WHERE STANDS A TREE

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(OCT 2011 -- On my Heart are embedded the memories of my Love, entwined forever in the bonds of Time.  dht-2011)

In my dream –
there is a Tree –
where deeply carved are
my Love's Name with Mine.

The deep gouges –

Now Weathered –
with the Passage of Time.

The Tree of Love –

Now surrounded with –
a Forrest of unfulfilled –
Hopes and Wishes.

[Dorothy Hazel Tarr - 2011]

WHISPERS IN THE WIND

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(There are so many mysteries in my Daily Life, held secret behind Nature's veil.  The Blessings and gifts served on the wings of a new Day, are as Whispers in my Ear that remind me of the Promises in my Christian Bible, for which my daily prayers give Thanks.  dht-OCT 2011)

Nature holds many of Life's secrets –

The Promises in a New Dawn our Blessings –

The Word of GOD reveals to those
whose Heart listens --

The Sounds of a moment's passage --
but Whispers in the Wind.

[Dorothy Hazel Tarr - 2011]

IMPOSSIBLE DREAMS

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(If your Heart lives in your Dreams, the World must "knock at its door", for the KEY to your HEART is a MYSTERY shrouded in LOST LOVE.   dht-22 OCT 2011)

All the carefully erected walls

shelter a wounded Heart --  
and prove a shield against
the chill of shattered Hopes.

Dreams that beckon

for fulfillment
in a realm
of surreality.

Reality the danger –
threatens to breach the walls –
seeks to destroy the safe harbor of –
Impossible Dreams !

[Dorothy Hazel Tarr - 2011]

TO WHAT PURPOSE

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(Does anyone ever find the answers they are looking for?  Where is the repository?  Who the authority? OR, does it really matter at all?  dht-22 OCT 2011)

  

WHAT personal destiny floats on my Horizon?
WHAT purpose was I born to fulfill?
WHAT path will my footsteps take me?
WHAT hurdles lay in the road on my Journey?

So many questions --

as I wander through Life –

Always searching for the answers –

Yet always blind to the answers.

NOW I see --

   it's NOT TO WHAT PURPOSE –

BUT --

    it's       TO THE JOURNEY itself !

[Dorothy Hazel Tarr - 2011]

THE STORY WITHIN

[Photo Source: Google online images --  Fall with many colors on two sides of a Path with depth.]

(I wrote this on 21 OCT 2011, thinking of someone special and how they changed their attitude from one of condescension to prayer for another.  Hopefully, those of my acquaintance will take the time to 'hear' my Story and hold me in their prayers.  -dht)

Whenever I hear an account about the behavior or actions of another – I usually wonder about what Life circumstances led those individuals to the lives that they lead.

There are so many factors that affect our Lives, that influence our decisions, and that determine our Life's Path.

A quick cursory observation of another's Life Decisions, too often result in an unfortunate and biased opinion.

It is amazing to me that so many of those old sayings hold so much truth - - 

"There but for the Grace of God, go I !"  [~unknown]

"Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes."  [~Jack Handey]

"Three quarters of the miseries and misunderstandings in the world would finish, if people were to put on the shoes of their adversaries and understood their points of view."  [~Mahatma Gandhi]

"You never truly know someone until you've walked a mile in their shoes."  [~unknown]

"You have brains in your head.  You have feet in your shoes.  You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.  You're on your own.  And, you know what you know.  You are the one who'll decide where to go.'  [~Dr. Seuss]

It would seem that more compassionate answers would surface, if you were to know the 'whole' of another's situation, and would pause and take the time to wonder and question the motives and actions of others with your Heart.

There is always a Story Within the Story – within the individual – within the situation.  It takes a special person to see "The Story Within".

The rewards of using this kind of introspection are many, but may require one to set aside all their preconceived ideas of propriety, etiquette, commitment, politics, faith, or whatever.  Personal growth and maturation are but some of the rewards for a compassionate Heart and mind.

Learning and understanding The Story Within the Story is an incredible Journey, and one that has precedence in the Biblical Sense – in the miracles of Forgiveness and Love.

So before you venture an opinion about me, try to hear The Story Within the Story of my Life!

[Dorothy Hazel Tarr - 2011]

MEMORIES - 101

                      [PHOTO Credit: A red Camellia -- my photo, my camera Feb 2011]

Precious memories Linger –

ashes the only remains –
that keep me warm –
in the Cold of my Winter years.

Warm memories almost erase –

the middle years when –
the turbulent periods of wedded Life –
shadowed, poisoned, and imprisoned the Spirit.

Well tended and watered with many tears –

memories traverse the pathways of the mind –
sometimes bringing a smile –
but more often sorrow, regret, and despair.

Long since retired from the wedded field –

never more to share a spouse's Life –
Yet held hostage by the memories –
of the other half.

Where are my "wings" that I may soar –

through these stormy gales –
through a realm of shattered dreams –
a waste land of broken promises.

What Lingers now remains –

only an unwilling chattel –
suborned to the will of fate's design –
swept away –  adrift on a tide of memories.

[Dorothy Hazel Tarr - 2011]

HOPE - 101

                                  [PHOTO Credit:  A wild rose -- my photo, my camera July 2011]

(This is just for all the 'HOPEFULS' who think tomorrow will be better -- bah hum bug ! dht-OCT 2011)

HOPE is a terrible, deceitful, two-faced entity.

It will keep you warm now and again –

but when it withers and fades –

the cold always comes back –

more bitter than before –

for then one feels the loss more keenly –

after knowing what could have been!

No matter how 'bad' my Life is –

I Never lose HOPE, that someday –
somehow -- a chance will open up –

and I'll be able to have a better Life.

How does that saying go –

Where there is HOPE -- There is Life.

So I must have Lost some of my Life –

when I Lost some of my HOPE!

[Dorothy Hazel Tarr - 2011]