THE BURDENS SO HEAVY

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(23 OCT 2011 – Have you ever had a LOW where there was no light, but only the darkness of depression, where you slumped into an timelessness weighted down by the burdens in your Life without the light of Hope?  Such a surreality is a continuality twined to the Heart of many whose wounds are visible only in the eyes of their Soul.  Where is the Light to show me the Way -- to Calm my Fears -- to Dry my Tears?  ~dht-2011 )

Deep, tearing sobs, escape a Heart –

encased in utter Hopelessness and Despair.

Screams of anguish and anger echo –

through the hollow halls of my body and soul.

No longer can I continue in this way –

but neither can I retrace my footsteps or start again.

So many years full of despair, Loss, disappointment, pain, regrets –

The Burdens So Heavy.

[Dorothy Hazel Tarr - 2011]

  

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AS DUST IN THE WIND

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(Oh, to hold the moments so precious and rare, just once more, that brought forth the smile to my face and Joy to my Heart.  The pages of our memories fray with Time -- and turn to Dust in the Wind.  dht-22 OCT 2011)

Life is --

so fragile – so brief – so fleeting.

With the first breath at birth --

the Journey begins.

Each day that passes –

brings the last day nearer.

The moments between the first and last –

are As Dust in the Wind.

[Dorothy Hazel Tarr - 2011]

REMINDERS OF THE DAYS

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(22 OCT 2011 -- Memories of Yesterday are a sharp edged sword, that bring to mind moments of Joy, while inflicting the pain of regret.  dht- 2011)

Mementos once held with Joy –

Now open wounds Never healed.

Memories rekindle longings within –

of abandoned Hopes Never realized.

At every turn – the Heart –

finds Reminders of the Days.

[Dorothy Hazel Tarr - 2011]

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]