tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55711089150628961832024-02-20T16:03:25.018-08:00World of CherryWords; channels of reaching deep inside ones' essence and discovering a long lost being no one has met before.
This is a assortment of poems, articles and short stories I have written over the last couple of years… they are reflections on what is, what was and what is meant to be....
from my humble opinion.Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062948174579752888noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571108915062896183.post-21359183913305719502017-02-12T09:48:00.000-08:002017-02-12T09:48:02.309-08:00Hope<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Gloomy clouds shroud streets </div>
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Of an ancient frailing town</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Dampening resolve of dwelling</span> hope</div>
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Thrashing to stay afloat</div>
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The rain pour cleanses the spirit</div>
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Flooding fear and drowning tears </div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">For at despair route finish line</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A kaleidoscope of color arise </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And when a story dwells to an end </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A sequel soon inthrall<span style="font-size: 19px;"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="color: black; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 12px;">©Sherine Meshad, 12 February 2017</b></div>
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Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062948174579752888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571108915062896183.post-68756469948590998972014-07-02T05:21:00.000-07:002014-07-02T05:21:09.805-07:00ENOUGH!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I admit I’m
not a revolutionary,<o:p></o:p></div>
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They say I’m
against the cause,<o:p></o:p></div>
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I believe in
building a fortress, <o:p></o:p></div>
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Not stoning
fragile doors!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> ***</o:p></div>
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They say I’m
not allowed to speak <o:p></o:p></div>
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Nor allowed
to raise my voice <o:p></o:p></div>
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My speech is
not to their liking <o:p></o:p></div>
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So simply
shouldn’t be heard!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> ***</o:p></div>
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I see so
many angry views <o:p></o:p></div>
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Some noble,
some disturbing <o:p></o:p></div>
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I see rebels
without a cause <o:p></o:p></div>
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Others
advocates of liberty <o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> ***</o:p></div>
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Now tell me
oh great worrier <o:p></o:p></div>
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Oh guardian
of autonomy <o:p></o:p></div>
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In all the
month that passed <o:p></o:p></div>
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Do you know
what you’re fighting for?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> ***</o:p></div>
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Are you
fighting for a country?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Are you
fighting for the poor? <o:p></o:p></div>
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Are you
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Or the ones
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<o:p> ***</o:p></div>
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For those
fighting to snatch a piece <o:p></o:p></div>
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To crown
themselves monarchs <o:p></o:p></div>
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My country
is not a corps<o:p></o:p></div>
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Its roots
are set since eternity <o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> ***</o:p></div>
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It survived
invaders, traitors and wars<o:p></o:p></div>
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Greedy
insignificant trivial minds<o:p></o:p></div>
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Will soon be
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A blimp in
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<span style="font-size: 12px;"><b>©Sherine Meshad, 10 May2013<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062948174579752888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571108915062896183.post-35582182609252456382009-06-15T04:54:00.000-07:002009-06-15T05:02:19.030-07:00Remember When<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CSherine%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CSherine%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CSherine%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> 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normal;"><o:p> </o:p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Remember when …</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Phones had cords and could be used for hours at a time</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Remember when …</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">CDs were a novelty that would never pick up</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Remember when …</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Friendships were written in stone and last a lifetime</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Remember when …</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">All there was to worried about were end of year exams</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Remember when …</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Jewels were made of neon, leather and plastic</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">
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<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Remember when …</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Sports were hobbies not obligations</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Remember when …</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Santa clause was real and the tooth fairy was giving</span></p><div> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">
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<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Remember when … </span></p><div> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">TVs were connected to antennas not satellites</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Remember when …</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Sport clubs were the place to be on a Thursday night</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Remember when … </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Destinies was written among the night stars </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Remember when … </span></p><div> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Cartoons were two dimensional and didn’t need words </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Remember when …</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Board games were the best group pastime activity</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Remember when …</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Summer vacations were three month and ended too soon</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Remember when …</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">You couldn’t wait until you were all grown up</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Remember when …</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right; line-height: normal;" align="right"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b>©Sherine Meshad, 14 June 2009<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<br /><b><span style="font-size:8;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><p></p> Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062948174579752888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571108915062896183.post-37263183580620332642008-05-16T06:45:00.000-07:002008-10-14T01:59:59.675-07:00Cairo Cyclers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.enjoytoursservices.com/image/rural4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.enjoytoursservices.com/image/rural4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We go in circles around the town,<br />At the crack of dawn, when the world is calm,<br />***<br />Riding on bikes some new, others borrowed,<br />We’re cycling our way to a better tomorrow,<br />***<br />Some ride for fun, others for exercise,<br />Some ride all day, others ride through the night,<br />***<br />We gimps our city in a different point in time<br />For the view is very different atop a rolling bike<br />***<br />So if you see us on the street, as you happen to pass on by<br />We’d really appreciate it, if you stop ... wave ... and smile :)<br />***<br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">© Sherine Meshad, 15 May 2008</span></span></b></span><br /></div></div>Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062948174579752888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571108915062896183.post-15857370102352487012008-04-14T16:21:00.000-07:002008-04-15T06:12:21.805-07:00One Never Forgets How to Ride a Bike<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaA-K7Dgssdhh4o6dKUePX00c0IauNJKztZrTVdhtMQlOGyhn5u3LTHWfdrzjRiN_mODMcDSPWHqpNQYxrH4jrr557WLMBBWcQ4Vt0r7Ug11v3bsRcBo57lZc9qPAX-ibHJ_ykhd1t1AA/s1600-h/n7873950427_8262.