more : quotes & poems by Susana B ©

Quotes
• If you can't live up to the truth, you can't live up to anything.
• Only you know your full capabilities, don't limit yourself.
• It's the little changes that make life fun.
• I want someone who will steal my heart, then give it rite back.

Poems

*new you are airborne
you are grounded by shoes
though your thoughts, ideas, and delights are up here
you listen for inspiration
and speak with articulation
you see in vivid colors, in dimensions, and in light
your hands can reach above all else
you are up here with me, we have lifted one another  08/10 #43

*new precious moments
Darkness comes too soon
The lingering light becomes softer and it concedes wieldy
The shadows are quicker
And I bruise easier
The seasons are shorter
And the years even more so
I hold on longer and it slips away faster
Sentimentalism is my friendly foe   08/10 #42

*new the net
Loosely woven
Though continuous
A pattern of voids
More gaps to fall through
Than structure to uphold   08/10 #41

*new the hot air burns
I t creates a wall so thick
I slowly move through it
The sun is beating me down
My skin touches the searing ground
The light is a blaze and sends me to shade
At nite the wind lifts up
The trees have rich shadows
The darkness is comforting and I am open
The cool air consoles  08/10 #40

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*new lingering light
The light leaves the room
Shadows become deeper and darker
Illuminated windows, now voids
Lost are colors and definitions
I watch, wait and wallow for the light   07/10 #39

*new temptation
Tantalizing thoughts
Anticipation
Desire
What we want but can not have
How does one escape
That ever agonizing pull
Once we do have it, is it ever as good as we imagine it?
Only if we can tempt another by having what they want  07/10 #38

*new among the trees
I live amongst the trees
They stand sturdy, then sway and rumble with thunder
They extend their branches to my house
The birds flutter over oblivious to my watch
The squirrels jump, lung, and scurry
My dog leaps at them, scaling the railing, ready to fly
Then after one attempt, she only leaps now
I look out to the green leaves, brown branches, blue skies and white puffy clouds
I have trees extending their home into mine  06/10 #37

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*new steadfast warriors
He tasted the blood from the cut on his lip
Evidence of the foul just committed
He eyed his goal
Aligned himself
Paused, measured
Charged and struck
As warriors had done before, noblemen for their cause, their comrades, their country
But for today the win was not his
A win seemed to elude him, his team, his country
It seamed to elude the other teams as ties were called, prolonging decisiveness
A scoreless game turns to overtime
Then a charge was made from the opposite end of the field
The ball bouncing from foot to foot, from team member to team member
Their goal was in striking distance; a play for it was made
Though blocked by the defender
The ball was no ones as it ricochets toward another warrior
The warrior made a sudden but decisive kick
No looking back, all moves forward now
The crowds erupted, in the stadium and all over the land
He was elated, as many were elated and relieved
No fouls on this goal, all ties were broken
The man, the team, the country had its victory.   06/10 #36

salute
They gave to the only country they knew
They gave their youth and vigor
They gave willingly to a cause they may not always understand, though to values that were clear and shared
They gave while waiting and in uncertainty
They gave through the heat and sweat , through the cold and chill
They gave while on the routine of patrol and in uncertainty
They gave while in anguish, peril and while in pain
They gave tears to the fellow soldier slumped next to them
They gave voice to their names
Some eventually gave their last breath
What they all gave we shall never know, but we shall remember, respect and appreciate.   05/10 #35

they
They huddle against the darkest of nites and the darkest of days
They beg on the street, below our feet
They have no order, no time, no choice
They have so little and a little means so much
They are We for We are They
We have the same words, hopes, fears and tears
We have the power to restore, rejoice, and to lift up our hands, heads, and hearts
For we are One   05/10 #34

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moments
Moment by moment we go
Day by day we live
As you go and as we live are we there?
Or are you remembering yesterday and hoping for tomorrow?
Make the most of the moment
Make the most of the day
You’ll then make the most of your life.   05/10 #33

pink pill hats
The checkered floors
A jukebox in every booth
Glamour pictures on the wall
And chrome that distorts reflections
More was more
Cars were spacious, curves at every bend
The young were defining youth and rock-n-roll
The future was theirs till it was robbed by war – hats become helmets, pink become red, and pills become ‘Lucy in the sky with diamonds.’   05/10 #32

rothko’s revelation
Deep saturations
Intense solids
Building blocks
Stacked but not touching
The same but separate
Varied yet equal
They funnel down
You along with them
Lost in hues
Of pure abstraction   05/10 #31

