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Today
From: Kimia
Date: 4/9/2001

Today, I realized that the dreams of my childhood have ran out as quickly as sand pebbles through a child’s fingers. And yet I learned to dream new dreams, Dreams more majestic, more stunning, more my own. Today, I felt life, as though for the first time, I tasted disappointment. I fell, But then learned to pick myself up. For the first time ever, I understood the meaning of learning. Learning from my mistakes, And forgiving. Forgiving myself for failing, And others for disappointing me. Then I learned to keep loving the ones who didn’t know how to love me. I learned not to give up on myself, or my desires, Of wholeness, fulfillment, And all things pure. Today, for the first time, I understood that loss is intertwined with “being” And that “being” is made up of sorrow And joy. Today, I realized for the first time The meaning of sacrifice And selflessness and brevity. Today, I learned the true power of kindness And felt the true depth of compassion. Today, I realized that time hardens us Like tempered steal, And also that humanity softens our hearts, Like bleeding tulips. Today, I realized the magnificence of life With all of its hardships And all of its beautiful rewards.

Inspired by Kimia’s post “Today” 4/9:

    brevity, selflessness, sacrifice
    love, kindness, compassion
      loss...

how blue, how blue, how blue
the words that ring so true
def'nitions only i knew
but now i feel their hue

just yesterday it seem'd
joyous moments had gleam'd
so far the future beam'd
soon it weaved 'n careen'd

lifeless she flew, i fell
no kiss 'fore the farewell
in me always to dwell
she taught me "love" to spell

how gone, how rare a smile
how joy did fate beguile
our journy but a mile
sweet mem'ries did compile

but dream, dream, 'n dream
for morrow new life do gleam
let love amend thy seam
fear not, nor dare to dream