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catch22 |
Aug 16 2005, 03:28 PM
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Jump-Rope Rhyme (Tom Hansen)
Tat tvam asi: thou art that- that leaf, that tree, that cow, that cat, that cloud, that sky, that moon, that sun, that you, that I- for all are one. So here you are and there you go and who you were you hardly know. I think this I is only me: a drip, a drop, but not the sea. Yet when I wake from all these dreams, then like the snake, I'll shed what seems: this mask, this skin, this ball and chain. I will begin to fall like rain. Our heart's last home: the wind-whipped foam, the sweet, deep sea. Tat tvam asi. "The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it."
"Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad. " "You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. " George Bernard Shaw |
shivani |
Feb 15 2006, 06:22 PM
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Sigh!!
Quiet flows the river crossing the mighty grey mountain gingerly over its jagged feet and carrying a stone or two along Quiet flows the river passing the flower strewn valley caressing a flower or two enjoying breeze whistling a song Quiet flows the river by the thick dark forest urging the streams down to willows where doe galloped in its throng Quiet flows the river inside the ancient citywalls where women flirt with its water wrapping themselves in its wavy sarong Quiet flows the river mesmerized by wonders it met noting it all in the wind never stopping for an yearlong Quiet flows the river into the blue waiting sea embracing her beloved finally resting where it belong |
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