately.

[miss daisy]

My law assignment is due today by midnight. I didn't write a word in it and I have no idea what that man wants! I'm in deep ****!

[Frankie Jasmine]

My law assignment is due today by midnight. I didn't write a word in it and I have no idea what that man wants! I'm in deep ****!

*******, Miss Daisy, ******* = trouble! I wish you the best!

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What goes through my mind is, am I crazy because I like to save every one of the PMs I've received from all ATL friends?

[safe1]

[miss daisy]

Messed up beyond my expectation!

[Layla]

[Layla]

It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion!

[miss daisy]

This is song is beyond amazinG! ''Breath of life - Florence + the machine''

[Layla]

I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,
And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea's face, and a grey dawn breaking.

I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull's way and the whale's way, where the wind's like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.

[xxhollyxx]

i wish it was sunny

[xxhollyxx]

wow that water is well blue layla

[Frankie Jasmine]

"I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying."

Thanks, Layla

[Frankie Jasmine]

Where is Milli?

[Frankie Jasmine]

Glad Nere's joining with us again!