tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23033157016001017922024-02-19T07:13:44.675-08:00Care PackagesContents: love, pain, insanity, and a bit of fun now and then. Signed, sealed and delivered.Caren E. Salashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16886501693332596087noreply@blogger.comBlogger516125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303315701600101792.post-75951955540174066202020-07-24T22:58:00.001-07:002020-07-24T22:58:41.920-07:00HOW MANYI feel like we have just begun,<br />
To count up all the costs<br />
And how many times<br />
We'll have to say,<br />
"I'm sorry for your loss,"<br />
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Caren E. SalasCaren E. Salashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16886501693332596087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303315701600101792.post-7416508081811117622020-07-23T22:17:00.000-07:002020-07-23T22:17:12.167-07:00STRANGE<div style="text-align: center;">
Lately I've been feeling strange</div>
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As though I should say good-bye</div>
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Like I should tell my story</div>
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Before it's too late to try.</div>
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And I should show as much love</div>
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As my heart has strength to give,</div>
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And I should spend each moment</div>
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Remembering moments lived.</div>
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I see so much that's ending</div>
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Like innocence, love and peace</div>
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Yet things like fear and hatred</div>
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Continue to be released.</div>
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Lately I've been feeling strange,</div>
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Like I'm running out of time;</div>
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Things to see, people to meet,</div>
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Mountains I want to climb.</div>
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Things are coming to an end</div>
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Don't know how, or even when</div>
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Just a feeling that I have</div>
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That I won't be back again.</div>
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It's eating me up inside</div>
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Gnawing at me day and night,</div>
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And nobody will miss me</div>
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When I'm gone and out of sight.</div>
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Caren E. Salas</div>
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<br />Caren E. Salashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16886501693332596087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303315701600101792.post-81293307802460550052020-07-22T19:11:00.001-07:002020-07-22T19:13:27.801-07:00NATURE'S GIFT<br />
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Gazing out the dirty window<br />
Recent rain streaking down<br />
Making stripes of semi-clean view<br />
I saw a rainbow in the distance<br />
I couldn't take my eyes off it:<br />
This band of color in a gray,<br />
Post storm sky, shouting out,<br />
Announcing better days ahead.<br />
Glancing around me, I realized<br />
No one else had noticed.<br />
Focusing on their own lives<br />
And troubles, they had missed it.<br />
Nature had loaned us this gift,<br />
For a brief moment in time,<br />
As the bus just rumbled on.<br />
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Caren E. Salas<br />
<br />Caren E. Salashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16886501693332596087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303315701600101792.post-88888953735577777052020-05-24T16:50:00.002-07:002020-05-24T16:50:40.258-07:00AprPAD Day 23 Prompt: Social______<div style="text-align: center;">
SOCIAL AWKWARDNESS </div>
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I often feel like </div>
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An outsider looking in,</div>
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Not allowed to talk.</div>
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I'm not supposed to be there; </div>
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Maybe I should just go home.</div>
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<br />Caren E. Salashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16886501693332596087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303315701600101792.post-11800591615027373272020-05-17T13:38:00.000-07:002020-05-17T13:39:19.586-07:00AprPAD Day 22 Prompt: quirk<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">THE COST</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was just a twitch, a quirk, </div><div style="text-align: center;">A stutter once in a while</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">He wasn't really worried.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He figured it was the cost,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of falling madly in love</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">With someone so wonderful</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Caren E. Salas</div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoEKmOd2J5RfliJeVuaI0h2bJDkYaCNBZr15_9CVh0I5uLW2LBbVVUhUGWGR3aPQg4cJ_Ko-cyMgMpu9za-rcgShuaTUq6RGnLrnX1vUk3eA9zb3KIZTkzeKg1P2iGOi5wF7bF-zhV2QQ-/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="886" data-original-width="726" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoEKmOd2J5RfliJeVuaI0h2bJDkYaCNBZr15_9CVh0I5uLW2LBbVVUhUGWGR3aPQg4cJ_Ko-cyMgMpu9za-rcgShuaTUq6RGnLrnX1vUk3eA9zb3KIZTkzeKg1P2iGOi5wF7bF-zhV2QQ-/w164-h200/IMG_0155+%25282%2529.JPG" width="164" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Caren E. Salashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16886501693332596087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303315701600101792.post-3602996466321541212020-05-02T23:25:00.001-07:002020-05-02T23:25:28.016-07:00AprPAD Day 21 prompt: love/anti-love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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BY HEART<br />
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There's no love like family<br />
It's unique, crazy, sometimes<br />
Difficult,but always true.<br />
Not just your blood family<br />
But those you've adopted too<br />
Family chosen by heart.<br />
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Caren E.SalasCaren E. Salashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16886501693332596087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303315701600101792.post-88041214452516631422020-05-02T22:58:00.000-07:002020-05-02T23:13:00.945-07:00AprPAD Day 20 Prompt: Isolation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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ISOLATION</div>
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In isolation</div>