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaA-K7Dgssdhh4o6dKUePX00c0IauNJKztZrTVdhtMQlOGyhn5u3LTHWfdrzjRiN_mODMcDSPWHqpNQYxrH4jrr557WLMBBWcQ4Vt0r7Ug11v3bsRcBo57lZc9qPAX-ibHJ_ykhd1t1AA/s320/n7873950427_8262.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189245611996592530" border="0" /></a><br />If the choice for an early Friday morning is either to sleep in late or to wake up at the crack of dawn, get dressed in a hast and rush down the street to meet up with a bunch of early birds each pedaling through the empty streets of Cairo, I think most of us would opt for the first decision. After a long 9-5 week, the weekend offers a long awaited time for rest and recuperation. <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Those select few who go for the second choice though know that nothing can clear the mind and re-energize the soul as well as a chance to experience an unspoiled Cairo, one with big empty streets, a gentle teasing breeze and a calm demeanor.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">With that in mind a few of my friends and I ventured to meet up with a group of early risers promising a biking tour. With no bike and rusty knees we yawned and grumbled throughout the drive over the 6<sup>th</sup> of October bridge, once we actually met with the group <span style=""> </span>and managed to secure some bikes (some in acceptable conditions others in suspicious state), the day looked bright and sunny. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The saying “you never forget how to ride a bike” came to mind when after years of walking, driving and riding, I found my self on top of an old blue bike (in surprisingly good shape). pedaling through the streets of Cairo was just an exhilarating experience.<span style=""> </span>The air seemed fresher and the trees a little greener and the cheerful, laughing mob just added to the experience. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I am not sure if it was the early hour, the gracious weather or just the novelty of the scene, but very few sneered at us, mostly car drivers were surprisingly gracious to a school of bikes crossing the street, and most passerby’s were amused at the site of the colorful flock of bikes sweeping though the empty streets.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Needless to say I now state on every media possible that I am the proud owner of a brand new bike. I can’t wait for the working week to be over so I can wake up bright and early, hop on my bicycle and meet up with my new mates to experience the exhilaration of good workout while enjoying my unspoiled homeland.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">So if you forgot the joy of biking, how you couldn’t wait to go round and round … we are here to remind you that nothing compares to a bike ride!!</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="right"><span style=""> </span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style=""> </span><span style="font-size:78%;">© Sherine Meshad, 15 April 2008</span></span></b></p>Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062948174579752888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571108915062896183.post-1416455872109996672008-02-15T12:50:00.000-08:002008-04-20T01:59:32.039-07:00The Fairytale Untold<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh9ocN_KAf8Z8SCQ1DMQZuHm8Rv4C2aNoReN9s7DzDunKhyphenhyphengXimgmkyscez9qPazc-Ltad5YHScLCHu8xbt4nOGLOQed5KVbznDf_4pgAzEw5HdFSMndp_IswHF6F-n0wEFP6936cLx28/s1600-h/s_spiderweb_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh9ocN_KAf8Z8SCQ1DMQZuHm8Rv4C2aNoReN9s7DzDunKhyphenhyphengXimgmkyscez9qPazc-Ltad5YHScLCHu8xbt4nOGLOQed5KVbznDf_4pgAzEw5HdFSMndp_IswHF6F-n0wEFP6936cLx28/s320/s_spiderweb_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167312863765627938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>The Fairytale Untold<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">By Sherine Meshad</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"> <hr style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; height: 2px;" size="2" width="100%"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Do you think patience is a virtue?</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Do you think silence is made of gold? </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Do you think what they’ve always taught you? </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Is all you ever need to know?</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">***<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Do you think life is just a passage?</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">That the story has been foretold?</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">A mere narration of a script, </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Whose words are written on planks of stone? </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">***<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Do you think dragons live in dreams?</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Trolls help to guard pots of gold?</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Happy ever afters not made for movies, </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">True love endured as the tale unfolds?</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">***<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Are we my friend measly observers?</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Simple chess pieces placed on the board?</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Awaiting our queue on the stage of existence,</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">To speak out lines, till the curtains fall?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">***<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right"><span style=""> </span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:8;" ><span style=""> </span><span style="font-size:78%;">©Sherine Meshad, 15 February 2008</span></span></b></p>Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062948174579752888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571108915062896183.post-37521309009217586542007-09-28T16:56:00.000-07:002007-09-29T16:43:25.790-07:00Photographs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiAgD62gJdu26kM7KgqtMfMoK1_D2e94SEY-EmQ4AlxMrCv9gP_P5gr7avg9OVXdpJq4zsloj7ui4BfXDE5XJwQ5XzuK8I1zpaghuDJsc_RMAG7KY4QPt8UABuDHreWRKy37uwQ2nLcZw/s1600-h/photbooks-3up.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiAgD62gJdu26kM7KgqtMfMoK1_D2e94SEY-EmQ4AlxMrCv9gP_P5gr7avg9OVXdpJq4zsloj7ui4BfXDE5XJwQ5XzuK8I1zpaghuDJsc_RMAG7KY4QPt8UABuDHreWRKy37uwQ2nLcZw/s320/photbooks-3up.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115418213854277698" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p><span style="">*Click*Snap*Flash*<o:p></o:p></span></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">Another memory gets recorded<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">The album of time holds a new photograph<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center">***<span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">Jeans shorts and a ponytail<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">Scrapped knees and a smile that’s rare<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">An old portrait from a fairytale<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">***<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">Childhood mates with toothy grins<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">Enfolded in friendship, protected by dreams<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">Living in a fantasy world, that’s evergreen.