From: owner-eda-thoughts-digest@smoe.org (eda-thoughts-digest) To: eda-thoughts-digest@smoe.org Subject: eda-thoughts-digest V3 #366 Reply-To: eda-thoughts@smoe.org Sender: owner-eda-thoughts-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-eda-thoughts-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk eda-thoughts-digest Monday, October 30 2000 Volume 03 : Number 366 * If you ever wish to unsubscribe, send an email to * eda-thoughts-digest-request@smoe.org with ONLY * the word unsubscribe in the body of the email * . * PLEASE :) when you reply to this digest to send a post TO the list, * change the subject to reflect what your post is about. A subject * of Re: eda-thoughts-digest V3 #xxx or the like gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. Today's Subjects: ----------------- ET: Renaissance affair [GuMmIbEaRs ] ET: Fleeting Moments ["John" ] Re: ET: silly crap {en guarde, cliche! Ya, burro!} [SirCoolMan@aol.com] ET: angels [shell ] Re: ET: angels [Kara Garbe ] Re: ET: holiness [Naomi ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 21:05:32 -0700 (PDT) From: GuMmIbEaRs Subject: ET: Renaissance affair last night i was told i had your eyes your blue eyes i didnt beleive so i looked and i do i have the eyes that enrapt me into you ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ you told you told the world you have a girlfriend i felt my heart sink to the floor when i heard but i was also enraged that it hurt me that my heart had quietly sewn itself to your side and i hadnt noticed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ you stole my heart and i love you but i cant admit it and i can never see why you would love me so i will stand here in the shadows as i watch you fall in love and my heart is broken ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ comments questions welcome ===== "-Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so a simple phrase like "maybe we should just be friends" or "how very perceptive" turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart." -Rose Walker __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 15:19:06 -0800 From: "John" Subject: ET: Fleeting Moments a little something i wrote this morning, any comments good or bad welcome John Fleeting Moments Literature our foundation stone of society as we read from the book of the past transcendent lives made immortal though pen and ink Great Libraries of the world filled with the roots of humanity as the masses sense only the present yet its linkage to us is so sublime and so clear capturing the soul of the transitory ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 16:38:15 EST From: SirCoolMan@aol.com Subject: Re: ET: silly crap {en guarde, cliche! Ya, burro!} That was rather amusing! Hey guys, I haven't written in a while, don't know why. I was thinking I could get back into writing poetry. Anyway, I'll write soon! - -Matt ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 19:07:49 -0800 (PST) From: shell Subject: ET: angels Dear Angels, Wow. I'm just writing to say a little public thank you to those who responded to my last poem about revenge on a child abuser. One in particular, who I won't name. She has offered me her support quite generously in my healing, and I really appreciate it. The fact that someone can take the time out to care for and support someone they don't know reminds me that their are angels in human forms, and I thank her for that. That's all I really wanted, take care of yourselves and someone else. Court _______________________________________________________ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 22:24:25 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time) From: Kara Garbe Subject: Re: ET: angels > That's all I really wanted, take care of yourselves and someone else. > Court That was a great line, "take care of yourselves and someone else." If we all did that, we'd all be taken care of... that just made me so happy to read. Thanks for sticking that one in my head, Court. I thought it was deserving of extra emphasis by my response here, too. Everybody, do that... yeah. :) ~kara ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 20:41:28 -0800 (PST) From: Naomi Subject: Re: ET: holiness hey guys, just letting y'all know i'm still alive.:) just busy w/ school and my fiance. life is crazy. in the midst of some turmoil w/ my love right now. our relationship is fine... it's just him i'm worried about. but i pray it'll all blow over. anyway... kara, great seeing you active again, i've really missed your posts:) i hope everything is well w/ you. i love you all, naomi - --- Kara Garbe wrote: > you know guys, i think the amount of pain collected > between all the > people on this list is horribly... tragic. a lot of > you bring back > memories of myself in high school, suffering > unbelievably for > something or nothing at all, alone and empty and > feeling like i'd > never find something to complete me, because i > couldn't even > identify the pain, much less figure out how to treat > it. but... now > i'm 21, and pain is still there sometimes, but > manageable, too. > there's strength out there, in yourselves, you just > have to find > out how to identify it. to find some kind of solid > anchor for > yourself... it's possible. > > okay, now a sort of prose poem thing.... happy now, > tara? :) > hey, and where are my other old people-- kat, ben, > caroline, naomi, > james.... i miss hearing from you people. and sam & > roya, i hope > you guys aren't bleeding all over your computer > screens as much as > you used to... strength to everyone. > > > > Holiness in India > > > The only graffiti on the walls is in praise of the > divine, > reminders to worship. People here know how to treat > each other. > They walk barefoot for miles across rock-covered > pathways to get > closer to heaven. I imagine > > my own path to heaven, a meandering trail through > forest and > mountain, bridges washed out or never erected to > begin with. > People there know how to forget. They stop for a > lunch break and > lose themselves in their bottles, drinking so deeply > they get lost > in the empty containers. Genies who will not be > recalled, and the > bridge's pillars are left untopped by bridge. Bay > area residents > mortgaged their houses to pay for the Golden Gate. > Where is my > community? Rocky pathways and bare feet, shoes that > wore out years > ago. I walked hard and ripped through the soles. I > imagine > > my own path to heaven. It is a shipwreck but > salvageable. It is a > month at sea with no fruit. It is a leap across > this canyon, > topped with pillars of light that could support no > bridge even if > the genies left their bottles and returned with > hammer and nail and > tooth. Not enough wood could be found to span this > distance; the > genie imagery is just an excuse. A fanciful flight > to make up for > my own incompetence. I admit it. I set down my > hammer long ago as > my faith dissolved. What more could I do? Keep > pushing through > board with make-believe nails? No. Faith is for > the weak. Faith > is for those who cannot believe in themselves. I > believe that - > then why am I standing at the edge of this cliff, > waiting? The > leap to be made must be my own. I imagine > > my own path to heaven. It is smooth and continuous > and lined with > hot coals. But I have been walking barefoot on > sharp rock for > years now. I have cultivated thick soles, and I am > not afraid to use them. > > ===== "What is Desire? Desire is... complicated. One person always wants the other person more." -VS __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ End of eda-thoughts-digest V3 #366 **********************************