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My mind begins to wander</div>
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Imagining worst</div>
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Case scenarios, dire ends</div>
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Even dying by myself.</div>
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In isolation</div>
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All I can think of is you</div>
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Being far away</div>
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Even though you're not that far</div>
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You're not where I can hold you.</div>
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In isolation</div>
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I hear the echos of life</div>
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Growing feint each day </div>
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As time steals special moments</div>
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Which will never be returned.</div>
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Caren E, Salas</div>
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Caren E. Salashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16886501693332596087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303315701600101792.post-56110363095549845932020-04-27T00:36:00.000-07:002020-04-27T00:36:37.385-07:00AprPAD Day 19 Prompt: Use these 6 words: Embrace, bump, resolve, lonely, fixture, howl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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CREATURE OF THE NIGHT<br />
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He woke up in a cold sweat<br />
Startled by the light fixture<br />
Mistaking it for the moon<br />
The full moon he so dreaded<br />
Life is lonely when you are<br />
One who goes bump in the night.<br />
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How he longed for her embrace<br />
But their love could never be<br />
With resolve, he vowed to leave<br />
Else fill her life with peril<br />
Broken-hearted, packed his bags<br />
And with a howl, departed.<br />
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Caren E. SalasCaren E. Salashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16886501693332596087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303315701600101792.post-49137620544624346752020-04-26T23:32:00.000-07:002020-04-26T23:32:32.574-07:00AprPAD Day #18 prompt: MessageDEATH BY VOICE MAIL (messaged in haiku) <br />
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Hello, I'm not here<br />
If you want leave a message<br />
But I won't call back<br />
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Hello? Are you there?<br />
I hope you get this message<br />
Your car is on fire<br />
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Hello, this is - no,<br />
Wait, it's none of your business<br />
You can hang up now<br />
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Hi, how're ya' doin'?<br />
You just won a million bucks!<br />
Haha just kidding<br />
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Hello? No one's here<br />
But cameras are watching you<br />
They're always watching<br />
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Just saying hello<br />
But if you don't call me back<br />
You'll be dead to me<br />
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Caren E. Salas<br />
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<br />Caren E. Salashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16886501693332596087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303315701600101792.post-85730430513106272702020-04-24T01:30:00.000-07:002020-04-24T01:30:45.817-07:00AprPAD Day #17 Prompt: Exotic<br />
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ANCIENT STREETS <br />
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As I walked the ancient streets<br />
A strange combination of<br />
Auto exhaust and spices<br />
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Danced through my mind and voices<br />
Whispered unfamiliar sounds.<br />
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The sky was growing darker<br />
As I reached the upward path<br />
And lush green grass hid crickets:<br />
My welcoming committee;<br />
But as I reached the entrance<br />
The gate was shut and locked up.<br />
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Hundreds of miles I'd traveled<br />
For rocks and stones translated<br />
Thousands of years in the past;<br />
Still I was happy to be<br />
Where goddesses had wandered<br />
As I walked the ancient streets.<br />
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Caren E. Salas<br />
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<br />Caren E. Salashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16886501693332596087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303315701600101792.post-86538771241671543742020-04-22T21:12:00.001-07:002020-04-22T21:12:38.256-07:00AprPAD Day 16 Prompt: The Last ______<div style="text-align: center;">
THE LAST TIME</div>
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The last time I saw you</div>
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Seems forever ago</div>
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The way that I miss you</div>
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You can't possibly know.</div>
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Only limited minutes</div>
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I can see your sweet faces</div>
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To hear your laughter</div>
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When we're different places.</div>
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I pray for an end</div>
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For the longing I feel</div>
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For when I can hold you</div>
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In my arms for real.</div>
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The last time I saw you</div>
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Didn't know I'd be wrong</div>
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Thinking all of this craziness</div>
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Would not last this long.</div>
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Caren E. Salas</div>
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Sometimes they're frivolous, sometimes intense</div>
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They have a mind of their own I say</div>
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Imprisoned by the fear </div>
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This harbinger of hell</div>
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As fast as I can fly</div>
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So quick until the sun is high</div>
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With life within the fire </div>
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Severed by the miles and time </div>
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The murderer of love</div>