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">***<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">A bundle of roses in anxious arms <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">Secret message wrapped in fragrance and charm<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">Capturing the affection of an unsuspecting mind<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">***<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">A day of beginning, a farewell to past<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">Armed with aspirations, dreams and hopes to broadcast <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">A sea of flying caps, cheers and speeches to last<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">***<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">White roses and a layered cake,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">Kissing lovebirds dancing to a serenade<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">The perfect ingredients for an enchanted day<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">***<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">Old love that new, in an ancient couple’s heart<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">Years of laughs and tears, itched in with wrinkles and scars<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">Giving the impression, history has been kind<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">***<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">Palm trees bowing to a setting sun<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">Chanting a lone melody and swaying as one<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">Waving green branches in a farewell song<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">*** <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">Flipping through life’s album, <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">Days and years surpass, with an adieu to existence, <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">We turn over the final photograph. <span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="">***</span></p><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="">© Sherine Meshad, 29 Sept 2007</span></span></span><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p>Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062948174579752888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571108915062896183.post-61850271120566371702007-06-07T01:30:00.000-07:002007-06-07T01:39:28.155-07:00Reflections<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtSWmm797oEAkkdgeMouawCLvFy1IaRTKAsX7V3VAXLxvEcLhDMfrFm0zjpX6HjIWKSimAkYiK7SBkHnc6e5qPyu6o1O_ml-9Bo4_q_Imt1APzjUyXUDoJxl0vt96vZwQFBKT9Kr_8ZDA/s1600-h/Picture1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtSWmm797oEAkkdgeMouawCLvFy1IaRTKAsX7V3VAXLxvEcLhDMfrFm0zjpX6HjIWKSimAkYiK7SBkHnc6e5qPyu6o1O_ml-9Bo4_q_Imt1APzjUyXUDoJxl0vt96vZwQFBKT9Kr_8ZDA/s320/Picture1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073237405801000738" border="0" /></a><br /><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Cloaked emotions, wrapped in silk, </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Tugged away in backs of closets,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Sheltered in darkness to be unveiled, </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Once old wounds are healed and mended.</p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> ***</o:p></p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Old skeletons find means to slip past, </p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Lock and bolt to glide into unconsciousness,</p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Drifting past thoughts into dreams,</p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Escorting wariness in a midnight waltz. </p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> ***</o:p></p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Past and present seem no strangers </p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Distorted likeness of same self</p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Mirror images gawking at one another</p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Through a mudded glass screen of time </p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> ***</o:p></p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Passions pressing against a dame of regrets </p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Bounded by hurt and hurdled by anger</p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Dribbles through barriers as sands of time trickles </p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Drowning wounds in shrouds of the long-ago.</p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> ***</o:p></p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Shadows and darkness both take shelter </p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">As rays of light seep through partially closed shutters </p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Washing away drowsiness and sweeping restlessness</p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Folding another layer of reality over remembrance and memories</p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> ***<br /></span></p> <div style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-size:10;"><span style="font-size:78%;">© Sherine Meshad, 5th June 2007</span></span></b><br /></div>Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062948174579752888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571108915062896183.post-28077606965729488502007-02-25T01:09:00.000-08:002007-06-07T01:35:34.530-07:00Sugarcoated Medicine<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-gIkQc7K_dmUTgTSRFfD76fQnlvKRSm07Cwsm9r1ebOjEcaTG5UPCU2Ii3AZkNjcWK91SdLPRTpju_ZTtbuZvfwCJ-iu5cxXXYdpVE_eoe5pGMo71mn67agqWDcE0vlPywnH5jF2Qpj0/s1600-h/pills.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-gIkQc7K_dmUTgTSRFfD76fQnlvKRSm07Cwsm9r1ebOjEcaTG5UPCU2Ii3AZkNjcWK91SdLPRTpju_ZTtbuZvfwCJ-iu5cxXXYdpVE_eoe5pGMo71mn67agqWDcE0vlPywnH5jF2Qpj0/s320/pills.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035396998977765586" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Sugarcoated medicine,<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Just as hard to swallow,<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">For while the taste is not as sour,<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">The tang is bitter still.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u1:p>*** </u1:p><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Gulped down with loads of water,<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Difficult to toss it down,<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">The pill is jagged, rough and ragged,<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Nothing can drown it out.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u1:p>***</u1:p><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">“Take your remedy so you get better” <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">A restless voice chant in my ear,<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">A little white pill will make it all better,<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">The pain will vanish… literally disappear.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u1:p>***</u1:p><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Dependence anew will take its place<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">A comfort blanket to pull you through<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">For what could possible drown the blues<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Quite like a sugarcoated pill or two?<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br />***<o:p></o:p></p> <div style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-size:10;"><span style="font-size:78%;">© Sherine Meshad, 25 February 2007</span> <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062948174579752888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571108915062896183.post-61236399801935831812007-02-24T13:59:00.000-08:002007-02-24T14:03:01.275-08:00Which one are you<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaw4tAsM0kiNtJgn3KvsbUfK18jpUd3455kyQidwh69doTZjCSkW1R5e6r9os7NjzHKMB46b8kCBIyAekm6T_X6dBrtPD7WgrnRGVt8L0lpoeFJh8kSlzQzj6Nfjff63mTJfN-A3x9rTQ/s1600-h/Split_Personality.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaw4tAsM0kiNtJgn3KvsbUfK18jpUd3455kyQidwh69doTZjCSkW1R5e6r9os7NjzHKMB46b8kCBIyAekm6T_X6dBrtPD7WgrnRGVt8L0lpoeFJh8kSlzQzj6Nfjff63mTJfN-A3x9rTQ/s320/Split_Personality.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035224500206256322" border="0" /></a><br /> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Which are you, man or shadow??</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Ever varying reflections of light,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Dark casted images, always trailing behind</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> ***</o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Which are you, genuine or surreal??</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">A lie in actuality, manifestation of truth</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Reality a refracted image, scattered on mirrory grooves</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> ***</o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Which are you, victim or aggressor??</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">A bullet, the most effective conqueror of youth</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">War, the only means of establishing your roots</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p>*** </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Which are you, pragmatist or dreamer?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">A world with mortal wounds, in need of tender mending</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Left alone too long, loses its essence of immortality.<br />***<br /></p> <div style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;">© Sherine Meshad, July 7th2006<br /></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /></p>Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062948174579752888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571108915062896183.post-10866988853264107212007-01-27T09:59:00.000-08:002007-01-29T03:29:24.128-08:00New Visions, Unsullied Dreams<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ay9rkfAtVcNYcRQuFBE4H5ZFbWhssQKzLljRtPV7ErlkLdpnsimQh1Ufo6qTDzwafmsaPwiADdHOLC2_E8VRW1rTbCgEznOWqheCjGrvQwXBd-gbNq73ccwAXCnWUxDxadFjmIXQrw4/s1600-h/15_07_70_web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ay9rkfAtVcNYcRQuFBE4H5ZFbWhssQKzLljRtPV7ErlkLdpnsimQh1Ufo6qTDzwafmsaPwiADdHOLC2_E8VRW1rTbCgEznOWqheCjGrvQwXBd-gbNq73ccwAXCnWUxDxadFjmIXQrw4/s320/15_07_70_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025409232535289474" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center;">Dressed in new skin, </p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center;">Bathed in the sun disks light,</p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center;">It's not the earth that needs concurring,</p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center;">It’s the human mind.