Just a thought...

If you say you are feeling on edge...would you say more on the edge or over the edge or does it make a difference?

~~

I think a certain country girl
is getting the hang of 'this'.
'This' that I am referring to
is city driving.

Who knew?

Certainly not I.

Silence

Sometimes the loudest sound is silence.

I know - I know, you don't know what to say, but please, say anything. Something, even one word would feel more comforting to me, would ease me more than the silence that lies between us as thick as crystalline ice.

You don't have to say you're sorry for what happened. I don't want to nor do I need to hear those words. Tell me you got my message. Tell me you hear my words. Tell me you care. Tell me you will be there to listen when I need or want to talk more. Tell me we will always be friends....

Sometimes the loudest sound is silence.

~N

Fading Away

What happens when you are at a place you are sure you won't make it another moment, another step, what then?

Not even having the will to run or turn away.

Did I ever know what happiness was? Is there even such a thing or does adulthood and responsibilities become the thief?

What do I think on to not give into my barren thoughts and feelings?

Do I search for a new day, or will it find me?

Feels like I am fading away. To where - I don't know.

~N

Waiting Horizon

I will meet you
and we will walk
together forever
to our waiting horizon.

I offer my arm
to hold you
and give you strength
wrought from true love
mine for you.

Wanting To...

...experience and appreciate
all the wonders this world holds.

...be passionate about something,
anything other than pursing answers to all life's complications.

Independence Day

From my friend Phuong in Vietnam:

Tomorrow is 2/9, Vietnam 's independent Day, everyone in my country is rest, so I have a little time to write to you. I want to talk to you about 2/9 in my country. On that day in 1945, Ho Chi Minh, our great president read Declaration of Independence to declare that Vietnam had become freedom after many year in war with France! So it 's a very very important day with all of us!

Gentle Sun...a soft
breeze...a flower smiles
candidly
At the top of a tree...a
shining branch...
The hum of a chorus of
birds.
Men and beast feel the
change coming
What is more natural?
After unhappiness, here
comes joy.

(From Notebook From Prison by Ho Chi Minh, 1942)

In Vietnam, it is hard to escape both the image and the influence of Ho Chi Minh, or Uncle Ho as he was called by his followers. From his embalmed corpse in a mausoleum to endless statues throughout the country to countless posters and souvenirs bearing his likeness to his ideology which shapes Vietnam to this day, his presence is felt throughout the country whose independence he fought for so bitterly.

In 1945, the Japanese completely overtook Indochina and imprisoned or executed the French officials. Six months later, the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, defeating the Japanese. The French and Japanese were eliminated as enemies of the Viet Minh. Vo Nguyen Giap (Ho's faithful ally and military strategist) led forces into Hanoi on August 19, 1945. On September 2, Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam independent using language strikingly similar to that in the Declaration of Independence. Thus began nearly three decades of battle for Vietnam's independence.