tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32411254906431649412024-03-12T22:19:07.214-07:00THE POETRY OF LIFEThe Poetry and Lyrics of Jayl De Lara - Singer/Songwriter/Poet/Teacher & Warrior of LightJaylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749702073306036022noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241125490643164941.post-91893332796082045122022-11-13T12:58:00.005-08:002022-11-13T13:02:10.237-08:00QUEEN OF HEARTS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ARyDlPnpkZpUzfcYE5yHMVK013GekmCKTxQaTTBxTG2on6hrRbT0nF9Up3pZYsWu-yLfYf-6rzCj0_6ASZ4058OwYxMBgFaTFu7rkDo0VS5Vgaa7Z3YYPhaBa23LgchFwddzD0bjsgG4QPgnqB4JfegYXy1yZ-06laOMfJUsThSgMK3MtFjtVx6pWA/s1920/Queen-of-Hearts-Mast-Pic.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ARyDlPnpkZpUzfcYE5yHMVK013GekmCKTxQaTTBxTG2on6hrRbT0nF9Up3pZYsWu-yLfYf-6rzCj0_6ASZ4058OwYxMBgFaTFu7rkDo0VS5Vgaa7Z3YYPhaBa23LgchFwddzD0bjsgG4QPgnqB4JfegYXy1yZ-06laOMfJUsThSgMK3MtFjtVx6pWA/w640-h360/Queen-of-Hearts-Mast-Pic.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Grief
is the price we pay for love, you told us this was so.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">And now descends an autumn
chill, the North wind starts to blow.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">But glorious dazzling
lady, we hear you in our dreams,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Familiar, reassuring
tones; the voice of our warrior Queen.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Standing proudly as her
subjects - in silence, deep we mourn,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">For the Queen of Hearts and
Sovereign liege, we’ve known since we were born.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Courage is the choice when
life gets tough, you spoke to us in truth,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We need to be brave
through every trial, in old age and in youth.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Awoke this day in the
dawn’s early light, felt emptiness inside, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Pushed the window open
wide – let a thousand memories slide …<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Flooding like a morning
tide … with you not here, we know … <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">That grief is the price we
pay for love, you told us this was so.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">But all the magic years
have been, with all the wonders we have seen,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Living in such historic
times, you shared with us fate’s fickle lines.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">But not with hate nor to
destroy - but to build things up with love and joy …<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">And waging peace, not claw
of war – what everybody knew you for.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">With faithfulness in
clarity, dignity in tragedy, humility in majesty … <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">And oh those wondrous
jubilees, weaving through our memories,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Those halcyon sunny days
of fun, of Silver, Gold and Platinum.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Of summers passed and
fresh cut grass, of dancing nights and hearty laughs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">With smallest steps such
giant leaps, through fields of faith, where sower reaps. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Where only windy willow
weeps, in a carriage t’where the ghost of Christmas sleeps ...<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">To the paradise promised …
and a promise is for keeps … <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">She
enters with a smile so radiant, the sun himself he blinks,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In heavenly realms the
angels sing, the moon wakes up and winks.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Upon the River of Life she
glows, meandering through enchanted flows.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">And
each day - new beginnings, reminds us, so we know, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">That grief is the price we
pay for love, she told us this was so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 324.05pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm 324.05pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b style="text-align: center; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Charlemagne Std"; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Charlemagne Std"; font-size: 12pt;">QUEEN ELIZABETH II</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Charlemagne Std"; font-size: 12pt;">1926
– 2022</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 324.05pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm 324.05pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 24pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Charlemagne Std"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Charlemagne Std"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">V<br /></span></b><br /></p>Jaylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749702073306036022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241125490643164941.post-77754553554370873362022-04-17T08:43:00.002-07:002022-04-17T08:43:44.024-07:00SPIRIT (Live)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="332" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VPW5luWIhJE" width="479" youtube-src-id="VPW5luWIhJE"></iframe></div><br /> <b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt;">If I were made of just bone and flesh,</span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Life would seem so meaningless.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I am so much more – an irresistible
force,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">A living soul on a meandering course.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">From the source of life to the river
that flows,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">To an ocean of raindrops, where the
tempest blows.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Washed upon a shore of silverine sand,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">By the Grace of God and destiny’s hand.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Through the ancient tomes, the battles
and strife,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">A warrior of light in the darkness of
life.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">My spirit will live beyond these fierce
races,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">In spiritual realms, in heavenly
places.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">My soul – in surviving my tears and my
dying,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Will one day be free; with the owl -
I’ll be flying.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">In this I choose to trust; in my faith
and my belief,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">For without it - no hope; only death
like a thief.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">But I’ve met the living God; he’s
appeared to me,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">In the silence, in dreams; by the
willow tree.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Every day - new miracles; if you look
you’ll see,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Self-evident to all of us – the Lord
has set free.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">But if I were made of just bone and
flesh,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Life would seem so meaningless.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I am so much more – a pure soul in the
night,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Casting bread upon the waters – to the
glorious light.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">With so much love and spirit, I stand
upon the shore,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As I walk the narrow way, to that
heavenly door.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Which an angel will open for me when
I’ve died,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Saying “Your faith has saved you; come
in – your alive!”</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-size: medium;">Jayl </span><br />
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Picture by Michael Engel</span></i></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Jaylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749702073306036022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241125490643164941.post-48597317927961518672022-04-14T09:29:00.002-07:002022-04-14T09:29:21.274-07:00TENEBRAE (Physics)<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="308" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HzLwTjuolT8" width="474" youtube-src-id="HzLwTjuolT8"></iframe><br /><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">A dream to set our hearts upon,</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Gill Sans MT",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">A restful sleep disturbed by none</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Gill Sans MT",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The hopes were high when night begun</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Gill Sans MT",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">With Tenebrae the shadows run.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Gill Sans MT",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Fresh sleet to wash the ice away</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Gill Sans MT",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The east wind howls where snow bones lay</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Gill Sans MT",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">For sun’s return we melt and pray</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Gill Sans MT",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">From the cellar where the rats hold sway</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Gill Sans MT",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Dry bones hidden in cobbled walls</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Gill Sans MT",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">High on the yew the raven calls</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Gill Sans MT",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The signs are here, the lectern falls</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Gill Sans MT",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Beyond the claws and ancient halls.