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Caren E. Salashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16886501693332596087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303315701600101792.post-17656202715050394772020-04-15T01:10:00.000-07:002020-04-15T01:10:49.155-07:00AprPAD Day 11 "Control"I NEED ANSWERS<br />
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I have some questions<br />
For whoever runs this show<br />
Who is in control<br />
Of the lies and omissions<br />
Delays, mistakes and red tape?<br />
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Pettiness leaves us<br />
With no real guidance at all<br />
We need answers now!<br />
So stop with the name calling<br />
While numbers are increasing.<br />
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Caren E. SalasCaren E. Salashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16886501693332596087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303315701600101792.post-62187428659457150822020-04-12T02:55:00.001-07:002020-04-12T02:55:11.005-07:00AprPAD Day 10 "The____who____"<br />
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THE ONES WHOM I LIVE FOR<br />
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I miss those little faces smiling<br />
The eyes that looked at me<br />
Laughter that always fills my soul<br />
Small angels living free<br />
It seems the day will never come<br />
When I again will feel<br />
The warm embrace of tiny arms<br />
That I so much want for real<br />
They're the ones who keep the flames<br />
Inside my heart each day<br />
And why I'll keep on waiting<br />
And in my home I'll stay.<br />
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<br />Caren E. Salashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16886501693332596087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303315701600101792.post-72282272234976754142020-04-12T02:38:00.000-07:002020-04-12T02:38:58.232-07:00AprPAD Day 9 An Ekphrastic Poem<br />
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Innocent<br />
Naive and carefree<br />
Until he<br />
Fluttering<br />
Shot an arrow through her heart<br />
Tempting her to love.<br />
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Painting: 'Young Girl Defending Herself Against Eros" by William-Adolphe Bouguereau<br />
This has been my favorite painting ever since the first time I saw it many years ago at the Getty Museum (which is now the Getty Villa). It now is exhibited in the newer Getty Center. I have visited it there and look forward to when I will be able to go again.<br />
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But these days I wake</div>
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What tomorrow will bring me.</div>
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Caren E. Salashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16886501693332596087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303315701600101792.post-5860309745500418402020-04-07T22:45:00.000-07:002020-04-07T22:45:24.514-07:00AprPAD Day 7 Lucky/Unlucky<div style="text-align: center;">
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Scrambling for freedom</div>
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Lunch time for a snake.</div>
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When I wake up each morning<br />
I remember the nightmares<br />
And dreams for a while. Slowly<br />
I wake, knowing what is real,<br />
But try as I might, I can't<br />
Make myself go back to sleep.<br />
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Caren E. Salas<br />
<br />Caren E. Salashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16886501693332596087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303315701600101792.post-73351779264276728222020-04-05T21:51:00.000-07:002020-04-05T21:51:56.066-07:00AprPAD Day 4 "Wish"<div style="text-align: center;">
WISH</div>
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I wish I could fly </div>
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Far away from here and now </div>
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To where there's no fear</div>
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Caren E. Salashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16886501693332596087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303315701600101792.post-24134037540775895462020-04-04T23:35:00.000-07:002020-04-04T23:35:46.769-07:00AprPAD Day 3 Follow ______<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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FOLLOW THE DOG</div>
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Follow the dog, she knows where to go down</div>
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The street and to the left then two more blocks</div>
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To the blue house with the red door and green </div>
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Green grass. A right turn takes you all the way</div>
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Past the gated yard and the big mean dog </div>
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Who always barks and growls as we go by</div>
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The house. Follow the dog but not that one.</div>
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She looks at me to make sure I'm still here.</div>
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Walking close behind her, she stops and sniffs</div>
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The grass, somehow she knows we're almost home.</div>
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Caren E. Salashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16886501693332596087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303315701600101792.post-37619278832575483042020-04-03T22:19:00.000-07:002020-04-03T22:33:22.125-07:00AprPAD Day 2 "SPACE"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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HOME</div>
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From far beyond the universe</div>
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My soul, a sea of stars</div>
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I fell into a galaxy</div>
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Swirling in the dark.</div>
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And when the spin began to slow</div>
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My heart kept spiraling round</div>
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Past the planets, comets, moons</div>
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I kept on sliding down</div>
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To a big blue world, warm and free</div>
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With oceans, mountains, plains</div>
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With continents and countries</div>
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Cities, towns and bays</div>
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Until a home cried to my soul</div>
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Come to me and stay</div>
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Bring all you love and rest with me</div>
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And never go away.</div>
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photo by William Salas</div>
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