<br />***<br /></p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center;">The world outside is just as twisted,</p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center;">As the eyes see it to be, </p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center;">A fresh prospect can carry with it, </p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center;">New <span style="">visions, unsullied dreams. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center;"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center;"><span style="">***<br />Life isn't black and white, <o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center;"><span style="">But in all the shades of gray,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center;"><span style="">Lies a truth easily forgotten,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center;"><span style="">One that helps you wake up each day. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center;"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center;"><span style="">*** </span><span style=""><br />For while heaven rests in forever<br /><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center;"><span style="">And the now is just a ride<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center;"><span style="">It's for you to make it matter<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center;"><span style="">It's on us to make it count<br />*** <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-weight: bold; text-align: right;" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="">© Sherine Meshad, 28 Jan 2007<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062948174579752888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571108915062896183.post-40295567955860319272007-01-20T04:27:00.000-08:002007-01-30T00:17:57.591-08:00I blame it on the Movies<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDXsldhs1HNzfCbmxZ2SlN6HXe-iyF9fwHT_ZI0DpfWdg0Jd3RLXbpj7TD_4UenLVCGYvJIbOt8nNVLr__mAtHOkzVmEbGvvhRjFZlsD0mZloIfUoYL28wAId8zFS315TglFR_-Q87Sfo/s1600-h/Blame+it+on+the+movies.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDXsldhs1HNzfCbmxZ2SlN6HXe-iyF9fwHT_ZI0DpfWdg0Jd3RLXbpj7TD_4UenLVCGYvJIbOt8nNVLr__mAtHOkzVmEbGvvhRjFZlsD0mZloIfUoYL28wAId8zFS315TglFR_-Q87Sfo/s400/Blame+it+on+the+movies.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025734786761359042" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-align: center;" class="EC_MsoNormal">I blame it on the movies, </p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-align: center;" class="EC_MsoNormal">The dreamy gaze I see,</p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div> </div> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-align: center;" class="EC_MsoNormal">The river of wistful dreams,</p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div> </div> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-align: center;" class="EC_MsoNormal">flowing off course, running out to sea.</p> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-align: center;" class="EC_MsoNormal"> ***</p> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-align: center;" class="EC_MsoNormal">I blame it on <span> </span>the songs,</p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div> </div> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-align: center;" class="EC_MsoNormal">The twining of souls for life, </p> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-align: center;" class="EC_MsoNormal">The one true love, the forever faithful,</p> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-align: center;" class="EC_MsoNormal">The bliss coming from above.</p> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-align: center;" class="EC_MsoNormal"> ***</p> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-align: center;" class="EC_MsoNormal">I blame it on the books,</p> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-align: center;" class="EC_MsoNormal">Land of words and woes,</p> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-align: center;" class="EC_MsoNormal">The place where reality slips away,</p> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-align: center;" class="EC_MsoNormal">And fantasies come true. </p> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-align: center;" class="EC_MsoNormal"> ***</p> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-align: center;" class="EC_MsoNormal">I blame it on the poetry,</p> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-align: center;" class="EC_MsoNormal">Love serenades and ballads,</p> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-align: center;" class="EC_MsoNormal">Promises of faithful love, </p> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-align: center;" class="EC_MsoNormal">Vows of happiness eternal.</p> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-align: center;" class="EC_MsoNormal"> ***</p> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-align: center;" class="EC_MsoNormal">I blame it on the evening ski,</p> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="EC_MsoNormal">I blame it on the sea,</p> <div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="EC_MsoNormal">I blame it on the flirty winds, </p> <div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">But blame it most … on me.</span><br /></div> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-align: center;" class="EC_MsoNormal">***<br /></p> <div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" >©</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" > Sherine Meshad, 20 Jan 2007</span><br /></div>Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062948174579752888noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571108915062896183.post-48842627795297753702006-11-03T04:25:00.000-08:002007-01-30T05:12:29.606-08:00Daughters of Eve<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfy0L9z690O0TdON4iyamoHDl0hWCc_Rj8upd9ZpjCu0ZH7mDbuFTeeLQhAF47wNuv8IIYrrPiB7dj6hLmst2Bl8_fvx5YH2HqrNpnZHSx1r7KP2ovZfIX0xVWm-SjzOiOjRy9N_4-QK8/s1600-h/girlfriends.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfy0L9z690O0TdON4iyamoHDl0hWCc_Rj8upd9ZpjCu0ZH7mDbuFTeeLQhAF47wNuv8IIYrrPiB7dj6hLmst2Bl8_fvx5YH2HqrNpnZHSx1r7KP2ovZfIX0xVWm-SjzOiOjRy9N_4-QK8/s200/girlfriends.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025810549984460738" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Daughters of Eve, standing tall </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">No need to shout, when we know how to purr <span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="">The world is feral enough as is<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="">No need for scuffles to be unleashed <o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style=""><span style="">*** </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="">Daughters of Eve, elegant and pretty<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="">Sauntering the globe and making it giddy <o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="">Fashion is our friend, our ally, our comrade <o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="">Our comfort blanket when things go bad<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style=""><o:p> ***</o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="">Daughters of Eve, with manicured claws <o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="">Wrapped in gloves of silk, not to be exposed<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="">Except if injured, wounded or used <o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="">True to our nature, we won't be abused <span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style=""><o:p> ***</o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="">Daughters of Eve, mistook for frail <o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="">Gentleness a quality we hold quite dear <o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="">Benevolence a trait ought to be shared<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="">An attribute as potent as it is misread <o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style=""><o:p> ***</o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="">Daughters of Eve, truly blessed to be so <o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="">With chocolates for penicillin and true friendship as cure<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="">For all the ailing we may suffer or endure<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="">Eve has taught us well, how to get along in this world<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style=""><o:p> ***</o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="">Daughters of Eve, sisters of mine, <o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="">What joins us together is stronger than blood line <o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="">We share a passion for all things divine <o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="">A sisterhood as eternal as the daily sunshine<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> ***<br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" >©</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" > Sherine Meshad, 3 Nov 2006</span><br /></div> </div>Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062948174579752888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571108915062896183.post-40027277914129373162006-10-26T04:26:00.000-07:002007-01-30T00:18:52.139-08:00Mirror, Mirror on the Wall<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEUOsQBbkmPS3xL9H3IbHnsrWqr6rkLguTugvuvmNOB8MwReC-T9-2AEvaKjKLo89CRayGAkpB9b58ambArOTrV3lonSXcDnMO6-CcZSmbFIyGr_rA55GnVU460mDWj9Pg-O9OrAh3ns/s1600-h/353043.