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Gill Sans MT",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The vanes they turn on lofty spires</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Gill Sans MT",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The crows - they perch on telegraph wires</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Gill Sans MT",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">A rain to quench the forest fires</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Gill Sans MT",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">To quell the rush of dark desires</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Gill Sans MT",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The light will return or so they say</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Gill Sans MT",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">But beware the clasp of Tenebrae</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Gill Sans MT",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The die is cast, the roles were laid</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Gill Sans MT",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Way back when, with our Lord betrayed</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Gill Sans MT",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Stand still oh sun in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:place w:st="on">Gibeon</st1:place><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>*</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Gill Sans MT",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Stand moon in the vale of Ajalon</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Gill Sans MT",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">And fresh the stream in Avalon</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Gill Sans MT",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">With a dream to set our hearts upon.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Gill Sans MT",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Jayl De Lara</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Gill Sans MT",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Maundy Thursday</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">*Joshua 10 Vrse12</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tenebrae</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">(Latin for
'shadows' or 'darkness')</span><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;"> is the Christian Service of Shadows; celebrated on the
morning or evening of Maundy Thursday.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif;">MUSIC - "Physics" by Jayl</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif;"> - from The Dance of Life</span></span></span></i></b></p><br /><p></p>Jaylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749702073306036022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241125490643164941.post-23161569635817124752022-04-07T09:55:00.005-07:002022-04-10T07:27:57.017-07:00BEFORE THE FALL <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2rgkj6FdtNsI_4w2-vBqdEYoqiTyLNULg2koeY_cGUYUz_lY43rmIhTPB3fhVaYKBUTbnegVLhxDLj-46NO27tGFjz1AbkXA7A5ry8EfaLNTLy1wYGGoF84WsPGGMgjopBEMgyyOmQpCR2-T4rUrKefb8DYhO7zwLN3-IeI57ZNmc-htDzfWlO2i7mQ/s1280/Before-the-Fall.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2rgkj6FdtNsI_4w2-vBqdEYoqiTyLNULg2koeY_cGUYUz_lY43rmIhTPB3fhVaYKBUTbnegVLhxDLj-46NO27tGFjz1AbkXA7A5ry8EfaLNTLy1wYGGoF84WsPGGMgjopBEMgyyOmQpCR2-T4rUrKefb8DYhO7zwLN3-IeI57ZNmc-htDzfWlO2i7mQ/w491-h291/Before-the-Fall.jpg" width="491" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;">Blackened acres, burning corn … the harvest dew.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Before the fall the party evenings … danced for you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Farewell my friend, you lived for now … like a Queen of Wands.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Swelling streams in rushing voice … do you hear the voice?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Reminding us we nearly drowned in swamps before the
fall … </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It was the first cold day.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">But a day in very essence is the centre of a life; w</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">e must love this day!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">For it is all. A day is all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">As the jigging wind whispered change … and the rise of
truth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Is it you I hear within it calling … “Freedom is the
proof!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">You lived, you died, you're living now … beyond our
wildest dreams.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Your perspective must be very live … you see what we
don’t see.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Ruffled files of mixed emotions, friendship on its
knees …</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The troll beneath our bridge.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">But we know that we can roll it, we could not hope to
control it; w</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">e will learn one day!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">For it is all. A day is all.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Autumn shadows; the smell of roasting sensimilla … you
did love.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Before the fall we learned to be strong … you’d have
loved that too!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">FOR BECKY 💗 1962 - 2020 - RIP ♰</h3><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">WATCH VIDEO ON JAYL TV : - <a href="https://youtu.be/g08LBUM8uqg" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/g08LBUM8uqg</a></h3></div><br /><p></p>Jaylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749702073306036022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241125490643164941.post-59333817097852141582022-03-27T09:59:00.004-07:002022-03-29T06:58:42.684-07:00QUEEN OF THE SPRING<p> <br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Acorn Initials"; font-size: 48pt;">Q</span><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">ueen of the Spring … <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">She who taught me everything,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Kindness, courage, chivalry
and the Quest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">And to always do one’s very
best.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">And that sticks and stones
could break my bones,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">But names could never hurt
me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">In only 8 years, she did
bring<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">All one would need upon the
wing,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Reading, cooking, gardening
and chess<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">And how to treat a lady best.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">And a love of nature and all
of God’s tones,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">And “que-sera, what will be
WILL be.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">So the bells of life, in joy
could ring,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">For me to live, and love AND sing!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Winter’s gone now, sun in the
sky<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">And a painted lady butterfly…
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Flutters by me, beauty on the
wing,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">I say “Hey, hello again! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">… <b>Queen of the Spring”</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b><i><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Jayl De Lara</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">27<sup>th</sup> March 2022<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAoa2ceTgvWsk_pOM5vQZ_BfJ9iXbggrbI3iYAO_3hiRVPQIe3qDd5woXLHOpOLXjnqv4QiEx2iOPJZcXWzvRXvzN5-gv4X8IJJ4k_LqDIG7FgsJsxZDQP80aO2JD0-MR5FwIMCQa51ktHOjlO1FVIU0tQMlNzk6HtyBSiP0-zhua2ZNcnZJkiUEZpbw/s2526/Mummy-John-Wendy-Liss-Color.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2526" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAoa2ceTgvWsk_pOM5vQZ_BfJ9iXbggrbI3iYAO_3hiRVPQIe3qDd5woXLHOpOLXjnqv4QiEx2iOPJZcXWzvRXvzN5-gv4X8IJJ4k_LqDIG7FgsJsxZDQP80aO2JD0-MR5FwIMCQa51ktHOjlO1FVIU0tQMlNzk6HtyBSiP0-zhua2ZNcnZJkiUEZpbw/s320/Mummy-John-Wendy-Liss-Color.jpg" width="253" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal">In Memory of Wendy Mary Shipwright De Lara Lowdell (Mummy) (1929 - 1970) 💖🙏✝️</p>Jaylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749702073306036022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241125490643164941.post-66737112988248446252022-03-21T11:47:00.007-07:002022-04-15T09:52:25.499-07:00UKRAINE<p style="text-align: center;"><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj42agjaA6ACGzAd11pNF4u_rYmE2Z_sKRzwyt6rQVAaFFRDnrDmsDJ9v3crCmGfSFJPcY1jiW2GfwT2AfEMrHYZyDDWF5xcf-HcTgQ83bL_XA1IvNrrYi4o5WKx9tvk2Z5ZTq2oV5RCz29ePmnmAtvUJPsR4ULn7VCBni6XUgvlvNn_7qlexF4ICyzeA=s700" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="700" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj42agjaA6ACGzAd11pNF4u_rYmE2Z_sKRzwyt6rQVAaFFRDnrDmsDJ9v3crCmGfSFJPcY1jiW2GfwT2AfEMrHYZyDDWF5xcf-HcTgQ83bL_XA1IvNrrYi4o5WKx9tvk2Z5ZTq2oV5RCz29ePmnmAtvUJPsR4ULn7VCBni6XUgvlvNn_7qlexF4ICyzeA=s320" width="320" /></a></span></div><span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Paradise is Lost. Children
have been slaughtered.</span></b></div></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">The murdering of
innocents - mothers, sons and daughters.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Crushing grief and
searing horror; enough to fry the mind,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">And beloved terrified family
pets, you’re forced to leave behind.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Lovely homes and
gardens, blown to smithereens.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">The death of joy and normal
life, the end of hopes and dreams.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Of fun and parks and dancing
days, of many happy hours.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Now piles of rubble, a stray
dog cowers; <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Where once were schools
and pretty flowers.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">The monster wails his
barbaric lies, whilst burning cities from OPEN skies.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Watched by millions, turning
eyes, blinded as the mind denies.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">To the face of evil and
the Zsar of the flies.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Midst howling
lamentations, we hear the baby’s cries.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">So we pray for peace
and the caging of the beast,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Or a semblance of truth
– at least, NOT least.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Whilst a theatre by the
sea, with children’s warning signs,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Is bombed like life
means nothing; the most hideous of crimes.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">But roar - tis war! We
dare not weep.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Whilst rockets rampage
and THEY dare not sleep.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">From Kiev to Kolomyia,
from Kharkiv to Lviv …<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">In Mariupol - total