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mind mining
I never stop
I never stop long enough to empty my mind
To let it wonder
To let it pause
It never rests
To many to-do-lists, schedules, interruptions, and aspirations
Though, but, what if.
A deep sigh
close of the eyes
head out the door
down a rural road
to a creek
grass is green
sun is warm
water reflective
sit, stretch, listen
listen to the external, letting the sun melt the internal and the water wash it away   05/10 #30

*new sheared success
Heart pounding
Mind buzzing
The moment has arrived
What to do next
Who to tell next
You’re paralyzed
Pencil drawn
Task crossed off
Short messages sent
Competent cries for help made   05/10 #29

the next big thing
It’s here.
The next big thing.
No longer do you have to wait.
To wonder. To ponder.
There is no learning curve.
No accessories. No expense.
In fact it has always been here.
The big bang is back.
You are here.
It is here.
It is now.   05/10 #28

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the web
Strands connecting
Stringing from place to place
We delight in its structure
Delicately Interwoven
Steadfast mechanism
Not something we can hold, nor touch
Only something to be caught in   05/10 #27

homecoming
The anticipation grows the nearer we are
We smile and giggle recalling past delights
Before turning each corner we know the streets, its houses, trees, décor
If there is something out of place or new, we don’t see it
Memory overcomes reality
Childhood is revealed and adulthood abandon
The safety, hopes, and joys are restored
We are renewed by the past.   05/10 #26

poof
It happen
Just like that
What a delight
You’ve been waiting, waiting, waiting
Then things clicked
A maybe or wait and see becomes a YES
The plans you’ve been holding off on can be revived, detailed, set in motion.
No longer do you need to hold back, no false hope, and no ‘if only’
You have arrived   05/10 #25

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exploding saturations
They explode in numbers too many to count, bursting in red, yellow, pink, purple, and a chartreuse
Year after year they pop, dispersing in brilliance
Their enduring quality doesn't give hint to their silky armor, steams of steel, and machetes of green
They last a few weeks, then shards of silk litter the ground
Till next year when they catch us by surprise again   04/10 #24

spring sprung sizzle
From white to green
Bare to sprouts
Frost to dew
Snow to rain
Ice to puddles
Cold to cool
Freeze to breeze
The Spring Sprung Sizzle   04/10 #23

fancying fantasies
Reluctantly we awake
Reminiscing on thoughts
Wrapped in a world of warp circumstances and characters
An escape down Alice’s hole into Neverland we go
To places of Hobbits, Muchicans, Oompa-Loompas and Gringotts’ Goblins
Fancying fantasies of pompous possibilities   04/10 #22

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i am
'I am' of this moment
Not dwelling on the past nor brainstorming of the future
Not wishing or thinking ‘only if’
Looking around I see a rich world worth appreciating ‘as is’   04/10 #21

winter thaw
The sun is out, sparse patches of snow, even fewer spots of ice
We come out of our holes uncertain at first, and then quickly embrace what we knew to be coming,
though had tired of predicting when
We open up as blossoms, shedding our coats and exposing ourselves to rejuvenation
The doom and gloom of disbelief, is replaced by the coy and joy of relief   03/10 #20

what i say
We say just to be saying
Then realize we said what we didn't mean
Sometimes we say nothing at all
Which can speak more volumes then having said something
We babble, command, order, plea, ask, interpret, explain, clarify, yell, shrill, shout, pray, whisper, state, invite, exasperate
These are how we say, what we say, when we say   03/10 #19

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bone chilling
Bone chilling
Teeth chattering
COLD
Day after day
Wears thin
White buildings beside you
White cars in front of you
No white lines on the road, just a sea of snow   01/10 #18

snow spines
The crispy spinal fingers of snow
set against dark bark
on a wintry white nite   12/09 #17

bellows
It bellows over the hills and valleys.
Where microcosms of humans, animals, plants and buildings lay.
Clustering together each the same yet different, they vary like the days, seasons and years.
Differing in temperature and cages of sunny, cold, harsh and mild.
Divided by trees, creeks, fences and distance.
Steadfast yet occasionally brushing up against one another, like the wind carrying pollen.
When they land, some give way to bigger microcosms, or become barren and still, or land next to where they have fallen from, slightly changing the winds current around them.
It is the barren that has recently become more known. The clusters are now of only empty structures that the wind echoes through.   11/09 #16

