just a friend of mine from Va.
Hey, you know he was in a movie.
guys, so I can say I knew someone, almost famous.
somewhat...at least to fans of Airbud II.
Not too bad....Just a lil factoid, I thought I would share.
AIRBUD II?
THEY SAY A PICTURE SAYS A THOUSAND WORDS.
YET, IT NEVER DOES TELL THE WHOLE STORY.
DID IT SAY YOU'D THROW MY HEART ONTO THE FLOOR?
THAT OF ME YOU'D NEITHER CARE NOR WORRY?
I WAS TOLD OF ONLY ALL THE GOOD THINGS.
ALL THE THINGS YOU TRULY SEEMED TO BE.
THAT WITH YOU HAPPINESS WAS BOUND TO SPRING.
WITH YOU, IN FACT, SPRING HAD SPRUNG.
WITH YOU, I WAS MOST CONTENT.
YOUR ARMS WARMED ME LIKE RAYS FROM THE SUN.
TIME WITH YOU WAS TIME WELL SPENT.
YOU HAD TOLD ME I WAS BEAUTIFUL,
YOU MADE ME FEEL AS A REAL WOMAN FEELS.
MY FEELINGS FOR YOU WERE BOUNTIFUL.
I FELT OUR BOND WAS FOREVER SEALED.
ALL IT TOOK WAS ONE FATEFUL PHONE CALL,
TO BRING ABOUT THE SUDDEN DEAD OF WINTER.
SPRING HAD SKIPPED BOTH SUMMER AND FALL.
IN YOUR HEART, I KNEW, I HAD NOT ENTERED.
BUT EVEN THE WORST WINTERS DO COME TO AN END.
IN TIME, MY HEART WILL FULLY MEND AND HEAL,
POSSIBLY ACCEPTING YOU AS ONLY MY FRIEND,
TO ONE DAY FIND A LOVE THAT IS OH SO REAL.
MARILYN J. RICE
02/01/04
Christmas '99
lookin' crazy (above)
like sisters, at one time
LIFE
WHAT IS THIS THING WE GO THROUGH, THIS THING CALLED LIFE?
WHY DOES MY HEART FEEL IT’S BEING STABBED BY A DULL, RUSTY KNIFE?
INSIDE, I FEEL QUITE EMPTY; YET I’M FILLED WITH SO MUCH SORROW.
AT TIMES, I WISH TO NOT WAKE UP TO ANOTHER TOMORROW.
WHY CAN I NOT FULFILL ANY ONE OF MY DREAMS?
WHY AREN’T THINGS AS EASY AS THEY USED TO SEEM?
I’VE HAD MUCH STRIFE THROUGHOUT MY LIFE SPAN,
THOUGH I WAS, STILL, CAPABLE OF FINDING THE DRY LAND.
ALL MY TURNS LEAD TO AN INPENETRABLE WALL.
HAS THE MOLEHILL BECOME A MOUNTAIN TOO TALL?
I QUESTION IF I HAD BEEN A TERRIBLE CHILD OR NOT.
WHY ELSE IS LIFE SO UNBEARABLE, IF NOT FOR MY SINS AS A TOT?
I’VE BEEN GOOD TO SO MANY PEOPLE FOR SO VERY LONG.
MOST, IN TURN, HAVE TREATED ME IMMENSELY WRONG.
IT IS, ONLY, FOR THOSE FEW, SELECT, TRUE FRIENDS,
SOME OF MY DESPAIR HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO AN END.
BELIEVING GOOD WILL DOES EXIST IN THIS WORLD,
KEEPS ME FROM SLIPPING INTO A MINDLESS WHIRL.
AS THIS FEELING OF USELESSNESS BEGINS TO CEASE,
I PRAY I’LL FEEL MORE AT EASE THEN FIND INNER PEACE.
WHEN THAT DAY DOES, AT LAST, ARRIVE,
I’LL REJOICE IN THE FACT THAT I’M ALIVE.
****Marilyn Jo Rice**** 11/2002
