YOUNG LOVE

I LOOKED INTO THE PAST TODAY
YOUNG LOVE WAS ON DISPLAY
ADORING GLANCES, HOLDING HANDS, WHISPERED WORDS
I REMEBER THOSE DAYS WITH A FONDNESS
A TIME OF NO EXPECTATIONS OR EXPERIENCES TO TAINT
THAT YOUTHFUL DELIGHT
THE EAGERNESS, THE HORMONES ALIGHT
AND EVEN THOUGH I THOUGHT ISN'T THAT SWEET
THE OLDER EXPERIENCED ME WANTED TO SHAKE THAT GIRL
AND TELL HER THE TRUTH THAT LIFE WILL PRODUCE!
BUT WE ARE ONLY YOUNG ONCE AND THAT NEWNESS AND GLEE
SHOULD BE ENJOYED AND CHERISHED
AND MAYBE MY HEART BECOME ALITTLE YOUNGER TODAY
AS MEMORIES VISITED.

LONELINESS: A POEM

LONELINESS GRABS HOLD AND SQUEEZES MY HEART AND SOUL
FILLING MY MIND WITH NIGHTMARES
AM I HERE! OR IS THIS ALL A CRUEL ILLUSION
DO I BELONG IN THIS REALITY
DO I HAVE ANY MORE TOO GIVE
OR AM I IN PEPTUAL ISOLATION
CRYING OUT TO BE HEARD
SLOWLY WITHERING AWAY
FROM THE INDIFFERNECE OF A WORLD I NO LONGER KNOW!

DEBRA RAE

COMPASSION

COMPASSION IS A GIFT;ONE THAT WHEN APPLIED GIVES EQUALLY
BOTH TO THE RECIEVER AND TOO THE GIVER
COMPASSION OPENS ONES HEART TO A SIMPLY TRUTH
THAT WE ARE HERE TO GIVE OF OURSELVES
WHEN WE CLOSE OUR HEARTS AND MINDS TO THE PLIGHT OF OTHERS
WE ARE CLOSING DOWN OURSELVES IN THAT PROCESS
WE ARE CLOSING OFF OUR HUMANITY AND ARE BEING LESS HONEST AND
KIND TO OURSELVES IN THAT PROCESS.
IF ONLY WE THOUGHT LESS AND ACTED MORE WITH PURE COMPASSION
INSTEAD OF SAFEGUARDING OUR HEARTS AND THINKING THAT THE ACT OF GIVING IS ALSO THE ACT OF RECIEVING, SO WE DON'T GIVE IF WE DON'T THINK WE WILL RECIEVE IN RETURN. SO WE SET OURSELVES UP AS A JUDGE AND JURY! ONLY GIVING WHEN IT BENIFITS US.
WE HAVE TOTALLY MISSED THE POINT! THE JOY IS IN THE UNCONDITIONAL ACT OF GIVING OUR LOVE AND COMPASSION. OF EXPECTING NOTHING IN RETURN. OF OPENING OUR HEARTS AND MINDS AND ALLOWING THAT COMPASSION TO GROW AND GROW AND EXPAND BEYOUND US! TO STOP BEING SO SELF INVOLVED