I have shared thoughts, struggles and victories. I have commented here and there and left a mark or two. I have been brilliant and dull. I have been on target and off base. In so many ways, this piece is me. It was never put to paper at it's inception. I was driving from Silver Spring, MD to Rochester, NY. A friend was sitting next to me. I asked her to write down the words. They just rolled in my head and out my mouth.

That never happened before and never happened again..that i can recall....

This is about blogging, life, friendship, etc.  ...........  when it was created...I was not aware of how deeply you could appreciate the look in someones eye........

When I first joined here.......I blabbered........I blogged....I learned............ I have grown as a person. In turn I grew as an agent. ...........I have stood at the top of a few hills and wallowed in a few valleys. 

100,000 + points later, I can only say that for me............they barely tip the scale of the friends, knowledge and confidence I gained along the way. I share the following because it is what it is and I understand what I was saying so long ago.............thanks for the ride AR...

the look of your eye

look at me . . .

look in my eyes

see me . . .

i have no disguise

your vision is veiled

you're lost in your lies

look at me . . .

look in my eyes

i am who i am . . .

not what you see

stop what you're doing

open your eyes . . .

look at me

we see the same pictures

we know the artist's name

but the way that we read it

can never be the same

we're children of the universe

from a different place in time

seasoned by our journey

nurtured by our wine

enhanced by our gardens

and the fruit of our days

unable to reach each other

lost in ego's haze

and i live within Abelard

the pain of his desire

and i see you in Heloise

and the roar of her fire

and i understand their victory

beyond those days of sin

and i understand their passion

in a place they've never been

and i understand their sorrow

for all the joy once they shared

and i understand tomorrow

exists for those that dared

and i see myself in Romeo

reaching for your Juliet

laying in your garden

waiting for the sun to set

fore we'll find each other in nightime

when red lights share their flame

but my twilight lasts forever

poor Romeo's insane

so Juliet lays there steaming

creaming through her night

exhausted in her passion

though never losing sight

of the places she has drifted

and how she sailed the seas

all the sailors that she lifted

and brought them to their knees

but then again i find freedom

beyond your Hoover Dam

my power is the water

my weakness is the sand

fore should my keeper free me

i'll overflow your sin

you'll be cleansed from your gift-giving

you'll see me for who i am

you'll understand the universe

and your place in time

you'll understand that reaching out

can be your biggest crime

you'll have the power of my knowledge

that Cain has shared with me

you'll see that when you're holding on

you're shackled and never free

you'll claw to remove the blindfolds

and pray to regain your sight

you'll leave the sons of darkness

crying in their night

you'll stand waiting to be taken

knowing you've nothing to give

nakedly trying to offer

the life you want to live

but it's not the piece that's missing

that fails to make you complete

you must learn to share your nectar

life's blood can be so sweet

and when Rapunzel pricked her finger

spinning that golden thread

her spirit never died

it was just the things she said

and if i must be Prince Charming

i'll kiss your death away

you see . . . i love you

that's all i'm trying to say

and if these words shake you

and make you wonder why

sometimes deeper answers

are found in the look of your eye.