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promises
Promises kept.
Promises broken.
The most significant are the ones made to ourselves.
Yet these are the ones usually forgotten, denied, or put aside.   11/09 #15

abandon but not forgotten
It echoes like this creaky floor
stirring what once was.
Reaching back into the light
of delights and shadows.
It was a time of wonder.
I was slip then
and everything was new.
I had shine and reflected.
As once did this creaky floor.   Halloween 2009; inspired by Delights & Shadows poetry, author Ted Kooser

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african tree
I asked a tribesman why do the trees in Africa have a flat top?
"Flat gives birds soft land in desert
giraffes have plate
ground has cover from three day rain
Spirit wants you and me to wonder on trees."   8/09 #12

concave cocoons
We sit in our cocoons of air conditioners and heaters, bottled water and screens galore,
all the best and brightest our generations can afford.
What are we protecting ourselves from?
What are we hiding from?
What are we evolving into?   7/09 #11

this little lite
A crescent moon in its last hour
The sky goes from dark to lite, 
Black to blue, royal to indigo
Clouds move in, day consumes
The slight lite of brilliant illumination seen by all, fades to barely seen at all
So we shine while we can   7/09 #10

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love least legalities
A love of sharing
A love of fulfillment
A love of time
A love of endurance
A love that changes yet is always there
No bonds of license, religion, children nor ring
Bonds by knowing, comfort and growth
A bond of being   4/09 #9

symphony mix
    strong  yet  delicate
    expansive  yet  condensed
    rapid  yet  unhurried
    controlled  yet  unleashed
    clarity  yet  clustered
    abrupt  yet  lingering
    commanding  yet  inquiring
Ooo sweet strong scenarios come touch me again.
Whisper and rage, let me ride your waves.   4/09 #8

the opportunity
She watches and waits
Still.
Takes a few steps forward
Still.
Her prey is unaware
Still.
A few more steps toward
Still.
Then she lunges
Her prey reacts
The three-second chase is on
On her hind legs the setter stares up the tree at the squirrel in disbelief,
   as if this is not the way it usually ends.
It is the chance, the possibility, her drive and intuition.
She is not inhibited as I, by failures and the past.
She rejoices in the moment.
Pursuing the opportunity.   3/09 #7

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perfect christmas morn
Virgin snow, mist above an icy creek, the rising sun warming bare branches.
Calm and quiet as ground, water, and trees are covered white – becoming one.
Small sounds of snow crunching under foot and water trickling, breaking free of ice.
Water forever moving, marking that nature endures, evolves, and is eternal.
Tree shadows that are straight, diagonal, curved, and broken.
Browns, golds, silvers, blues, and grays display how even in simplicity nature is complex.
Shapes and waves in the snow reflect the sky and water., as the world is in unison on a perfect Christmas morn.   12/25/08 #6

an infallible mother
To a women of knowledge, strength, and robust
She commands a room as well as our hearts
Her quick wit and ability to cut to the chase
   rings truth in our souls
She endures and laughs like no one we know
In a way that not only touches us,
   but shapes us all with an infallible impression of life, ourselves, and her.   5/14/06 #5

a spring snow
White with peeks of green.
A Spring snow dusting the grass and yellow blossoms,
   creating a delicate balance.
Reminding us that the rhythm of life is one of surprise.
To reach gradual and steady we often see edges rub.
That what is here is unique and must be taken heed,
   for tomorrow something anew arises.   04/06 #4

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life
Life has many twists, many fates.
Life has brought me to this place.
Though it is a place that has always been within.
It is often a place that escapes the human kin.   04/99 #3

a father's love
To a father who first was bewildered by the bundles of joy
Whose first enduring touch was knuckle sandwiches rubbed on our heads
He grew as we grew
A man whose perseverance spoke for him
His belief in us, the encouragement in his eyes, came through
He showed us what family meant as well as hard work, simplicity, and strength
Most of all he showed us love
That love is enduring and conquers everything, even passing-on
To a man who is our only father, a grandfather, and my mother's true love
May his love continue to grow through us   6/20/99 #2

storm
There came a summer storm of purple skies
It was welcoming, refreshing
Then with wind and rage
It blew a rampage
Now it strikes a cord of unknown
A life of its own not one with others
Will it be a storm of regret or mere reminder   08/92 #1

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Phrases
• The heat doesn't console, it only digs a deeper hole