<p>ⓒ Richard Levitte</p>
http://journal.richard.levitte.org/tags/poems/Richard Levitte's journalikiwiki2010-03-28T12:03:07ZI put you awayhttp://journal.richard.levitte.org/entries/I-put-you-away/2010-03-28T12:03:07Z2010-03-22T11:04:43Z
<p>I put you away</p>
<p>I put you away in a bubble of your favorite colour</p>
<p>I put you away, out from my body and my soul</p>
<p>I put you away, your bubble hanging by my right shoulder</p>
<p>I put you away, for I couldn't stand the pain and the
despair</p>
<p>I put you away and will let you back in when I'm strong
enough</p>
<p>I put you away</p>
He Wishes For the Cloths of Heavenhttp://journal.richard.levitte.org/entries/dreams/2010-01-11T13:52:22Z2010-01-11T13:52:22Z
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<p>HAD I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,<br />
Enwrought with golden and silver light,<br />
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths<br />
Of night and light and the half light,<br />
I would spread the cloths under your feet:<br />
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;<br />
I have spread my dreams under your feet;<br />
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.</p>
</blockquote>
<div align="right">W.B. Yeats (1865–1939)<br />
"He Wishes For the Cloths of Heaven"</div>
<p><a href="http://elise.com/quotes/quotes/yeats.htm">Ref</a></p>
Strength of Spirithttp://journal.richard.levitte.org/entries/strength-of-spirit/2008-07-06T23:21:28Z2008-06-05T12:47:14Z
<p><em>[this poem was published on Facebook and is reproduced here
with permission from the author]</em></p>
<p>Every minute<br />
every second<br />
every moment<br />
has made me</p>
<p>Every scar<br />
every tear<br />
every movement<br />
every memory</p>
<p>Looking inwards<br />
outwards<br />
dreaming<br />
awake</p>
<p>This is who I am.</p>
<p>Strengths<br />
Weaknesses<br />
Successes<br />
Failures</p>
<p>All are.</p>
<p>Finding oneself is no more<br />
than how seeing how<br />
you create yourself.<br />
Acceptance is the key.</p>
<p>Open minded<br />
on the base<br />
of my being<br />
Not forgotten<br />
but not ruled by</p>
<p>Strength of spirit<br />
Spirit of strength<br />
Forgive and live.</p>
<p>Life's too short otherwise.</p>
<p><em>-- Laura Mc Donald</em></p>