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEUOsQBbkmPS3xL9H3IbHnsrWqr6rkLguTugvuvmNOB8MwReC-T9-2AEvaKjKLo89CRayGAkpB9b58ambArOTrV3lonSXcDnMO6-CcZSmbFIyGr_rA55GnVU460mDWj9Pg-O9OrAh3ns/s400/353043.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025734988624821970" border="0" /></a><br /><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Mirror, mirror on the wall, </p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">I look at you and see no one at all, </p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">A shadow of a person with no reflection, </p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Living a life with no exemption. </p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> ***</o:p></p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Mirror mirror tell me true,</p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Who is that stranger staring at you,</p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">With no hopes of an existence anew, </p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">And a broken spirit to carry him through.</p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> ***</o:p></p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Mirror mirror don’t pronounce</p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">How that person once was found, </p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">traveling free and wondering whole </p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Through an awe filled world of gold </p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> ***</o:p></p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Mirror mirror, how could it be?</p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Life has gone by quite swiftly </p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Could that person truly be,</p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">The same one staring back at me. </p> <div style="text-align: center;"> ***<br /><div style="text-align: right;"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" >©</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" > Sherine Meshad, 26 Oct 2006</span><br /></p> </div> </div>Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062948174579752888noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571108915062896183.post-66137333892277530152006-09-25T04:24:00.000-07:002007-02-01T03:52:22.092-08:00Thoughts of a Sleepless Night<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6AetCxpwcMEzdX7RoCHFejZyvps788DsF4H7s-bhisXr9JYtnoIZFKuKCujW3Fyonv8SS1I7U43-FBsmt9stYNN5_CuJ73F3vVO917xFw1quTGhZC_If20YWNeN8CP3ekmKI7FSdCx4/s1600-h/insomnia.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6AetCxpwcMEzdX7RoCHFejZyvps788DsF4H7s-bhisXr9JYtnoIZFKuKCujW3Fyonv8SS1I7U43-FBsmt9stYNN5_CuJ73F3vVO917xFw1quTGhZC_If20YWNeN8CP3ekmKI7FSdCx4/s320/insomnia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025762167177871202" border="0" /></a><br /> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div><br />This is in no way a poem ... these are just thoughts of a sleepless night<br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 36pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:times new roman;" dir="ltr">The clock is ticking away<br />It's way past the middle of the night<br />Eyes stay wide awake<span style=""><br />Nothing could clear my mind.<br />***<o:p></o:p><br />The brain is a jumble of thoughts<o:p></o:p><br />Too loud for me to pay no heed<o:p></o:p><br />Too fuzzy to make sense of<o:p></o:p><br />Too bizarre to brand my own.<br />***<o:p></o:p><br />The clock is ticking away,<o:p></o:p><br />Life has a funny way of fast forwarding<o:p></o:p><br />The present is recollection,<o:p></o:p><br />The future is long-ago.<br />***<o:p></o:p><br />A child breathe to enjoy the now<o:p></o:p><br />Adolescence exist to dream of a future<o:p></o:p><br />Adult survive to get through the day<o:p></o:p><br />The elderly live to reminisce over the past.<br />***<o:p></o:p><br />Friendships are reflections<o:p></o:p><br />A clear slide to see one's self<o:p></o:p><br />As guiltless as the inner child<o:p></o:p><br />As sinister as that secret demon<br />***<o:p></o:p><br />Cliché: "Time cures all pains"<o:p></o:p><br />The label reads: balm for the soul<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />Caution: overuse might lead to numbness of senses.</span><o:p></o:p><br />Reality of the matter is, no matter what, it goes on.<o:p></o:p></span><span style=""><br />***<o:p></o:p></span><span style=""><br />Making no sense,<o:p></o:p></span><span style=""><br />In no particular order,<o:p></o:p></span><span style=""><br />That’s what insomnia does to a person<o:p></o:p></span><br />Must sleep now, system shutting down.<span style=""><o:p><br />***</o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="text-align: center; font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="text-align: center; font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="text-align: center; font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="text-align: center; font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <div style="text-align: center; font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 216pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: right; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:times new roman;" dir="ltr"><span style="">Over and out<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 216pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: right; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:times new roman;" dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" >©</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" > Sherine Meshad, 25 Sept. 2006 </span><br /><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p>Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062948174579752888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571108915062896183.post-3547858189066655792006-08-30T23:58:00.000-07:002007-01-29T01:24:07.185-08:00The Cow Parade: For Art, For Charity, For Fun (The Art Review, Aug 2006)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjum8q1nUt2Rr7SsFV1r70K0cXM6YNBys7BYUv4gBCMxx-2a4uUuJwzqVe33xbtPz4KMucYQMDvmi0JEFT_1odmibV4XVy1Um0ftHkJUh1JR5iJt9lOJGzDyvNe-QB0r2-XhgJHekcMSc/s1600-h/The+Cow+Parade.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjum8q1nUt2Rr7SsFV1r70K0cXM6YNBys7BYUv4gBCMxx-2a4uUuJwzqVe33xbtPz4KMucYQMDvmi0JEFT_1odmibV4XVy1Um0ftHkJUh1JR5iJt9lOJGzDyvNe-QB0r2-XhgJHekcMSc/s200/The+Cow+Parade.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025375096135220834" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Article published in <a href="http://www2.blogger.com/www.theartreview%22">"The Art Review"</a>, July 2006</span><br /><br /><table bgcolor="white" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="490"> <tbody><tr valign="top"><td style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" width="10"><br /><br /></td> <td colspan="3"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" valign="top"><br /></td> <td style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="class">"Art is about breaking down barriers. It gets people to feel, to think, to react. So when you come across life-sized cow sculptures that have been covered in mirrors or gumdrops, cows that have been painted with elaborate themes or transformed into something else entirely, you can’t help but stop and think about what it means. All your preconceived ideas go out the window. Suddenly people see that art can be fun and that art can be interesting to everyone, not just people who frequent museums."</span></span></td> <td valign="bottom"><br /></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <span style=";font-size:85%;color:red;" ><img src="http://www.cowparade.com/about/aboutimg/subhead_peter.gif" alt="Peter Haning" height="39" vspace="10" width="160" /></span></td></tr></tbody> </table><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />For full article, please click on image<br /><br /><a href="http://www2.blogger.com/www.cowparade.com">The Cow Parade</a></span><span class="base" style="font-size:85%;"> , the world’s largest public art event. From Chicago and New York in 1999 and 2000 to Greece in 2006, CowParade continues to evolve, not just in size, but in creativity and quality of art. While the cow sculptures remain the same, each city’s artists are challenged by the art from past events, inspired by the cultural influences of their respective cities, and moved by their own interpretation of the cow as an art object.</span>Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062948174579752888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571108915062896183.post-47375111654133328762006-08-22T04:22:00.000-07:002007-01-30T00:22:47.237-08:00The Beach Experience<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiEtJBi_rMkjCium0pURQSZTi19Yi6gaCQyMm1xloa08mJPYQDQShcbgH84IsO-pRhDGbaZcFS69ShkcAOhkRrdWIM5MJJ3SazXh230GdOX_CN1LM3eOEaoV-nq5TCHgBXRoqRFAW9y34/s1600-h/margaretzita_377461_Girl-in--Sea-33.