Rose Petals in the Snow
A Peregrine's Journal of Passages from the Soul
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Sacrament
You are sacrament to my soul….my redeemer.
I am sanctified by your kisses and ordained by your sweat as
I lay beside you dripping wet after we had loved, time after
time….making morning–glories bloom at night and bitter-sweet nightshade bloom in daylight.
I released the morning sun from its’ tabernacle to give birth to a new day and a new life….
For you see. I want you to be born again in love….
In love with me.
Distant Dawns
In distant dawns we sat by the window
and you told me how you had loved and
wanted to be loved in return,...
In distant dawns, I listened to your heart cry
as I tasted your tears when they mingled with mine
and I held you close consoling your loneliness and
your aching soul as it yearned for another.
In distant dawns, I learned that some people
are meant to be consoled while others
console....
And all along, their hearts bleed with silent
tears.
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Have you completely emptied your soul of a past love and old emotions that you have been unable to brush off your shoulders and let go? If not, you are a bagman or bag-lady with a suitcase full of stuff.... that is, remembrances of old habits that could be preventing you from moving past emotions you thought were true and absolute love.
Rose Petals in the Snow reveals love in many forms. There are expressions of happy love as well as not so happy love, but, it is all real because my inspiration comes from everyone I meet.
A belief exists that if a finger is stuck down into the center of a heart, it is possible to touch the soul, and if you listen, the whisper of the heart may be heard. Whether or not this is true, is for one to ponder. If one is in a place of a true spirit of love, truth, understanding and harmony within the self, all things are possible.
I do not attempt to answer questions that may or may not have answers, but, I write what lovers see, feel, think and do. I write about respect in love and sometimes disrespect when love has gone terribly wrong. A further intent is to share some of the lessons I have learned through experiencing myself and from the experience of others.
The Lesson: In relationships, we must strive to remain human at all times....even with ourselves.
About the Author
Mary L. Mathis taylor, a nurse, poet and writer was educated at Purdue University, Indiana University, College of St. Francis and Hamilton University. The author is an avid traveler and has journeyed abroad.
Published works include Poems and Essays by Afrika, copyrighted in 1981, They Come to their Meetings published in The American Poetry Anthrology, 1986 and Loving You Under Opaque Moons, published, 2002. There are many unpublished works.
Dr. Taylor was born in Fort Gaines, Ga., currently works at a hospital in Northwest Indiana and lives in Gary, IN.