devastation; nothing left to give.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Across this ancient,
blighted land – the tanks, with shadows creep,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Beyond the ghosts of
history, and cultures truly deep.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">So we hold our breaths
……. In numbness and in sorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Lest it be us, when we
wake tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Jayl De
Lara</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;">19th March 2022</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Dedicated to all the men, women, children and animals of Ukraine, </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">who have been killed, injured, brutalized, </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">bereaved, </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">displaced, or their homes and lives utterly destroyed; as a result of this unprovoked, cruel and barbaric aggression
against their country.</span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">And to the memory of Dr.Adam Lenko (1924 - 2020) </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Adam was born and grew up in Kolomyia - Ukraine (then part of Poland).<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> In 1939, </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">at the age of 15, Adam (along with his Mother and Sister), was arrested and sent to freezing Siberia; </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">after the Red Army invaded their land.</span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Before he passed away, Adam warned that there would soon be Russian aggression once again.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><i><br /></i></span></p></div><p></p>Jaylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749702073306036022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241125490643164941.post-89833983430796400032022-03-05T10:33:00.004-08:002022-03-05T10:42:37.371-08:00ST.MIRREN<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgmmRWbYVwP_fN1NDE5euub-2-KLNdwlfxyeSfxZ1kAuxp_shRBW4Rssawt_pLm2bDvZ0njqujx7IientSGn39HD9jj1tBZPJH3UijbTJJVeUpKdsfpBKdoHc0OgM8a2CfKZIbzTBn_FVA6xi-iUqLiQ9JqxuMOuXO9YGvZAAylyGytA4NFhnWM0hiiQ=s1200" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgmmRWbYVwP_fN1NDE5euub-2-KLNdwlfxyeSfxZ1kAuxp_shRBW4Rssawt_pLm2bDvZ0njqujx7IientSGn39HD9jj1tBZPJH3UijbTJJVeUpKdsfpBKdoHc0OgM8a2CfKZIbzTBn_FVA6xi-iUqLiQ9JqxuMOuXO9YGvZAAylyGytA4NFhnWM0hiiQ=w728-h480" width="728" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Jaylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749702073306036022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241125490643164941.post-26018132384077642122022-03-04T09:49:00.001-08:002022-03-04T09:50:40.787-08:00ROMA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="321" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/El-QkTn0sBM" width="487" youtube-src-id="El-QkTn0sBM"></iframe></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: "Leonardo (Levi)"; font-size: 48pt;">ROMA</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="color: #003300; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi", sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Radix Omnium Malorum Avaritia = The Root of all Evil is Avarice<br /><br /></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi", sans-serif;"><b>Here
is wisdom, here is the twist; the root of all evil is avarice.</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi",sans-serif;"><b>In
history fierce we see through it all – empire’s fall, in time we all crawl.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color: #003300; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Radix Omnium
Malorum Avaritia<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="color: #003300; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Radix Omnium
Malorum Avaritia</span><span style="color: #003300; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi",sans-serif;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi",sans-serif;"><b>Beating with the sun, the question it has come.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi",sans-serif;"><b>Is the world crumbling ‘neath the weight of it all?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi",sans-serif;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi",sans-serif;"><b>This greed reminds us of the fall of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Rome</st1:city></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi",sans-serif;"><b>Lest we slip into a darker age, <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi",sans-serif;"><b>Through the tomes of mystery, we turn another page.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi",sans-serif;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi",sans-serif;"><b>Altitudes of mind, altering not faltering.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi",sans-serif;"><b>Bring me up from the fiery pit, out of the miry clay,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi",sans-serif;"><b>To live another day – another day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi",sans-serif;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi",sans-serif;"><b>Here
is wisdom, here is the twist; the root of all evil is avarice.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi",sans-serif;"><b>Through
history pierced we see through it all – empire’s tall, divided we fall.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi",sans-serif;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span><b style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi", sans-serif;"> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi",sans-serif;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi",sans-serif;"><b>Jayl De Lara</b></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi",sans-serif;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b>Music by Jayl & Adrian Powell</b></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>From the album - THE BAND OF LIFE - ROMA</b></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>©
2014<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harmony Label</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi",sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi",sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Composer;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Demi",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Jaylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749702073306036022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241125490643164941.post-88688138517865504382022-02-22T17:33:00.003-08:002022-02-22T17:42:23.507-08:00THE SLINGS<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; text-align: center;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="299" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5hvf5O8OGFs" width="487" youtube-src-id="5hvf5O8OGFs"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: Poppins; text-align: center;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; text-align: center;">T</span><span style="font-family: Poppins; text-align: center;">o</span><span style="font-family: Poppins; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="font-family: Poppins; text-align: center;">be or not to be?” The
question @ the heart of me,</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">The beauties & the curses
& the deadliest of skies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">The slings & arrows fly, I
choose another day to die…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">‘Cos everybody here says “Hi!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Merchants of Desire
& the Guests<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Masters of the
Vision & the Quests<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Paragons of Virtue
& the Ruck<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Dance a Tango with Lady
Luck<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Juno in the tempest scorned … He couldn’t say he hadn’t been warned.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Grand Dukes, Princes & Czars … History unwritten in scars.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Hades, Erebus & Styx … built the bloody wells with bricks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Nuit – Our lady of the Star … Well I think that she’s come real far…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Yeah I think she’s come far! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Walls of superstition cannot hide
the apparition,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">In conditions, during missions he
occasionally drops by.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Ragism & Tagism are busy
watching out for him…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">‘Cos everybody here says “Hi!”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Prophets of Reality
& Rhyme</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Guardians of
Purgatory & Time<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">You ran away from me, I knew you weren’t
no missionary,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">But something of a visionary, or
nothing in between.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Where are you bleeding from? It’s
oozing from another song…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">‘And everybody here says “Hi!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">His roar is bigger
than his bite<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><b>But you know he’ll
put you out of sight!</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Orpheus – his head is in the stream … He’s screamin’ loud he’s been cut clean!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">The Sirens are a-wailing in the dell … I can hear them all the way from hell!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Fanatic opposition torn … Everyone must be reborn.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Kin – Red Night of the Realm … Well I think he gonna make a great film…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Yeah a really great film! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Lady Tree, we got so
dreadful low<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">And even little
children know!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Lived the summer fantasy, with
Queen of Sensuality,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"> & Maiden of Vitality - the one that got
away,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">She works enchanted wood … where
everyone is feelin’ good<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">And everybody there says “Hi!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">I owe you one life
and a lake<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Yours to drink and
yours to take<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">For all belonged to all except
thieves … Pilfering their moments from chiefs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">@ The Temple of the sun she glides … and he’s no longer on the slide.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">The rustle of the lovers in the