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiEtJBi_rMkjCium0pURQSZTi19Yi6gaCQyMm1xloa08mJPYQDQShcbgH84IsO-pRhDGbaZcFS69ShkcAOhkRrdWIM5MJJ3SazXh230GdOX_CN1LM3eOEaoV-nq5TCHgBXRoqRFAW9y34/s320/margaretzita_377461_Girl-in--Sea-33.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025735873388084962" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><br /></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">The deep calls my name,<span style=""> </span>its’ hum,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">That of the waves … repetitive,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">That of snake charmers … hypnotizing.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> ***</o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Glistening diamond rays of light,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Dance joyfully along the horizon,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Beckoning with a playful wink.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> ***</o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Retracting sands under foot,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Whispers a cautious warning,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">“Don’t follow the rhythm”.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> ***</o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Whilst flirty summer breeze,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Teases curls of hair to life,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Fashioning chaos, a blissful sight.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> ***</o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Sea froth come forth to sponge away</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Messages of love, hurt and dreams</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Scribbled hastily on shifting sands</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> ***</o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">The sun disk beyond keeps watch,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Tracing figures over yearning skin,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Tinting it with adoring warmth.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> ***</o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Plunging thy soul into the sea,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Immersed in its eternal vastness,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Can’t fight enchantment.<br />***<br /></p> <div style="text-align: right;"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" >© Sherine Meshad, 22 Aug 2006</span><br /></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /></p>Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062948174579752888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571108915062896183.post-26383034212141325082006-07-30T01:24:00.000-07:002007-01-29T01:25:45.778-08:00City of Sam<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT1pdc1LdN-I_H6SeGvfYkJa4_3VdFR1O1zzVMXcZw2crZe-uhGZfdJRUi31yt5fK9_HDQPKkaSenlAtyB-oFNb-eFNB9yAf_KO4d8JHHqpjotDo5kLs9OOjOKXYZxp2-uoX9iGQS-USc/s1600-h/City+of+Sam.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT1pdc1LdN-I_H6SeGvfYkJa4_3VdFR1O1zzVMXcZw2crZe-uhGZfdJRUi31yt5fK9_HDQPKkaSenlAtyB-oFNb-eFNB9yAf_KO4d8JHHqpjotDo5kLs9OOjOKXYZxp2-uoX9iGQS-USc/s200/City+of+Sam.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025368335856696882" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Article Published in <a href="http://www2.blogger.com/www.theartreview.com">"The Art Review"</a>, June2006<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">The City of Sana'a also dubbed City of Sam, is one of the oldest in the world, the old city is a <a href="http://www2.blogger.com/whc.unesco.org">UNESCO Heritage Site </a>, it is also one of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cradle_of_Civilization"> cradels of civilization. </a><br />Definatly worth visiting<br /><br />For the full article click on the image<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www2.blogger.com/www.cowparade.com"></a></span>Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062948174579752888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571108915062896183.post-91217935261618172352006-07-17T04:21:00.000-07:002007-01-30T00:39:40.167-08:00The Drums of War<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRO9aR5p0AnxU2qhBpDoeHzfUGqf0IHDBDfOAK7jefbrSW1Gi2gq0AIgV4zCQhotRURkT_ae4iDbZhLzC8SOXORe2y_f8Zsipt2DAZC90iQtguhGp2Jt63zMvNUXWXGjvJo2EDtzPxUTo/s1600-h/images.jpe"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRO9aR5p0AnxU2qhBpDoeHzfUGqf0IHDBDfOAK7jefbrSW1Gi2gq0AIgV4zCQhotRURkT_ae4iDbZhLzC8SOXORe2y_f8Zsipt2DAZC90iQtguhGp2Jt63zMvNUXWXGjvJo2EDtzPxUTo/s400/images.jpe" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025740391693680450" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" dir="ltr"><span style="">Paint the windows black, <o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" dir="ltr"><span style="">Turn the light off, <o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" dir="ltr"><span style="">Hide your head in the sand, <o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" dir="ltr"><span style="">And maybe tomorrow will come.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" dir="ltr"><span style=""><o:p> ***</o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" dir="ltr"><span style="">Pack the house with supplies,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" dir="ltr"><span style="">Is there gas in the car? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" dir="ltr"><span style="">Are the children all right?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" dir="ltr"><span style="">Will tomorrow ever come?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" dir="ltr"><span style=""><o:p> ***</o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" dir="ltr"><span style="">Has my neighbor's house got bombed?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" dir="ltr"><span style="">Are the roads all wrecked and broken?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" dir="ltr"><span style="">Is that fire in the horizon?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" dir="ltr"><span style="">Or the sun, just turning down.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" dir="ltr"><span style=""><o:p> ***</o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" dir="ltr"><span style=""><span style=""> </span>Is the sky tearing up inside?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" dir="ltr"><span style="">Thundering, roaring in rage and fury,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" dir="ltr"><span style="">Is the rain falling for the heavens?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" dir="ltr"><span style="">Or just bullets, drizzling down.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" dir="ltr"><span style=""><o:p> ***</o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" dir="ltr"><span style="">When has quiet turn to screaming?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" dir="ltr"><span style="">Did the birds of peace take flight?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" dir="ltr"><span style="">War has started while we're sleeping, <o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" dir="ltr"><span style="">And tomorrow might never come. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> ***<br /><p style="text-align: right;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">© Sherine Meshad, 17 July 2006</span></span><br /></p><br /></div>Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062948174579752888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571108915062896183.post-30786063110148752142006-07-06T04:21:00.000-07:002007-01-29T01:43:05.409-08:00A Fishing Trip<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbQbJoKF5juuZ_xuUmP55rm6C-Z4Dd0ZkMc_ELXIxNoob3ONQwNYAr3HlSTFskY1fm8YJMCPHCUeWV1kWvhUqDqXXOgEXd86t_ZYC6E4EE4HXbBJXWtLAZWu25hJkEDkZYTr5dazvGtvs/s1600-h/fisher-man.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbQbJoKF5juuZ_xuUmP55rm6C-Z4Dd0ZkMc_ELXIxNoob3ONQwNYAr3HlSTFskY1fm8YJMCPHCUeWV1kWvhUqDqXXOgEXd86t_ZYC6E4EE4HXbBJXWtLAZWu25hJkEDkZYTr5dazvGtvs/s320/fisher-man.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025385627395030642" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">Calm waters, a single line,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">Hook and sinker trailing behind</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">Wait is long as time stands still,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">In the middle of an ocean, where all is well.<br />***</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">Thoughts and memories go through the mind</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">Of a fisherman awaiting fortune to unwind</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">The morning sun is bright in the heavens</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">As land beckons waves to shore<br />***</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">"The deep" whispers in a voice unheard,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">As hook is tangled in the catch's gorge,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">Twisting and turning in anguished plea,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">Skipping over waters, begging for sea.