April 25, 2017, Prescott-
A few days ago, I remarked to a friend,
that many encounters I’ve had with people,
over the years,
had met a dead end.
Whenever I make a new friend,
two key questions cross my mind.
First, is how does he/she treat,
and is treated,
by her/his significant other?
At my age, most people I meet have one.
The second question is,
what is her/his story?
Everyone has a legacy of some significance.
Of the people I visited last weekend,
two women have husbands,
whom they love passionately.
One man, who also loves women,
in general, with a passion,
is finding his niche.
One woman looked deep into my eyes,
the day I met her, over a month ago,
and conveyed a message of love.
It was not from Eros.
In fact, I sense that if I met her man,
I’d see the same message in his eyes.
That would, most assuredly, not be from Eros.
I sense the hearts are gathering inward.
There is a call going out, heart-to-heart,
and diamond to diamond.
I got a message, this evening,
looking at a photo of my friend and her husband,
that something huge is about to happen.
The man’s eyes conveyed the notion,
that there is an urgency for people
to set aside their differences.
The woman’s eyes flashed a fierce love,
as they did when I photographed her
and her employer.
Everyone connected to that little cafe/market,
seems to have magnetic energy.
They all seem to be telling me,
stay grounded.
The ladies, and their gentle men,
are telling me, wordlessly,
stay grounded;
there’s a lot of electricity
coming in the air.
I see these things,
when I take the time
to really look
into people’s eyes.
Bless the heart people,
in the towns I’ve come to love, so well,
and bless their diamonds.
yes, indeed!
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I will be back in Superior, on May 6, to enjoy an afternoon of good music and coffee, with the ladies and some of their family members.
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cool.
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as one of my poems says, “We are all facets of the same diamond.”
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At no time has this been more evident than today, when two hundred of us rode over Mingus Mountain, and bid farewell to a man named Jayme Salazar.
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I was moved by this message of hope you have shared.
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We will survive whatever comes our way, as long as we hold tight to our families, but you already know that, Carrie.
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Powerful
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Strength comes from humility. You are a prime example, JR.
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Thank you. 💛
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I’m just guessing from reading this poem, Gary my friend, but the feelings you describe here, you sound to me like C.S. Lewis when he encountered Joy Gresham.
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I will have to look that one up, but I will say that, in all my life, I have loved only one other person as much. She passed on, six years ago.
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