breeze … hanging in theair, unfreezed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Love the lucky lady in the car … Well I think she’s gonna go far…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Yeah she’s gonna go far! ‘Cos she
really is a Star!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">“Hey Phantom of the irony
and shame<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Are you ready? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Shall we play the
next game?”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; text-indent: 124.667px;"><i><b>LYRICS by Jayl</b></i><br /><br /><br /><i>Music by </i></span><span style="font-family: Poppins; text-indent: 112.2pt;"><i>Jayl
& Andy Wood</i></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" height="84" style="vertical-align: top;" width="548"><span style="text-align: center; text-indent: 112.2pt;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><i><span><span>F</span>rom the album - J</span>ayl - The Dance of Life<br /><br />© 2008 - Harmony Label </i><br /></span></span><span face="Celticmd, sans-serif" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 112.2pt;"><br /><br /><br /></span></td></tr><tr><td height="8"></td></tr><tr><td height="81"></td><td></td><td height="81" style="vertical-align: top;" width="321"></td></tr></tbody></table>Jaylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749702073306036022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241125490643164941.post-8126770736552283742021-04-27T14:16:00.005-07:002022-02-20T08:34:40.457-08:00SPIRIT <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyEZkCcZnh1fmwsBP1CDeMW8ZsDiiMCIHQVo3IzMHGNfn-7tJeBT1w9wu63eHKPf2Qd5BiYTyi2XbcEp_74jpCWBSqRVULkm4UfZSsXDMZTf_2vLMVzAHMmTnr5zRYll9NQl0BWECXaCTc/s1787/ELEMENTAL-x-1280-Master-EDIT.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1787" data-original-width="1280" height="787" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyEZkCcZnh1fmwsBP1CDeMW8ZsDiiMCIHQVo3IzMHGNfn-7tJeBT1w9wu63eHKPf2Qd5BiYTyi2XbcEp_74jpCWBSqRVULkm4UfZSsXDMZTf_2vLMVzAHMmTnr5zRYll9NQl0BWECXaCTc/w564-h787/ELEMENTAL-x-1280-Master-EDIT.jpg" width="564" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Jaylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749702073306036022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241125490643164941.post-70419275298515557412021-04-27T14:05:00.006-07:002021-04-27T14:19:36.484-07:00SWING AWAY<p></p><h1 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="291" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MzEG1JDaHZ0" width="482" youtube-src-id="MzEG1JDaHZ0"></iframe></h1><br /> <b><span face=""Old Copperfield","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Latha;">SWING AWAY</span></b><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Marsh;"> </span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">Big Wall – High Tide
– Sea Fish – <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">High</span>
Knocke … In the Spring</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">Sandy Pond – Big
Beach – Low Bay – Little Rock … And the Swing<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #0000cc; font-size: 13pt;">Blue
Moon </span></b><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">– <span style="color: red;">Red Noon </span>–
<span style="color: #00b050;">Green Rum </span>– Spinning Brother … </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;"><i>Summer Days!</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: olive; font-size: 13pt;">Yellow
Mother – </span></b><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: black; color: white; font-size: 13pt; mso-highlight: black; mso-themecolor: background1;">White Day</span></b><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: white; font-size: 13pt; mso-themecolor: background1;"> </span></b><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">– <span style="color: #00b0f0;">Blue River </span>– Sting
Ray … Swing Away<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;"> </span></b><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">Swing away – Swing
away – Swing away….. Swing Away.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;"> </span></b><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">Dripping Honey –
Mr.Beast – Kung Fu – High Priest … <i>Little
Wing</i></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">Southern High – <i><span style="color: #742700;">Old Brown Shoe</span></i>
– Not Least – 9<sup>th</sup> Beast … </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">On the Swing.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">Sea Rains – Winter
Storms – Black Cat – Weather brings … </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">Many Things!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #ff9900; font-size: 13pt;">Ginger
Cat </span></b><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">– <i>You’re
So Vain </i>– Still he sings, there still remains … </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">A Child’s Swing.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;"> </span></b><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">Swing away – Swing
away – Swing away….. Swing Away.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;"> </span></b><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">Don’t cry yourself to
sleep now for the truth.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">Don’t beat yourself right
up now for the proof…. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">For the lies of the pretty
pernicious<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">Your life is too damn
precious<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">When the enemies are <i>Downright Vicious</i> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">Life is so delicious!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;"> </span></b><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">Swing away – Swing
away – Swing away….. Swing Away.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;"> </span></b><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">Dark Star – <span style="color: #0070c0;">Blue Lady </span>– Slow Worm – Every Turn … Everything</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13pt;">Sunny Special – Little Moon – </span></b><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #ff0066; font-size: 13pt;">Pink Shells</span></b><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13pt;"> – Prince of Things … Dig the Swing<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13pt;">Brighter Venus – Mr.Chair – Love Falls – Mermaid Calls …
Let us Pray<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13pt;">House Heals – Dream Passed – Swing Gone – </span></b><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #767171; font-size: 13pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Sea is Grey </span></b><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">… </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">Swing Away.</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;"> </span></b><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">Don’t expect a sudden
rush now for the truth.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">Don’t forget that all
your work <u>now is</u> the proof….<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">When so much is suspicious<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">Your enemies are <i>Downright Vicious</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">When your life is too
damn precious!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">Your life is so
delicious.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;"> </span></b><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">Swing away – Swing
away – Swing away….. Swing Away.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;"> </span></b><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">Don’t expect a sudden
rush now for the truth.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">Don’t forget that all
your work <u>is now</u> the proof….<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">When your enemies are
vicious<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">And your life is too
damn precious<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">For the lies of the petty
pernicious<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">Your life is so
delicious.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;"> </span></b><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">Swing away – Swing
away – Swing away…..</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">Swing away – Swing
away – Swing away….. Swing away….. </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">Swing
Away.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">Swing away – Swing
away – Swing away….. We’re <i>Living for
Today.<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">Swing away – Swing
away … We’re <i>Living for Today … </i></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13pt;">Swing
away …<br /></span></b></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Jayl De Lara</span></i></b></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Additional Lyrics by Niki Glass</span></i></b></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Music by Jimmie Bone</span></i></b></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Produced by Dave Salter</span></i></b></p><h2 style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i><span style="font-size: small;">#JAYLTV #JaylandBone #SwingAway </span></i></b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">#Jayl </span></i></b><b style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">#HarmonyLabel #PoetryofLife #JimmieBone #JaylLyrics</span></i></b></h2><p></p><p></p>Jaylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749702073306036022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241125490643164941.post-87785907844038437942020-10-08T11:47:00.004-07:002021-04-27T14:20:00.929-07:00BEYOND THE GLAZE<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sfrU19xRZmE" width="480"></iframe><br /><br /><h2 style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="font-size: large;">So
in the end he knows you know<br /></b><b style="font-size: large;">The
thing you feared has come to your show,<br /></b><b style="font-size: large;">And
no one rushes to your floor<br /></b><b style="font-size: large;">You
know not what’s behind the door.<br /></b><b style="font-size: large;">Believe
like songs, they all begin,<br /></b><b style="font-size: large;">With
life and limb and nerves to swim.<br /></b><b style="font-size: large;">But
sharks abound midst sunken dreams,<br /></b><b style="font-size: large;">And
nothing is as real as it seems.<br /></b><b style="font-size: large;"> <br /></b><b style="font-size: large;">Beyond
the pale of joy and pain,<br /></b><b style="font-size: large;">Women
and wine they laughed and came …<br /></b><b style="font-size: large;">Grey
lady sung, her blue allure,<br /></b><b style="font-size: large;">Believed
like snow, she once was pure.<br /></b><b style="font-size: large;">And
everything that I did see,<br /></b><b style="font-size: large;">Looked
new and true in vibrancy…<br /></b><b style="font-size: large;">We