<br />***</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">The line is tout, hands bringing in</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">A cumbersome prize, a trophy, a win!</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">And as it struggles to remain alive,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">In a battle of wills the encounter is finalized.<br />***<br /> </p> <p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: right;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;">© Sherine Meshad, 6 July 2006</span></p>Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062948174579752888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571108915062896183.post-9401129564097222852006-06-30T23:18:00.000-07:002007-01-29T01:26:18.352-08:00Alhambra - An Arabian Gem in the Spanish Crown<div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZxzSx4dSOu-0lOlBEXRc2kxI0CxLPJ5YoEL2RFzxzmyMkApI0-fp50NKB3AgDwLuhqRsGt742-TKM-kM2M-o9sXJn4SJLUWujiioy9NGtqSIejo8VVoU0UI89r75mDBHs5gnsZekqf_Q/s1600-h/Alhambra+Page+1+of+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZxzSx4dSOu-0lOlBEXRc2kxI0CxLPJ5YoEL2RFzxzmyMkApI0-fp50NKB3AgDwLuhqRsGt742-TKM-kM2M-o9sXJn4SJLUWujiioy9NGtqSIejo8VVoU0UI89r75mDBHs5gnsZekqf_Q/s200/Alhambra+Page+1+of+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025372295816543810" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ55pLaUhrX4KVp5yMmspK3M8k-9q6B2D9KGJN0zozzihr9yt8SAAODFKCoQCDXJk801ggGxnqWzibxoEb-aOdw7Xt1Ok5YYNGCT4It7_5aymSgzRDFkWQKznAi02RohuQdoho-W-GwCw/s1600-h/Alhambra+Page+2+of+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ55pLaUhrX4KVp5yMmspK3M8k-9q6B2D9KGJN0zozzihr9yt8SAAODFKCoQCDXJk801ggGxnqWzibxoEb-aOdw7Xt1Ok5YYNGCT4It7_5aymSgzRDFkWQKznAi02RohuQdoho-W-GwCw/s200/Alhambra+Page+2+of+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025372557809548882" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />First article I ever write, and in my opinon my best, published in <a href="http://www2.blogger.com/www.theartreview">'The Art Review'</a> , June 2006.<br /><br />Alhambra is an enchanted, magical palace in the heart of Andalusia and no words, music or painting can do it justice. you have to visit it to even begin to imagen the beauty this fortress hold for the beholder.Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062948174579752888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571108915062896183.post-86137676913956809562006-03-13T04:19:00.000-08:002007-01-30T02:07:00.561-08:00Shadows of Reality<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgcqy6E2NwS4N-0-E5agZ8naRT4PoF0hoHyNnLrA3wTO_Y4HQjD0SOOBuyFgas4LOLyg3CkJ5Qtltv3besu03ld_Db3Tr3lPSKj_iYsF6kUagxmoRI81OOqXTODzCrWl5xHnJgldFl7xo/s1600-h/shadows-1600x1200.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgcqy6E2NwS4N-0-E5agZ8naRT4PoF0hoHyNnLrA3wTO_Y4HQjD0SOOBuyFgas4LOLyg3CkJ5Qtltv3besu03ld_Db3Tr3lPSKj_iYsF6kUagxmoRI81OOqXTODzCrWl5xHnJgldFl7xo/s320/shadows-1600x1200.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025762884437409650" border="0" /></a><b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">Shadows on the ceiling,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">Spreading over the walls,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">Products of a string of light,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">where darkness took its toll.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center"><o:p> ***</o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">Hopes and memories unleashed,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">On<span style=""> </span>an unexpected world,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">Threaten the false sanity,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">Of a numbed-out, dried-up core.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center"><o:p> ***</o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">Fragile we are my friends,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">With a false sense of control,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">When a simple gush of wind,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">Could simply break our hold.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center"><o:p> ***</o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">Conceited in our belief</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">In an everlasting world</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">For today is just a delusion</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center">When tomorrows’ reality draws.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" align="center"><o:p> ***<br /></o:p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" >© Sherine Meshad, </span><o:p><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" >13 March 2006</span><br /></o:p></p>Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062948174579752888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571108915062896183.post-36648077594698496332006-03-13T04:02:00.000-08:002007-06-07T01:45:32.742-07:00Can’t be drifting like a cloud<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwGz9P7HSRzXTjwJIOgcHGxLdLR0MSBUkZthgS37sszRKBf2epxIJedUqap_MnpZlLfTzgu5D5fhyphenhyphenOyCD6PeuHixDhGhATbwtW3szFl5ceCHPYDpA9BJAfE2uCrE33bPcBZuDgAZJZrA/s1600-h/cloud3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwGz9P7HSRzXTjwJIOgcHGxLdLR0MSBUkZthgS37sszRKBf2epxIJedUqap_MnpZlLfTzgu5D5fhyphenhyphenOyCD6PeuHixDhGhATbwtW3szFl5ceCHPYDpA9BJAfE2uCrE33bPcBZuDgAZJZrA/s320/cloud3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073240824594968370" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Can’t be drifting like a cloud</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Floating high above the ground</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> ***</o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Altering shapes and switching forms</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Transforming with the tide</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> ***</o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Searching everywhere in sight</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">For a glimpse of soul that shine</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> ***</o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Through the porthole of your eyes<br />***<br /></p> <p style="text-align: right;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">© Sherine Meshad, 13 March 2006</span></span><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /></p>Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062948174579752888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571108915062896183.post-60835950064824557172006-02-26T10:22:00.000-08:002007-03-21T06:19:53.820-07:00A Passing Glance<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirdqg-hrQheMn9aiKVNn4cbiFPkrGoDiH1NuhyphenhyphenNvhkJlQQE63B_QBc7j2ISlSgceyJGBoqYGwDJ8QBiJXWo8ilc7OiXNvVzhQ6MuJaF89TvvBL_tpZjMwRMgc-ISPV9849KfcFmgAjBFo/s1600-h/old_young_bw.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirdqg-hrQheMn9aiKVNn4cbiFPkrGoDiH1NuhyphenhyphenNvhkJlQQE63B_QBc7j2ISlSgceyJGBoqYGwDJ8QBiJXWo8ilc7OiXNvVzhQ6MuJaF89TvvBL_tpZjMwRMgc-ISPV9849KfcFmgAjBFo/s320/old_young_bw.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025821553690673138" border="0" /></a>It was a cloudy, and dusty Saturday afternoon , I was rushing to pick up the phone… but it does take an awfully long time to reach the phone these days. <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">“Hello”</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">“Mother it’s Ali, are you ready?? We are almost out of the door … we will be at the house in twenty minutes, ok?”</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">“Yes dear, I am all dressed, I’m just watching this soap on TV… such a nice show”</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">“Ok mother we’re on our way then” </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Its been a tradition with my son, every Saturday he would pick me up at around noon and take me out for the afternoon… such a good boy, my son … never forgets to call his mama, always makes sure to take me out in the weekend. It has been much harder for me to get out since the operation … I can’t drive anymore, which is all as well, I can’t see that good anyways… the crutches were not as much of an annoyance as that damned wheelchair… oh well that’s life I guess. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">A half an hour later the doorbell rings .. it rings and rings and rings and slowly I roll over to open it, its Ali and his best friend Ramy, dear dear boys, grew up to be respectable business men. We go downstairs and the boys are chatting about a tennis match they just finished.. Ali always liked to play tennis, didn’t ever stop since his dad and I have given him his first racket as his ninth birthday present. How the years rush by and how memories keep bombarding this senile brain of mine these days. