Torn and nibbled,
not one undamaged leaf remains.
Frost-rimed in the morning,
and then rain-drenched all day.
Beset, bewildered and bedraggled,
yet they shine.
Inner beauty shines.
Copyright 2015 Brenda Davis Harsham
Paris, you shine. Nothing anyone does can take that from you. From your diversity to your bridges, churches, parks, islands, to your museums divine, you shine. Vive la France!!
A prayer for healing and peace with Arlene at Dreams and Escapes. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr
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I relate to those leaves – have been feeling a lot like that lately myself. 😦 The stuffing gets knocked out sometimes, but if there is real inner beauty, lasting beauty, it does tend to find a way. I hope the people of Paris can recover from their ordeal, such a lovely place too. Not the kind of country we expect to hear that kind of tragedy arising. Yes…love the quote, couldn’t be more true!!
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I have a 14 year old boy who doesn’t want to do his homework, and I am feeling like those leaves today myself. It’s the nature of people to lay aside their sadness over larger tragedies and focus on their own personal ones. I have hopes for peace and joy, arising from the ashes. Hope is the phoenix, always rising. XOXO
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Your beauty shines through in every one of your posts Brenda~
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As does yours in each comment you leave, a starry firmament of love left behind you. XOXO
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YOU Shine 🙂
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Aw, what a lovely thing to say! XOXO
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Beautiful.
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Thanks!
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hugs to paris
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XOXO
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Yes, a prayer for healing.
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XOXO
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Thank you, Brenda, for sharing beauty and shining hope here. We must not be overcome by evil but overcome evil with good.
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Thanks, Lynn. You are right.
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Joyful fall, Brenda 🙂
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Yes, joy!!
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Wet season has already come here
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
DEAD AND ROTTING LEAVES ARE BEAUTIFUL THINGS. PARIS IS BEAUTIFUL–EVEN IN THE HARSH LIGHT OF GREED HATE AND RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY. VIVE LA FRANCE!
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Life is beautiful. Vive la France!
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It is…you is. 🙂 My God is—which ain’t theirs, thank God!
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We are all the same, whatever name we give to god. We love, we hate, we bleed, we mourn. We are human and beautiful.
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Would be nice….but the inherent evil in we beautiful human—that ugly reality has shown itself. It’s in all of us by nature. Maybe not yours. 🙂
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You’re right, it’s in us all. I have been so angry I couldn’t see beauty. I have felt such despair, I couldn’t see a path anymore. But I healed. Peace takes more effort than war. Healing takes more effort than anger. But we are all worth the effort. I have hope for us humans. We cling to love.
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AMEN, my sister!
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Very nice Brenda.
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Thanks, Dan.
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Thank you for these beautiful thoughts Brenda.
My part of the world is stunned.
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I wept when I read the news. My heart aches for Paris, and for all of us. The world needs healing not more violence.
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Well said, Brenda 🙂
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Thanks, Richard. That means a lot to me.
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Welcome 🙂
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Here too!!my son tells me his apple trees still have leaves though…(sigh) the crabapple tree near my home has no more leaves. The rain seems to make it final and yet it makes all shine as well as the leaves on the ground. I love your poem, it shows there is always beauty.
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I believe it. And believing makes things true. 😉
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Indeed! hope you are well..it is colder today than in the night, have to finally give in to my winter coat today.
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It was windy and cold for the last soccer game. Brrr!
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Reblogged this on Voices and Visions.
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Beautiful…..so true it is…inner beauty never fades away with time…it only keeps growing
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Life is so much better for it. XOXO
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Beautiful poem, encouraging words Brenda.
xxx Huge Hugs xxx
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Times like these, we need hugs! XOXO
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