walked the path so proud and free,<br /></b><b style="font-size: large;">Before
the names escaping me…<br /></b><b style="font-size: large;"> <br /></b><b style="font-size: large;">With
whom we drank and toasted youth,<br /></b><b style="font-size: large;">Without
the time and hindsight proof.<br /></b><b style="font-size: large;">Now
the dream we chased is nevermore,<br /></b><b style="font-size: large;">It
disappeared beneath the floor.<br /></b><b style="font-size: large;">Beyond
the glaze – translucent skies.<br /></b><b style="font-size: large;">We
never once believed the lies,<br /></b><b style="font-size: large;">Where
we exist in space time full,<br /></b><b style="font-size: large;">Forever
young and beautiful.<br /></b><b><span style="font-size: medium;">We’re
beautiful.</span><br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: small;">Jayl De Lara<br /><br />#JAYLTV #Jayl #JaylandBone #HarmonyLabel #PoetryofLife</span></i></b></span></h2><p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
</p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p></o:p></div><br />Jaylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749702073306036022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241125490643164941.post-40195184503368872182020-07-20T09:51:00.005-07:002022-02-20T09:46:09.760-08:00MOON OVER WALPOLE BAY<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigHYf8Ifx11QcAzg8dEQbevY9ZGN7LRq-xxUsfdImRP8AJdUmW6eu8vRbC3EUMGQI19SeTwbAuZCf5TDaUs4ReZjZo9dFyn0Pz7tRk_5nvaMPSTZ4NcmVns6lQWh8E2v8EG4RlBsQ6F50xnQaVeo8kGCiHh8dt2h7GFON67JnLrHJ3L_U_t--BcCBElg=s943" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="943" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigHYf8Ifx11QcAzg8dEQbevY9ZGN7LRq-xxUsfdImRP8AJdUmW6eu8vRbC3EUMGQI19SeTwbAuZCf5TDaUs4ReZjZo9dFyn0Pz7tRk_5nvaMPSTZ4NcmVns6lQWh8E2v8EG4RlBsQ6F50xnQaVeo8kGCiHh8dt2h7GFON67JnLrHJ3L_U_t--BcCBElg=w640-h381" width="640" /></span></a></p><h1 style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: 14pt;">Twas the first day of autumn – on a
Friday it came,</b></div></h1>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>The call to say that nothing would
ever be the same.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Already the sky was a dark sombre
grey,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>There was no moon rising over Walpole
Bay.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Once they had lives, young spirits by
the sea,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>They danced in the ballrooms in true
harmony.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Now they stay in their rooms – they
can lay there all day,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>They don’t see the moon at the top of
the bay.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Can’t get out of my chair – no, don’t
wash my hair,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Independence retracted – it’s so hard
to bear.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>I was very much in love; have the
pictures of the day,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Hand in hand neath the moonlight at
Walpole Bay.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Memories of the war, so vivid – so
real,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>But nothing much momentary; the
magpies – they steal.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Imaginary phone calls, so much news
to convey,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>“Well I heard that the moon had just
run away!”<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Dementia is cloying, destroying with
pain,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Its tentacles clawing the heart of
the brain.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Creeping and crawling, surreptitious
its way,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Darkening the moon over every damn
bay.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: 14pt;">Trying to escape – when I have, let
me in,</b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>I wonder what lives in the end we’d
begin.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>But once I was the sharpest – yes,
back in the day,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>When the moon was so vibrant at
Walpole Bay.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>So tell me what is not and what is
surreal,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">And what do you expect, how am I s’posed
to feel?</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Locked in my mind with my body as
hay,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>And the olde moon cryin’ at the crest
of the bay.</b></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: 14pt;"> </b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>And the constant beep beeping,
screams and the wails,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>This is what happens when the system fails…<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>We didn’t know why, but you begged us
to stay,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>With the moon turning red, sinking in
to the bay.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>The trickster is time, and you
prophesized your fate,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>To us in denial – who forever would
wait.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>But the kindness is letting go, what
words left to say?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Cept “the full moon is shimmering on
the waves of the bay.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Black and white photographs – how
perfect they seemed,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>In the prime of their lifetimes,
their hopes and their dreams.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>When picnics and laughter and love
held the sway,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>And the moon did a tango at Walpole
Bay.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Oh how I wish – we’d go back there
and sing,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>When life was much simpler and you
still had your rings.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Remember the prom and the warm golden
rays?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>When at sunset the moonrise, lit up ALL
the bays!<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>The history of that town, well it
came and it passed,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>And you took the summer – we knew it
couldn’t last.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>We loved you back then and we love
you today,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>And the moon still he quivers in that
magical way.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>I saw you last night – you were
speaking to me,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">A beautiful angel, liberated and
free.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Knew it was a miracle, you said “Don’t
worry, OK?”<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>“The moon’s glowing high in the sky ‘bove
the bay.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>They say nothing’s forever, but on
the timeline you stand,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>One magnificent star with your man and
the band.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Like a flower so radiant, always beautiful
you’ll stay,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>As the moon shines again over Walpole
Bay.</b></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;"> by Jayl De Lara - November 2019</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><b> </b><o:p></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></b><b><span face="calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In memory of Betty Irene Glass (née Huxtable) –
‘Mum’ 1927 - 2019</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span face="calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRt2OIUmm-MHppB1d_nXny-_NEntLoSQjI14tYY9bkZOIUQNpSanyCd2-h0LgkS_GPupt_Q_QMGgl-1Z4Ia270KLQ8J2O06QuBWO7hi8WdK4ACJrgYikv-KqVW2xV1fgFkdwUIZSnGHAf4/s814/Mum-Framed-GOLD-Fin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="814" data-original-width="571" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRt2OIUmm-MHppB1d_nXny-_NEntLoSQjI14tYY9bkZOIUQNpSanyCd2-h0LgkS_GPupt_Q_QMGgl-1Z4Ia270KLQ8J2O06QuBWO7hi8WdK4ACJrgYikv-KqVW2xV1fgFkdwUIZSnGHAf4/w350-h500/Mum-Framed-GOLD-Fin.jpg" width="350" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://youtu.be/d7DegcFlb98" target="_blank">WATCH VIDEO ON JAYL TV</a></span></p><b></b>Jaylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749702073306036022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241125490643164941.post-67634294998628850302017-11-13T05:50:00.000-08:002021-04-27T14:06:55.477-07:00COOL CAT<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Great to be alive – when I’m alive with
you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">So magical true – my girl on the rail …<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Swishing her tail on the ole timeline …<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">I says “Oh to be mine – all mine, all
mine!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">With a swervy swerve and a curvy curve,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">To ask that one out – well it took some
nerve.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Such a silent soft paw – what you can’t
hear, can’t ignore.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Just sexy pure class was my Nikola
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Oh such a cool cat – she was sat on my
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Sapphire my desire – she loved playing
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Twas a tiger on the tiles when I came to
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Over mountains and miles – to be with
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">I kissed her soft shoe – it was bluer
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">And we never said never – just together
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">And like a couple of cats – all
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">We danced in the twilight – then went
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>On a hot September day in the way back
when<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>When the study was the flow and the
modern Zen.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>When the music was rowing – a meandering
stream,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>When we lived like cats and dared to
dream…<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>A knock on my door, unexpected I
confess,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>But a joy to behold, nevertheless.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>For there on my threshold was a man with
great shoes,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I says “Who are you Brother?” </b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He says
