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just around the corner



paradise is
where you can only be
and nothing more is,
surrounded
by love,
brief moments of lucidity
shimmering peace of mind

as when you suddenly put
your hand
against a little hares fur chest
and in amazement feels
its trembling heartbeat
while
a squirrel is sitting on a warm stone
and enjoying the sun
which slowly goes down

yes
it feels like it is
just around the corner
it may appear
the next time you lift the handset when it rings
or when you wake up 04:33 and should
not go to work

to get to know a passionate
joy
to be just the person
I was born to be

and
perhaps the most important of all
the warm cup of coffee after lunch
to enjoy

the path
has no clear end
and
hope is perhaps all it gives

— odd molly, Apr 14, 2010

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xena465

xena465

16 years 1 month ago

Beautiful writing Molly

I really enjoyed this. The images you portray are delightful. You have a great talent. Rosina xena465
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 1 month ago

Sometimes in the complexity

Sometimes in the complexity of things, I forget the beauty of simplicity, touching me as I touch it. Thank you, Molly, I much needed your gentle poem today. ~A "Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it." ~ A Course In Miracles
OM

odd molly

16 years 1 month ago

Thank You Anna. yes.. So

Thank You Anna. yes.. So easy it is to forget to look into the very moment and to really see what is there. I loved your comment and iam happy you enjoyed. love. o molly
Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

16 years 1 month ago

The touch of love.

Ann of Norway "as when you suddenly put your hand against a little hares fur chest and in amazement feels its trembling heartbeat" This bit I like best here it is such a sensitive feeling, as when one holds a bird in ones hands too, so delicate and one is scared in case it breaks as if it were glass, it shivers too, with fear when it doesn't know it is in safe hands. Lovely poem Molly, love from Ann. "shimmering piece of mind"..........do you mean peace? "and nothing more is surrounded by love" ........not quite with the logic of this, do you mean a comma after more?
OM

odd molly

16 years 1 month ago

Tack så mycket kära Ann of

Tack så mycket kära Ann of Norway. So lovely of you to tell me about my word piece that should be peace. and the comma is a very good thing too. I am so happy that you enjoyed my everyday kind of poem. Mycket kärlek. o molly
Carchuleto

Carchuleto

16 years 1 month ago

:) great work

what a great write. Your syntax provided an easy going and insightful feeling. I felt elated upon looking over this as I saw the warm days and the beauty of nature, as I could also sense you pondering it. It is great to be able to take the time to look deep into the inner beauty of things, isn't it? There is much more at work than what meets the average human eye. -Carch
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odd molly

16 years 1 month ago

Thank You dear C for your

Thank You dear C for your most kind words and comment. Yes , to look deep into the beauty of things is something we so often forget to do. love. o molly
WF

Worldwide Freeride

16 years 1 month ago

The subtly put thought and love here is tremedous!

Molly! What a write this is... The subtly put thought and love here is tremendous! If we could all just stop and take in our surroundings... no matter what the time of day or year and absorb the scene laid before us, taking in every tantalising sense then you would enjoy the world so much more... it is often the little things that make the big picture of the world more reachable, more alive and more warming than ever, from scuttling squirrels, to cockerels crowing and even a coffee in the glow of the sun, if we could just stop and stare and appreciate every little thing... then we could just realise that we are already in paradise. Thank you Molly, for this poem and making us all realise what life is about... you realease so much from you loving heart and spirit you can't help but take notice of what you say here, that hare's heartbeat will remain with me very mornign as I wake... so I approach the day with vibrance and glee. Startling good Molly, and oh so genuine and open... make you embrace the whole world in wonder and make you want to go out and experience. That is how good your writing is! Bravo! Dale :)
OM

odd molly

16 years 1 month ago

Yes Dale.. Paradise it is if

Yes Dale.. Paradise it is if we want to. Thank You so much for your most lovely comments. Iam moving to another place. It takes forever to put things in order. love always o molly
WF

Worldwide Freeride

16 years ago

Hi Molly!

Well I hope you move is going well! Are you moving to a bigger and better place? I hope so! I hope you are having a great time of it anyway and how! Take care and have agreat weekend! :)
M

magics02

16 years ago

Molly where are you gal

Hope you are all moved by now and look forward to seeing you back in here gal. This is just grand friend!! Love,Mona