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">“Oh my, we’re here already! Time does fly, doesn’t it boys?” … we have to wait for the elevator to take us up to the next floor… its quite grand compared to the ones of my time, though the old ones where nice wooden ones, the marvel of there time. We roll into the elevator and it stops again, a mother with a toddler in her<span style=""> </span>stroller come in… our eyes meet the toddler and I, the briefest longest most agonizing moment of my life… </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I was a youngster once, it does seem hard to believe that this wrinkled aged old body was once as soft smooth and pain free as this brown eyed youngster. Where did the years go? My mother used to push my cart around just like this, she’d then take me to the sweet shop and buy me my favorite candy, she always took such good care of me, oh how I miss you mummy… how I miss going to school in my freshly ironed uniform with my school bag on my back and my younger brothers hand in mine and my friends waiting by the school door… we’d run around and play hide and go seek, never getting tired only stopping when the school bell rings to end the break… I should have paid more attention in class … should have stopped doodling in my copybooks and actually heard what the teachers were saying…I should have never lost touch with Sarah, she was such a good friend… she died at such a young age… dear Sarah… such an angel, but life is like that, you get used to it. Its just such a shock when your young … Sarah and I went shopping for her wedding dress together, we giggled and laughed like the silly excitable girls we were! And what a gorgeous dress it was … she looked like a princess… her accident was so tragic, such a waste…. a young wife and mother, Ramy has went through so much suffering without his mother… but he is such a strong willed boy… I remember how he nursed that stray dog back to life when we all thought he was a goner… he fed that poor animal and played with him and cared for him till one day he just got off his feet and turned into the more energetic puppy you’d ever see… they were inseparable the boys and the dog!! Oh how the years fly… </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The Elevator comes to a stop, Ali pushes my chair out of the elevator and I take one last glance at the girl in the<span style=""> </span>stroller. I’ve blown out my 78<sup>th</sup> birthday candle last week and in between my first candle and my last I’ve lived, I’ve loved and I’ve lost… but what would I give to feel what that little girl is feeling for just one day… the unconditional love and protection surrounding her and pushing her along.</p> <div class="MsoNormal"> <hr align="left" size="2" width="100%"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">It was a cloudy, and dusty Saturday afternoon, my birthday is in 3 days mummy tells me I will be four years old… old enough to go to school like Laila and Adam. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">“Mummy I wanted to go to the club today” but mummy said “its all yucky outside today sweetie, so instead lets go to the fun faire with all the nice rides”</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">“But Mummy I wanna go on the swings and have cotton candy, pretty please mummy!!”</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">“How bout you ride the train that goes round and round instead??”</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">“mmm train is fun…. But can I still get cotton candy mummy??” </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">“Yes habibity, we’ll get you cotton candy… its your birthday in three days you know??” </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">“Do I get to blow candles out and open up presents too mummy??</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">“yes honey now off you go to your room, we need to choose something to wear today and then we will be on our way, we have a lot to do today… we have to buy you something nice to wear in your birthday party, you want to look like a princess right??” </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">“Oh yes mummy … I wanna look like a princess!!”</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I chose to wear Barbie boots with my blue jeans and pink butterfly top … I am now old enough to ride beside mummy “as long as you have your seatbelt on dear” she always says… </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">“I wanna ride in my cart mama” </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">“Firo, your old enough to walk with mummy”</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">“but mum ,… please please please can I ride my cart, I don’t wanna walk … please”</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">“Ok dear but just this once” </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">We get into the big elevator but it is too crowded … I cant see the window… I usually like to see the window … it has a really nice view!! There is another cart in the elevator … this one has an old lady in it… she is as old as nana … I thought when you start to go to school you stop riding baby carts … the old lady looks sad… she looks like she wants to tell me something… but she doesn’t say anything… weird how old people look so tired and sad… I like being pushed in my cart but old lady doesn’t seem to be happy… oh the elevator stopped … goody … maybe I can get mummy to take me to the face painting place too… I can get a butterfly that matches my top… I can’t wait till my birthday …. Then I won’t have to go to the nursery anymore, I will be old enough to ride the bus with Laila and Adam and I will put on the red and blue uniform as well and be grownup!! </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Oh goody only three days to go and I will grow up!!</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <div class="MsoNormal"> <hr align="left" size="2" width="100%"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">It was a cloudy, and dusty Saturday afternoon , we were at the mall .. .my friend and I… exhausted from a long day of shopping, shopping and more shopping … each with her shopping bags in one hand and her purse in the other, we decided to go up for a bite at one of our favorite restaurants in the shopping center … satisfied with our 3 hour workout of going from one store to the next… we opted for the elevator to whisk us up to the upper floor restaurant for our lunch. It came to a halt in the first floor and a man pushing a wheelchair with his mother in it came in, the elevator door closed and it moved up to the second floor where again it came to a halt and this time a mother pushing her 4 year old daughter came in, and a glance ... a split second of recognition, confusion and amazement passed between that little girl in her crib and the aged women in her wheel chair... the elevator stops at our floor and on our way to lunch we mention that point.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">“Did you notice what happened in the elevator” my friend asked</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">“The young girl and the old lady? Yes I noticed” “Could be the subject of an interesting story” My friend continued “what went through their mind in that split second of recognition … reminds me of something I read once, remind me to tell you about it”<br /><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">We went on our way … picked up our lunch… work again tomorrow but hey at least<span style=""> </span>we each got a belated birthday present when we went shopping today. </p> <div class="MsoNormal"> <hr align="left" size="2" width="100%"> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Written by Sherine Meshad</span> </p>Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062948174579752888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571108915062896183.post-70607515240446858672006-02-16T04:20:00.000-08:002007-01-31T05:15:44.500-08:00In Memory of El-Salam Boccaccio 98<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnSgZkC24IzZ_IpbUxQd_B25lp3SP0lMxaTmsxYZ1E6QLqAlY9mV2L1bquVxDH1VQfUKBYsw0N1uB1zqsLxTex-hZViPl2hNUx8a6khTuv4rqo82abXCnCpvSmDS-IAQPr69Q81Ewmr1k/s1600-h/Picture1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnSgZkC24IzZ_IpbUxQd_B25lp3SP0lMxaTmsxYZ1E6QLqAlY9mV2L1bquVxDH1VQfUKBYsw0N1uB1zqsLxTex-hZViPl2hNUx8a6khTuv4rqo82abXCnCpvSmDS-IAQPr69Q81Ewmr1k/s320/Picture1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026181188482236434" border="0" /></a><br /><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal">A vessel lost in ample mist</p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal">Misfortune least expected</p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal">A father, a mother, a sister, a brother</p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal">Eternally lost to the treacherous blue</p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> ***</o:p></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal">Curled up inside a womb, </p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal">Sinking down into the deep, </p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal">Slicing through absolute silence, </p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal">Carving a tomb for a soul to lay</p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> ***</o:p></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal">Anguished hearts beseeching a miracle</p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal">Deep down knowing its too late to plea</p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal">The flame burnt out from life’s candle </p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </div> <p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal">As darkness descends in final farewell. </p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> ***<br /><p style="text-align: right;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">© Sherine Meshad, 16 Feb 2006</span></span><br /></p><br /></div>Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062948174579752888noreply@blogger.com0