“Bobby J Cruz”.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>We talked of bands and girls and song,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>All the things that make the world
young.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>He loved his sport, the competitive
race,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The breath of youth, the thrill of the
chase…<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I shook his hand and invited him in,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Asked him what his calling was, he says
“I love to sing!”<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>“What dya’ like to sing man?” He
answered “Rock ‘n Blues.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>He smiled like a black cat, now that was
Bobby Cruz.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>A true Adonis, but shy he was;<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The most sensitive passion that ever
there was.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>But with the courage of a cobra he lifted
up the mic,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Shaking on the wire, but coiled and ready
to strike…<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>A Black Sabbath classic - he sung ‘After
Forever’,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>And I knew right at that moment, he’d
never give up, ever!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>For there in my studio, was a guy who
chose to choose,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>A heart and poet singer whose name was Bobby
Cruz.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Many talk of going to LA, <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>But talk is cheap on the narrow way.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>You have to be brave and get on the
plane,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>And strive to be the driver of the rattlin’
train …<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>But the man - he had the courage, <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>He knew there was nothing to lose,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>He put his life right on the line, <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Yes, that was Bobby Cruz.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Loved he was, Nathaniel born,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>To a life that oft did hurt him and pour
upon him scorn.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>But he wasn’t deterred; he was tall and
proud,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>With the perfect blend of humble and
loud.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Now he front’s a band at Vega – he sings
‘November Rain’,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>He left us weeping very young, but <u>he</u>
‘Won’t get fooled again’.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>His sun shines white; we miss his charm,
but to us he’ll always be news,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>We’re proud to say he was our friend - a
star called Bobby Cruz.</b></span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #4c216d; font-family: "franklin gothic demi" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">There is a
place beyond the pale, though the map was set to head for Wales, </span><span style="color: #4c216d; font-family: "franklin gothic demi", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">we came one
day to live a dream; we were on the road to Ruardean.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #4c216d; font-family: "franklin gothic demi" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Drawn to an
Angel in the street, with a view of mountains and fields of wheat, </span><span style="color: #4c216d; font-family: "franklin gothic demi", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">we created
many a magic scene, for we’d found ourselves in Ruardean.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #4c216d; font-family: "franklin gothic demi" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Good people
young, good people old; carnivals and fairs,</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #4c216d; font-family: "franklin gothic demi" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Tradition,
culture, unruly sheep, and no talk at all of bears.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #4c216d; font-family: "franklin gothic demi" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Oaks and
owls, the cleanest spring; fine gardens gold and green,</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #4c216d; font-family: "franklin gothic demi" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">We must have
found the ancient parish of good ole’ Ruardean.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #4c216d; font-family: "franklin gothic demi" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">We’ll sail
the seas in salty air and trust in God and winds,</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #4c216d; font-family: "franklin gothic demi" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">But we’ll
hear the whisper of the giant pines, where the bell of the old church sings.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #4c216d; font-family: "franklin gothic demi" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">We’ll
remember the days on forest tracks; the places where ghosts have been ...</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #4c216d; font-family: "franklin gothic demi" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">For a part of
our hearts and souls will dwell – forever in Ruardean.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Jaylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749702073306036022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241125490643164941.post-65331221502394220892015-04-30T15:24:00.003-07:002022-04-15T09:14:11.249-07:00JONNY HOLDER<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">When they’re
dishing out jobs in heaven, our man will be in line …</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">But
he ain’t gonna be no angel, or the keeper of the time.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">He’s
not gonna be the janitor, or the guy who makes the tea,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">And
he ain’t gonna be nobody’s bitch, he’ll always be running free.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">He’ll
be setting up the cameras, and creating clever toys,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Whilst
telling stories and cracking jokes and smoking with the boys.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">So when the Good Lord calls up Gabriel
and says, “I need a surveillance man.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Gabriel
will say, “Who can do that job? …. I know just the man who can!”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">When
they’re playing games in heaven, our man will be right there …<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Loving
every minute, without a sorrow or a care.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">He’ll
have the biggest gas gun and the meanest fastest car,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">He’ll
be rippin’ up heaven’s highways, to beyond the farthest far.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">He’ll
be dancing with the children and making them all laugh,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Happy
to be the gentle giant, hilarious and daft.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">So when the Lord calls up and says,
“We’re having a party! …. <br />... Gabriel, who’d ya recommend?”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Gabriel
will say, “God, look no further … for Jonny I will send!”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">If
a war breaks out in heaven, our man won’t shy away …<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">He’ll
be fighting like a ‘bad arse’; the demons he will slay.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Brave
in face with his drum n’ bass ... the rumble will shake the clouds,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Never
before will heaven have heard the music played so loud!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">He’ll
be strong as an ox and wily as a fox and he’ll be the biggest shoulder.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">The
girls will love him, he’ll always deliver and he’ll never grow no older.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">So when the Lord he calls up Gabriel and
says, “I need someone who’s bolder.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Gabriel
will say, “I know just the man … His name is Jonny Holder!”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 13pt;"> Jayl De Lara
<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><i> April 2015</i></b></div>
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<span><b style="font-size: small;">Lived fast, died young .... God Bless you Jon<br /></b><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">JAYL READS JONNY'S POEM - <a href="https://youtu.be/_aP-xicrX1Y">https://youtu.be/_aP-xicrX1Y</a><br /><br /></span></b></span></div>
Jaylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749702073306036022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241125490643164941.post-38151401963591353042015-02-14T13:39:00.000-08:002017-11-13T08:11:59.659-08:00QUEEN OF THE NIGHT<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "algerian"; font-size: 36.0pt; line-height: 107%;">QUEEN OF THE
NIGHT</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We have heard it said: the most
beautiful flower in all the world is the Hylocereus – Queen of the Night.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For one night only, on a full moon
lonely …<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A great white beauty swoons –
magnificence beyond all blooms …<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A flower to take your breath away – that’s
gone again before the day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We have also heard it said: the most
beautiful flower in all the world is the Nikolasola – Queen of the Lake.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For one night in spring, on a full moon with
rings …<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Her golden petals open – you can hold
your breath and touch …<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A silky glow so dazzling it can freeze
the light … and cast a shadow on the Queen of the Night …<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A flower to take your breath away – that’s
gone again before the day.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hylocereus *(hy-lo-cereus)</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nikolasola <span style="font-size: 12pt;">*(nik-ohla-sola) </span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><i> </i></span><i><span style="font-family: "blackadder itc"; font-size: 18.0pt;">Jayl De Lara - Feb 14<sup>th</sup> 2015 (Valentine’s Day 4
