Two friends went out for a walk one summer day
When dark clouds rolled in and it started to rain.
"I hate rain," said one. "I wish it would go away."
But the other just smiled and didn't complain.
"Oh, come on. We're not made of sugar," she said.
Besides, doesn't the rain feel nice on your face?
Just think of how refreshing it is instead.
There's so much about rain that you could embrace."
"Embrace?" the other said. "What do you mean?
All I know is I'm all wet and my hair is a mess!"
As she walked by grass of luminescent green,
She continued to examine her own distress.
As she listed all the reasons she hated the rain,
Her friend chuckled and finally stopped listening.
She chose pleasure while her friend chose pain.
One saw only gray; one saw the world glistening.
So it is with everything that comes our way in life.
There's no meaning except that which we give it.
We can pile onto our pain more misery and strife.
Our experience of life depends on how we live it.
When you lose someone who you needed so much,
You can cry forever or celebrate their existence.
Until you can love them far beyond human touch,
Peace will always be somewhere in the distance.
Author notes
For my dear friend, Karen (Klassy Lassy), who inspired this poem when she said, "An idea will always outlast its material manifestation."
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Pairs ice skating is a physical manifestation of the potential of pair bonding.
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sounds like you friend Karen is also wise! It's all about choices, isn't it! I personally love being in the rain in the summer, especially while running. There is something so grounding about it, the air is fresh, no other crazy is out, so it's peaceful. What joys we can miss by closing our minds. I also believe when a bond is made, it never dies, even though the relationship or person even does. It's almost like a new soul is created by the two, be it love in friendship, family or romance. That chapter of the book was written, it is ours, to reread any time we wish.
Nice reading you tonight.
blessings,
Michelle
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Simply a great poem
Reflects well your inner strength and attitude, Mark. Good on you. You are....a glass 3/4 full. The writing in this is excellent and it's a very hard subject to describe. -
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Thanks, Chuck. Yes, it is a tough one. I wrote it for Claudia, hoping to somehow find the right combination of words that might pull her out of her grief a little, and knowing the words don't exist.
How are you doing over there in paradise?
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i love this i feel as if i was in this convo because i have had these talks with my lover. i think its awsome that you found away to make a convo and rymeing discriptive poem it is a great piece of art and i hope you dont stop writeing the world needs to see how beutifull things really are so i agree very much with you
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Glad you found some common ground with me in this one. Thanks for the encouragement.
Mark
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Such a very poignant write that applies to us all no matter what we are doing or where we go in life. We can as you so well said in your piece make our lives beautiful or fill it with pain and distress, it is ultimately up to us which way we go. I like how you have one person who is fearful and sorrowful while the other embraces everything with a smile and enjoys all that they see hear and smell. Just a delight to read with a great flow and the rhythm and rhyme just sensational. Thank you so much for sharing this excellent piece.
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Hi Patty,
I guess we all know both types of people, and we all ARE both types of people from moment to moment. So hard to be one thing/way all the time, isn't it?
I hope you're enjoying the fall so far. It's my favorite time of year. Love all the colorful leaves. The eyes are so easily entertained. lol
Take care,
Mark
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So Beautiful!
The way we view and respond to situations in our lives surely can make or break us. We are all handed our share of pain in this life, but what we do with that is truly up to us. This poem speaks to my heart, and the positive message is such a great reminder to not dwell in the negative, but to keep your focus on the positives. Very nicely written! Blessings, Patty
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So it is with everything that comes our way in life.
There's no meaning except that which we give it.
We can pile onto our pain more misery and strife.
Our experience of life depends on how we live it.
I loved this part the most because I agree with it so much then I got to your ending and it reminded me of my grandpa who has passed away and how every thought of him brings a smile to my face. what a truely beautiful write I have read here. I enjoy your work as always and will be back to read more
huggles
Lena
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Hey Lena,
I'm glad this brought back some happy memories of your grandpa. Sorry to hear you lost him, but you know you'll meet him again. There is a world beyond our own. Hope you've been well, my friend.
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Wow this really make the reader want to see the light beyond the darkness. This is the first poem i have read in a long time on this site. Some time threw life we get so caught up in the pains of life we are yet to see the joys of it. Its been a long abse
Very good write
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Thanks for that great comment. It's always nice when someone "gets" what I was trying to say and you nailed it. You're so right. Pain can cover up so much good stuff if we let it, but it's always our choice what we will turn our attention to. I was walking with a friend one day when we passed a very high wall. I said, "Jeez, look at that wall. The person living there must be a hermit or something." She said, "All I noticed were the beautiful vines and flowers growing up it." I noticed the wall, she noticed the flowers. I had some work to do. lol
Take care and thanks for your username. We all need that reminder as often as possible. The troops are making it possible for me right now to sit around goofing off on a poetry site. God bless them all.
Mark
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Simply Beautiful.
Thank you.
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this is lovely
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Excellent
Very nice Mark.
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Mark,
This is very special to me. I not only would like to post it on my page to share with others, if it is alright with you, but I want to print it out and put in on my refrigerator in the kitchen to remind me that tears are temporal and that love does reach far beyond the human touch. When life overwhelms, It's good to get a nudge in the right direction again. At any rate, I appreciate this poem more than you know. I've been zapping clouds all week!
Bad news travels fast and far, but who knows the power of a mental blessing, it's influence even upon those we don't know? Thank you, Mark, very much for your own light of love. I'm blessed!
Karen
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Hi Karen,
Thanks for your response to this. You know how much I care about you so to know it made you happy enough to put it on your refrigerator is very gratifying to me. And it's always alright with me if you want to share anything I've written. No need to ask. I've always considered poems to be little travelers I send out into the world like the paper boats we made as children and set in the water flowing along the curb to arrive who-knows-where. I love the idea of some little ditty I wrote encouraging someone far away in space or time. That's what it's all about.
Take care.
Mark
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Reminds me of that saying; Don't be sad that's it's over, be happy it happened.
This poem is a great reminder, thanks.
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Beautiful
Yes, it's all in our perspective--on how we choose to view our life. This is a beautifully penned piece.
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One thing I have learned over the years is that we cannot lose what we have already gained. A profound treatise on attitude and the difference between merely surviving and actually living. Bravo, Mark.
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