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"Today I saw a young leaf die cut short in prime of life. I saw it lean and twist and sway until from Tree of Life it broke away. It could not halt its wild descent as slowly to its fate it went. It sp..."

"Fair Maiden, you forsook the life you planned to live just but a short lifetime ago. Your warm heart has now turned to ice, you've let your feelings go. Your parents turned their backs on you when you..."

"Beauty is not the sunset with its wonderfully soft glow casting a golden hue that captivates And enthralls. Beauty is not the gentle swell of the waves as they make their majestic Journey towards the ..."

"I know now what you are. A dream! That's what! A dream is what you are. A nurtured dream that knows not truth; I'm wishing on a star. ....a wish that now can never be for you belong - but not to me. I..."

"A doctor at a mental institution saw two patients out on a pasture. They were talking and laughing while eating some fruits, sitting back to back to each other. All of a sudden one fellow shouted out..."

"Locked up in here, this jail called life, my sentence is to live on. The world has tried and judged my case and fate is now my warden. My failures stark are here revealed, my rich ambitions cast aside..."

"Dear Friend,           Do not highlight the bad that is about, instead point out the good that I may be happy in this world in which I live. Do not hate me and wish evil for me; instead care for me t..."

"The awful stench that filled my nostrils made me want to run away; but still I stayed. Rooted to the spot, Enthralled. Relentlessly, the spurned insects with vengeful action showed their wrath. They b..."

"Have you looked at Grandma's hands? The fingertips? Old and wrinkled with gentleness. The nails? Stained with thousands of recipe ingredients. The palms? Gnarled from holding loved ones close. Have yo..."

"I tricked my Mom and Dad today. I made them think I was asleep. They crept into my room, carefully, lifted the net from my crib, taking pains not to disturb me. Dad put one arm around Mom's shoulder, ..."

"His eyes which were as of a hawk's, are dulled and dimmed by age. He holds his paper at arm's length and barely sees the page. He lifts a palm, the knuckles gnarled from working year to year. He cups ..."

"Even now after all this time I am still awed by your beauty. Every time I look at you I still recall that special day I fell for you; so deeply in love with you. In a moment of halted time. Every ti..."

"I've lost my way and cannot find my destiny. I hang suspended for a moment, a dreaded moment, lost in time. Lost....movement for a while ....I halt....suspended thus, then slowly losing grip, and now ..."

"I lay beside you full of warmth, and feel a deep and dreadful cold that flows like frosty stream within your veins, within your very heart. A heart that offers not the love I seek, and now I know the ..."

"I walk upon the shifting sands of time, and lose myself in wild and aimless thoughts of yesterday. Such rapture, short but sweet. Such joy, such bliss, I'm moved to weep. To think that such could be ..."

"I heard it speak with rumbling tones, an imperious voice that thundered through the valley. A voice that shook the very earth with awesome authority. None that heard could help but cower at the power ..."

"You are a rare and precious stone whose flawless beauty transcends the temporal, and trespasses on the celestial. You walk with the grace of one whose body blends in harmony to the contours of the ve..."

"There plays a line inside my head inside my very soul. It's coming from a Carol sweet that's sung with mournful melody that makes me warm but leaves me cold. A melody that's made of hope and dreams ..."