Poet's Corner
Life Cycles
Actually, the 1st snow arrives in the Fall...
Blanketing the ground with glistening crystals...
A negative conotation usually comes from the Experienced shoveler, but it's simply delight in
The eyes of youngsters...
The true Yankee has already put their garden
To sleep...while others scurry about boarding jet
Planes to escape to warmer climates.
We celebrate to Lord's Birthday which universally
Lifts spirits high to make this time of year, a
Positive season.
For many people, emotions run the gamut from
Jovial to solemn, possibly due to a current loss or
Illness in their family...
It's times like this, We must lean on the stronger-
Spirited to help cope with bad times.
We must hold fast a strong belief as Christians...for
It gives us inner strength to endure.
Then by the early days of Spring, when the first
Crocuses pop through the melting snow, possibly
Two Old Timers talking are over-heard saying,
"It wasn't such a bad Winter !"
Bob Cardoza
"Through Dad's Eyes" by Robert Cardoza
What Have We Learned?....Sleep- 1942…"Equating State of Mind" -by Robert Cardoza I study the urban development as I walk serenely on the shores of my hometown beach, waiting to hear a message of wisdom from my Maker... Systematic patterns "feng shui" my thought process, as I provocatively think of my soulmate in the city. The transpiring hustle and bustle of the city scapes dot the skyline, while the smog seems to be lenient today... As I continue my journey along the shoreline, contemplating thoughts of my existence help me realize, "It's o.k. to be different...we are all unique"...God intended it that way. I now realize the message I eagerly waited to receive.... was nothing more than..."Good Morning".....I am Blessed !!
"Help me to live in the Present...and know that I am."
"I died a little today...but I lived while I was doing it."
"Don't live in Fear...rather Live in Faith"
"The hardest thing to learn is to unlearn what you've already learned....however, the most gradifying thing is learn a different approach"
"What worries me is the Probable, not the Inevitable"
Quotations by Bob
MIRROR IMAGES
by Bob Cardoza
I am but an image of my imagination
Who am I to have such an existence?
How many times have I scolded you in
Secrecy...Afraid to let others know??
Inadequacies lurk throughout my being
Reinforcing them to a built up patina.
However, I see another image in myself....
A positive light not of my own aura, but
Other peoples' perceptions of me...
Plus a higher light, Godhead of His own kind
Suddenly, I am born to a new existence
Never to forget my past...never to forget my past...
A new face appears now
Have I seen light through the dark side?
Is this only a phase or have I been redeemed?
Poetry, bazaar wording describes the new me...
I am but a number...Why do I wish to be seen
And not heard? Is this the mirror thing???
Jesus, you are in my existence
You've always been there, only
Smoke-screened...I see all my ages past
I see other people....Dad, Mom, my siblings
Grandparents....friends....acquaintances...
I thought I was in charge of the man in the Mirror !!
Don't fret Bob, this is a good thing...
Now I see Martha !!! What's happened?
Now I close my eyes to the blackened.
Memory...which brings me home to myself....
So now I know the meaning of sleep.
Another day has past...
ABRASIVE VERBAGE
by Bob Cardoza
The Media speaks "Protected Words" with Rosey,
Pastey PUT-ONS to keep out Actions
Listen to yesteryears' reaction....
The pain of today's youth does not control the world
although rightfully recognized...
Don't teaach your children what's wrong with the world,
As we see it,
Society is neither Male or Female, Black or White,
Gay or Striaght, Republican or Democrat, rich or poor,
Anti or Pro....
Rather, Ageless in Time,
That Good, Honesty and Truth must be Paramount.