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Laura's Poems


The Four Seasons Of Life

Our journey on earth is compiled of four seasons, spring, summer, fall and winter. Life is only loaned to us, and as with everything borrowed, must someday be returned. We are only here for a short stay, and have many purposes to fullfill, we must contend with pain, in order to attain peace. We must accept tribulations, if we are to reach success. We must also shed many tears if we are to share laughter. We have many, many lessons to learn while we are here, and may not take our leave of this world, until we have learned them all. Therefore it is important to place great emphasis on each and every moments of our life.

Quote... for we may never pass this way again...Unquote.

You have just closed a chapter on one of the greatest season of your life. The spring season, where everything grows fresh and new. When lilacs slowly begin to blossom and the maple and oak trees commence to introduce new leaves. When a robin chirps happily, as she flutters to and fro, busily preparing her nest. The spring of your years is a time to bring life into the world. It is a time when we are born, and presented to the world. A time to grow from infancy, and slowly discover ourself. A time for school, relating with other children, learning and alot of frustrations. A time when you cling securely to your stuffed animals for added comfort and love. A time for puberty and sharing new experiences. A time when you are transformed (like a simple caterpillar) into a lovely butterfly in the process of a metamorphosis. Then the magical day arrives when you receive your first kiss, and suddenly feel as though you were walking on winged feet. When you experience various teenage crushes, and fall in love with thoughts of love. When life is simple and sweet. Then life takes you on a different path when you fall head over heels in love, and feel as though the world has stopped revolving, when you imagine yourself standing on tiptoe and touching a rainbow, or plucking the stars from the heavens. When you stand with baited breath, and rapid heartbeat, anxiously awaiting your sweet love, walking swiftly towards you, as you unite and merge as one. You find yourself overcome by pleasure intermingled with melancholy, as you suddenly realize the sweet sweet loss of innocence. Pledging your love to God, and the Universe, you go forth to produce.

Play with me
Laugh with me
Bond with me
Leave me never!


You are now entering the summer season of your life. A very special time when everything is in full bloom. The trees and flowers proudly display all their beauty and elegance, and everyone seems so carefree. A time also for unexpected cloudburst, and thunderstorms, often times followed by a colorful rainbow. When fresh fallen rain mingled with the gentle the gentle fragrance of flowers, in conjunction with the sweet scent of newly mowed grass, forms a pungunt aroma that fills the air with sheer delight. This seems to be the longest season. Yet it slips quickly by, and is soon intervened by fall. These are the meaningful reproductive years.

You are now imbued with the magical sweetness of life growing slowly within you. "Flesh of your flesh, heart of your heart." You gasp with awe and amazement when you feel your infant's first gentle movement, like the flutter of a butterfly's wings. Later, as you see your body expanding and become suddenly seized by a distinctive kick, you quickly reach out for your husband's hand to share and savor in this special moment. Your face flushed with rosy glow, and you feel satiated and content, knowing your baby's heart is beating calmy, safe, and secure, beneath your very own. Then the blessed day arrives when your baby is ready to greet the world. A time when the greatest bonding between a mother and child occor. You are now filled with many mixed emotions. Anticipation, Apprehension, and a certain amount of Fear, as you and your infant struggle together to safely bring forth precious life. As you lie back, and lovingly look down upon your child's sweet cherub face. You are completely overwhelmed with more love than you ever thought possible, as your eyes close, you realize birth really is a miracle. With a long sigh of relief, you allow your mind to wander, as you recall this heartwarming Quote.


" Babies are bits of stardust
Blown from the hand of God
Lucky is the woman who has
Felt the pangs of birth,
For she has held a star" ..

Unquote

Next you enter upon the fall season of your life, when the leaves drift profusely to the ground, and you greatly admire their colorful hues. A time when farmers gather their crops, and reap the rich rewards of their labor a time for roasting marshmallows by a roaring bonfire, while the flickering flames flush your cheeks with a warming glow. That spreads over your entire body, and makes you tingle in the crisp autumn air. You look up with wonder at an amazing beautiful harvest moon, full, so perfectly rounded, in all its splendor, slightly misted by a passing cloud, creating a smoky illusion. This is a satisfying season for you. It is a time to reflect on what you have reaped from your life. If you have sowed your seeds properly, and nutured them lovingly you should culminate with tremendous pride and satisfaction. This season also brings forth a bit of nostalgia, as you reminisce about days gone by, your present surroundings, and your grandchildren. You choose to become reaquainted, and renew your wedding vows, as you blissfully repledge your love to each other. It may not abound with the same wild recklessness of youth, but may perhaps be even more beautiful. As a tasty wine mellows with age, so has your love, at this point and time in your life you are more attuned to one anothers needs above, and beyond, anything, or anyone else on earth. Your minds blend together in total embody, as you become invincible.

Quote ...
"Take my hand and
Grow old with me
My darling, the best
Is yet to come"

..Unquote

Last but not necessarily least, you are into the winter of your life. The season supposedly to end all seasons. A time when everything is barren, and seems bleak to you, but is only in quiet repose, preceding three invigorating seasons. And without a doubt will regenerate, and once again reach full bloom by springtimes end. The winter of one's years need not be weary. There is a serene peaceful sort of beauty that abounds in the wintertime. For instance, being held captive by the sight of driven snow that has firmly crested on the prized evergreens, forming a luminous glaze that glistens brightly in the sunlight of day. Or basking in the grandeur, and unsurpassed beauty of the white-capped mountains, veiled by a billowing fog, it's like being in an enchanted wonderland. Catching a snowflake on the tip of your tongue, and allowing the tiny flakes to caress your face like a child's tender kisses, can warm your heart on the coldest of days. If you are glorified with good health, there is so much more living to do, so many more memories to create. Such as an afternoon of sledding with your children and grandchildren. Sharing hot chocolate and strolling down Memory Lane as you nestle cozily by the fireside for added warmth and laughter. Though your body may become a bit feeble, the gold in your hair turn to silver, and the creases etched upon your face symbolize the passing of time, you should be especially thankful if you are sanctioned to share those golden years together. Revel in them and cleave unto each other for morale strength, support, and companionship. This is a time to quietly resign yourself to the master's plans and trust that he will clear the path and pave the way for you. Total surrender of each and every moment to God is the foundation of happiness. Allow your spirits and souls to be free, and you will remain young and vibrant until all breath in you ceases. Perchance, that does not mean total finality, but possibly the beginning of another life somewhere in in another place and time, unbeknown to all of us. We are but mere mortals, and life is a mystery that we cannot quite comprehend. Perhaps our spirits will continue to flow through our loved ones as channels of eternal love and comfort...

Quote

"We had a time to live
We had a time to laugh
We had a time to love
We had time to cry
and lastly ......

We have a time to die"

.....Unquote

I wonder ......

Is winter truly the season to end all seasons???

Written by:
Laura Smith
01/15/1991



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