Niki)</span></i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Jaylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749702073306036022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241125490643164941.post-24893366586976729822014-03-23T07:28:00.000-07:002014-03-23T07:28:30.137-07:00THE LOOK OF LIFE<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>“Hush!” ‘Tis You –
The Look of Life.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Angel of mercy, I
undress you with my dreams.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>From unseen sparkling
source,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>The birthplace of the
force.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>In trickle from the
freshest melt, <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Your hip, my lip, the
feel of felt.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Felt deep beneath the
soft and core,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Just wanting,
yearning for more and more.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>So I’ll meet you at
the old stone bridge,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>On the path beyond
the wooded ridge,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Where primrose,
yellow – festoon the ground,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>While the snowdrops
turn to dew.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Caterpillars to the
moths – the moths to light.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Light 4 room – where your
naked silhouette doth breathless curve,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>To turn me on and even
tempt the shadows,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>That before were
trapped in time.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>In ice and rain the
same,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>My love is washed
thru you again.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>We walk in the same
spirit, you and I,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>In truths yet
undiscovered - by none but you and I.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Harmonious yet in
sorrow, for those beneath the morrow.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>For time and tricks
dance hand in hand, like toes a twinklin’ in the sand.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>The poet’s realm
inside you - Inside you, oh to be!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>In synergy, in
energy, in romance, in a play - to kiss you for a day.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Hope and love - the
keys to the tower,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>The magic folly where
all girls flower,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Whiter than snow,
sexy skin a-glow,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Your brown eyes turn
me inside out…<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>I’m an eagle then a
bat, from a monster to a cat,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>I come to make you
purr!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>With sounds to soothe
the viper wind - for here now comes the spring.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>And the spring can
bring just anything!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Thru winter the
church bell chimed the hour,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Now breathe the scent
of the lemon flower.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>The scent of a woman –
delicious, sooo lush…<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>‘Tis the scent of
you, so “Hush!”</b></span><span style="font-family: Cataneo BT;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cataneo BT";">Jayl De Lara</span></div>
Jaylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749702073306036022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241125490643164941.post-83176254666133025972014-01-13T10:02:00.000-08:002014-01-13T10:02:57.784-08:00ASHES<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">For
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ashes of the forest fire are the soil for the new something .... a</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">nd with
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">But
when I can't be like me anymore, let me burn like the pines.</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">For
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">She who
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';">“Hey Diddle Diddle, the cat and the
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<span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="font-size: large;">I sailed to the Southern Ocean, to the island where the mermaids
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<span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="font-size: large;">They swoon…they swoon…they swoon…they swoon…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="font-size: large;">With a bag full of telescopes and notions …<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="font-size: large;">About the darker side…the darker side of the moon…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="font-size: large;">The moon…the moon…the moon…the moon...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="font-size: large;">He crooned…he crooned…he crooned…he crooned…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="font-size: large;">And he promised…he promised you the moon….<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="font-size: large;">Water naiad singing so sadly … a tune….a tune 4 the Lady of the
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<span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="font-size: large;">And if the cow’d jumped over it and I had let her go,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="font-size: large;">In sheer desperation I might have called up the Wizard,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="font-size: large;">But first I’d have called up the Moon… <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="font-size: large;">The moon…the moon…the moon…the moon...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="font-size: large;">Now I believe she’s in a movie and you can go and see it …<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="font-size: large;">At a cinema near you real soon.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="font-size: large;">A tale full of mystery, kiss and tell you won’t believe it …<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="font-size: large;">Believe it…believe it…believe it….<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="font-size: large;">It’s called the Lady of the Moon….the moon…the moon…the moon<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="font-size: large;">The moon…the moon…the moon…the moon...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';">Oh Lady of the Moon.</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Harmony Label – THE BAND OF LIFE - ROMA</i></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT";"><span style="font-size: large;">A dream to set our hearts upon,</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT";"><span style="font-size: large;">A restful sleep disturbed by none<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT";"><span style="font-size: large;">The hopes were high when night begun<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT";"><span style="font-size: large;">With Tenebrae the shadows run.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT";"><span style="font-size: large;">Fresh sleet to wash the ice away<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT";"><span style="font-size: large;">The east wind howls where snow bones lay<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT";"><span style="font-size: large;">For sun’s return we melt and pray<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT";"><span style="font-size: large;">From the cellar where the rats hold sway<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT";"><span style="font-size: large;">Dry bones hidden in cobbled walls<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT";"><span style="font-size: large;">High on the yew the raven calls<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT";"><span style="font-size: large;">The signs are here, the lectern falls<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT";"><span style="font-size: large;">Beyond the claws and ancient halls.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT";"><span style="font-size: large;">The vanes they turn on lofty spires<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT";"><span style="font-size: large;">To quell the rush of dark desires<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT";"><span style="font-size: large;">The light will return or so they say<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT";"><span style="font-size: large;">But beware the clasp of Tenebrae<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT";"><span style="font-size: large;">The die is cast, the roles were laid<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT";"><span style="font-size: large;">Way back when, with our Lord betrayed<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT";"><span style="font-size: large;">Stand moon in the vale of Ajalon<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Tenebrae</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> (Latin for 'shadows'
or 'darkness') is the Christian Service of Shadows; celebrated on the morning
or evening of Maundy Thursday.</span><b><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
Jaylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749702073306036022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241125490643164941.post-57889113085934596492013-02-14T08:13:00.000-08:002013-02-14T08:13:00.316-08:00SATURDAY WITH YOU<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';">She
prowls</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">The Leopard
of our dreams<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">Guardian
of our realm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">Such
elegance belongs - to such creatures from the songs …<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">The Ghost
and the Darkness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">Black
Angel of perfection<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">In truth
upon reflection …<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">If you
could talk - what words would you be saying now?!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">And we’d
look upon your heart-shaped face and shadow walk of candle grace …<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">Stroke
the softest downy fur, lush with chirp and vibrant purr …<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">Beyond
the words, our tears join streams and rivers,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">Rushing,
babbling to the shore<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">Where we
will see you play no more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">But still
the sun shines on that weekend feel<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">As we
remember seven hundred - for real.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">And if
