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= Holy Guardian Angel =

Giving part of one’s self so another can thrive,
no greater a gift could I ever contrive.
Thus my soul I do give to your worthy embrace,
to an endless quest, for your fears to displace.
Oh!
To give you a world where your happiness thrives,
that fate I shall seek through both of our lives.

For once the great goal is no longer self pride,
the entire vast universe does stand by our side.
Not a fault can we have that we don’t overcome,
the whole of our parts is the lesser to our sum.
Ah!
To make us a life where our true selves do reign,
what a glorious cause I shall never need feign.

So here we do stand with our flaws to be seen;
the trust in each other does wash it all clean.
My love for myself is my love for you too,
for your love is my love, we both can imbue.
See!
I need naught from you, for its part of myself,
and to give from that part only strengthens ourself.

But what if the chaos does haunt us one night?
Our blessed holy guards will then give us true sight.
For chaos is born of illusion’s worst fear,
be true to ourselves so it shall never be near.
Eh.
The storm was a dream, not a thing to contend,
I have found us clear skies that never will end.

If the body only gives what it will there receive,
then the mind will be hollow with no hope to relieve.
Thus I use all I have just to light up your eyes,
because I wish you to live, to reach past compromise.
So!
To bring you to life is all I ever did want,
your soul just to smile, not a trophy to flaunt.

Take all that I give, because you give it to me,
since two are the one it brings both of us glee.
Consume all my love, never fear you’ll do pain,
for truth of one’s self is never heart’s bane.
Ah-ha!
The key to our world is the truth held inside,
So forever will I seek ourselves to confide.

–Jeffrey Phillips Freeman

#poem #poems #poetry

I want you to know
one thing.

You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.

Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.

If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.

If you think it long and mad,
the wind of banners
that passes through my life,
and you decide
to leave me at the shore
of the heart where I have roots,
remember
that on that day,
at that hour,
I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off
to seek another land.

But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for me
with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love, beloved,
and as long as you live it will be in your arms
without leaving mine.

--Pablo Neruda

#poem #poetry

So lately, after having a few exchanges with @wilw after each exchange it leaves me pondering the psychology and social influences that might be at play on either side of the screen.

Before I start disseminating it let me say these are just my thoughts and ideas, I may be WAY off on what is really going on in Wil's head and the last thing I'd want to do is speak for him. So please take it with a grain of salt.

Most of us probably know he is famous. Naturally this means that a lot of people probably try to get his attention, its almost a sense of validation for a famous person to acknowledge you for many people, something people probably go off and brag to their friends about. Sometimes this is probably perfectly innocent, but other times it can probably even get nasty. Just people saying the rudest or most trollish things just in the hopes it would get a rise out of him or famous people in general (I've seen that here since he joined).

I've seen in the way he seems to interact with people on here and on twitter. Maybe I'm just reading into things, maybe its nothing, or maybe I'm hitting the head on the nail, who knows. But it seems when someone just wants his attention, they don't get it. Its usually the people who approach him more as a fellow human than as a famous person he is more likely to respond. After a lifetime of people doing what they can to get his attention I think its a natural response, it gets old.

Then there is the psychology on my side, as someone who doesnt care too much about if someone is famous, but there is still an element of "oh wow cool, this guy that was in a show I really love is talking to me, thats neat". I think there is an element of feeling a bit privileged that considering how many people try to get the guys time or attention he is going to speak to me.

In the end I mostly think to myself "this guy probably doesnt get treated like a normal person too often, so if I'm going to chat with him, let me at least try to treat him like I'd treat any other new friend passing by on the internet." He probably doesnt get that often enough.

Either way, thats my late night ramblings as I reflect and relax in bed...

I'm back after a long weekend with limited computer access. Going to catch up on my notifications (the most important ones. Then sleep, then ill be back at the helm all day tomorrow.