And now in this quiet withdrawn days I learn the true meaning of timeless, of no worry of poetry and smiling And the ability to think how beautiful My life truly is Of how blessed I truly am. ____ here's a quote thats appropriate for this forum: 'Always learn poems by heart', she said. 'They have to become the marrow in your bones. Like the flouride in the water, they will make your soul impervious to the world's soft decay.' ____ okay, I have another poem ____ Once there was a bouquet and it belonged to Loreta and Desiree And when I feel it I feel the sun filtering in, celestially through the window above flickering through the heavy green leaves. And at first I felt sad like her "violets" but as it died at first sentimental "the pheonix must burn to emerge" "Sometimes, Always", I suppose.