time appeared and told me he was taking a rest<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">And I
knew that his word was true …<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">I would
gladly trade my soul to him <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">For one
more Saturday with you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">She
growls <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">Mint - Imperial
– Queen of Sounds<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">Shelter
from the storm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">From heart
and hearth and home - to the melancholy tone … <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">Of silence
in the house.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">Unspeakably
alone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">As quiet
as a mouse …<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">And you really
could talk – the chimes of life are playing now!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">And the
world can feel the purist score and black-sheen pad of velvet claw …<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">And your
mystical allure, brushed with trill and myrrh…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">Beyond
the rains, our sorrows carved in stone and verse,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">Replenished
by demise and births<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">And death
he toils, no life rehearsed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">But still
the moon’s high on a Saturday night<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">And if we
close our eyes we can feel your bite.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">And if a
genie appeared and said “Your wish is my command”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">And I was
sure he knew what to do …<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">No doubt
in my mind what my wish would be<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">One more
Saturday with you.</span><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"> </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">In Memory of my beloved black girl
– </span></i><u><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">Mint Caracal</span></u><i><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">
– Studio Cat & Sister to Ocelot Fang<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">You are still sooo missed </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">… yet to have been lucky enough to
have been your parent fills me with joy.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium";">For a creature sooo loved - so appropriate that you should choose the day of love to move on!</span></i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MINT CARACAL - STUDIO CAT<br /><br /><st1:date day="26" month="8" style="font-size: medium; text-align: start;" year="1996"><i><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';">August 26<sup>th</sup> 1996</span></i></st1:date><i style="font-size: medium; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"> – </span></i><st1:date day="14" month="2" style="font-size: medium; text-align: start;" year="2010"><i><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';">February 14<sup>th</sup> 2010</span></i></st1:date></td></tr>
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Jaylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749702073306036022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241125490643164941.post-85152360784683702042012-11-12T12:50:00.003-08:002022-02-20T08:54:38.485-08:00LOVE STREET<br />
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<b><span face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif">Recently, my Scottish friend Ruth (aka St.Mirren - a Paisley girl) posted the picture below on my Facebook wall. It's a shot of the old St.Mirren Football G</span></b><b><span face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif">round in Paisley, taken sometime in the 60's I believe. I've never been there and it's been knocked down now. But it was called LOVE STREET - which conjured up all kinds of nostalgic images in my overactive romantic head. So I wrote the poem below. </span></b><b><span face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif">No doubt the music will follow shortly ... Of course when you read ... it's pronounced Loooooove Street!</span></b></div>
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<b><span face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif">LOVE STREET</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif"><b><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">I left my heart on </span></span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif"><b><st1:street><st1:address><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">Love Street</span></span></span></st1:address></st1:street></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;"><span class="apple-style-span">On the old sunnyside where we used to meet.</span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><b><span face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif" style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">We were young, we were brightful and we
didn’t know a thing …<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><b><span face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif" style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">‘Cept how to laugh and how to cry and how to
run and how to sing!</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><b><span face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif" style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;"></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif"><b><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">I met my girl on </span></span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">Love Street</span></span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><b><span face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif" style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">‘Neath the old station clock, she was dressed
real neat.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><b><span face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif" style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">She was fresh, she was beautiful and her heart
was still as pure …<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><b><span face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif" style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">As the driven snow, as glassy ice, as silky
skin and cool allure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><b><span face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif" style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">CHORUS:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif"><b><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">Yeah </span></span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">Love Street</span></span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;"> – still it
beckons and even now I make a wish …<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><b><span face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif" style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">To walk that street again in spring, with the
girl I love to kiss.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif"><b><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">I left my dreams on </span></span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">Love Street</span></span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><b><span face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif" style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">At the Club ‘O’ Shady, with the banga beat.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><b><span face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif" style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">Where they dance and they’re joyful; music
playin’ ‘til the dawn …<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><b><span face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif" style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">Of sunrise gold, of foxy turn, of windy warm
and dewy lawn.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif"><b><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">I left my soul on </span></span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">Love Street</span></span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><b><span face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif" style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">At the old St.Mirren in the summer heat.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><b><span face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif" style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">I was fast, I was dutiful, with a passion in
my bones …<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><b><span face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif" style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">Within a team, within a band, with a voice of
many tones.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><b><span face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif" style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">CHORUS:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif"><b><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">Yeah </span></span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">Love Street</span></span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;"> – still it
beckons and even now I make a wish …<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif">To walk that street again in spring, with the
girl I love to kiss.</span></span></span></b></span></div>
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'Love Street - the Movie' - about St.Mirren Football Club - Paisley. © Jennifer Smith<br />
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Jaylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749702073306036022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241125490643164941.post-87483027148674019972012-08-10T09:40:00.001-07:002022-02-20T08:28:55.848-08:00WARRIORS OF LIGHT<span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">To all Warriors of Light and Disciples of Harmony ...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Marek Halter said: "Hitler may have lost the war on the battlefield, but he ended up winning something too, because man in the twentieth century created the concentration camp and revived torture and taught his fellow men that it is possible to close their eyes to the misfortunes of others."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Perhaps he is right: there are abandoned children, massacred civilians, innocent people imprisoned, lonely old people, drunks in the gutter, madmen in power.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">But perhaps he isn't right after all, for there are also WARRIORS OF LIGHT.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">And warriors of light NEVER accept what is unacceptable.</span></div>
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