Solitude

Laugh, and the world laughs with you;

Weep, and you weep alone.

For the sad old earth must borrow it's mirth,

But has trouble enough of its own.

Sing, and the hills will answer,

Sigh, it is lost on the air.

The echoes bound to a joyful sound,

But shrink from voicing care.

Rejoice, and men will seek you;

Grieve, and they turn and go.

They want full measure of all your pleasure,

But they do not need your woe.

Be glad, and your friends are many;

Be sad, and you lose them all.

There are none to decline your nectared wine,

But alone you must drink life's gall.

Feast, and your halls are crowded;

Fast, and the world goes by.

Succeed and give, and it helps you live,

But no man can help you die.

There is room in the halls of pleasure

For a long and lordly train,

But one by one we must all file on

Through the narrow aisles of pain.

-Ella Wheeler Wilcox

QUOTE

"When you're going through hell, keep going"

-Winston Churchill

Not a haiku

"He who binds to himself a joy
Does the winged life destroy;
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in Eternity's sunrise"


William Blake

French Proverb

"He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear."

Fearlessly You

There is a trembling from inside,

That takes you to a daily peace,

Where your work becomes pride,

And doubts of the world cease.

It is the gold of given choice,

You must claim early every day,

To strengthen your own voice,

And the wings to carry you away.

Flying seems an impossible chance,

When you look only to the ground,

As silence seems a golden dance,

When hopeless is all you've found.

So, answer to the voices deep within,

Pick your shinning star and hold true,

Believe well before you even begin,

The meaning of life is fearlessly you.

~Poet Bartoluciano

Give it Away

A bell is not bell ‘til you ring it,

A song is not song ‘til you sing it,

And love in your heart

Wasn’t put there to stay-

Love isn’t love

‘Til you give it away.

-Oscar Hammerstein

Someone Special

"...And one day you came to me like message in a bottle;

And ever-since I've been trying to unravel deepest enigmas, 

so I can write the greatest poem and dedicate it to you..."

T.D