<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578219260571523859</id><updated>2011-04-21T18:53:38.592-07:00</updated><title type='text'>serenity hath met calamity</title><subtitle type='html'>poetry, short stories, observations &amp; such...</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://serenityrebecca.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4578219260571523859/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://serenityrebecca.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>serenity rebecca</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09421019327089265341</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SFr7BdV7TaE/SldVeB9fiuI/AAAAAAAABG8/9Awszev9k6c/S220/mybug.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578219260571523859.post-3880835109624203055</id><published>2008-10-03T13:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-03T13:28:33.646-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;I remember this place called home. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;My pictures hung on the walls, my clothes hung in a closet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;It had my little touches in every corner of my home.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;It was my design~spent was my time&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;It was my home; it was mine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;I was always pleased to see my things placed to my liking in my home, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;but a home is where the heart is.....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;where does my heart belong?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;The rooms change when I leave them&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;for my home is not my own.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;The stone I layed for another&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;a home I made for a sister and her brother&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;in whose home no longer dwells their mother.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;A new room, a stale room is for a short time where I laid my head,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;a fellow patient asleep in the next bed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;A guest in a room not of my making; another's home&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;not mine for the taking.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;A new city, another bed and different roomates a plenty.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;Move again, "welcome home" a new friend greeted me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;Another bed, now three roomates.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;I'll do whatever it takes!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;My ego, it suffers while I feel my children slip away.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;Gotta go, gotta roll and create my own before Turkey Day!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;Months pass and money moves fast in this temporary home&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;nothings made to last.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;Illusion created, my spirit still sedated&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;like the bats in the attic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;my homes' been eradict~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;So called home for recovery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;has no more room for the addict in me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;Wandering homeless &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;not hopeless&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;when home is where the heart is&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;and my heart beats within me~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;Does it really matter exactly where I be?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;I'm in no man's land&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;just as a woman scorned would be.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;Gotta drop my fears and my pride;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;to grovel in humility.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;Ease me from shame and towards spiritual gain.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;I plea~God, make a home in me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4578219260571523859-3880835109624203055?l=serenityrebecca.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://serenityrebecca.blogspot.com/feeds/3880835109624203055/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4578219260571523859&amp;postID=3880835109624203055' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4578219260571523859/posts/default/3880835109624203055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4578219260571523859/posts/default/3880835109624203055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://serenityrebecca.blogspot.com/2008/10/i-remember-this-place-called-home.html' title=''/><author><name>serenity rebecca</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09421019327089265341</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SFr7BdV7TaE/SldVeB9fiuI/AAAAAAAABG8/9Awszev9k6c/S220/mybug.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578219260571523859.post-3173572691894072899</id><published>2008-07-08T12:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-08T12:40:34.293-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;"&gt;just call me Miss Lead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#009900;"&gt;i believed all i'd been fed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#009900;"&gt;honesty and communication...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#009900;"&gt;what the fuck's your contribution?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#009900;"&gt;what a man, such a lovely man&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#009900;"&gt;from the fire i jumped into your pan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#009900;"&gt;what a dear, to lend me your ear&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#009900;"&gt;for months at a time&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#009900;"&gt;line after line&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#009900;"&gt;just a man, his own #1 fan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#009900;"&gt;lies are not lies when the questions weren't asked?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#009900;"&gt;you were open, hiding nothing? OH-i didn't ask!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#009900;"&gt;a revelation to your game you gave without shame.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#009900;"&gt;indeed we knew from the get go we'd never be the same.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#009900;"&gt;i just wish you had told me a lot sooner than this&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#009900;"&gt;you gave me no choice &amp;amp; now it's my friend that i miss&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#009900;"&gt;sorry won't cut it, i'm nobody's fool&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#009900;"&gt;thanks for the lesson-i guess i got schooled&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#009900;"&gt;i'll tend to my heart &amp;amp; all the tears that i've shed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#009900;"&gt;until you see your part just call me Miss Lead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4578219260571523859-3173572691894072899?l=serenityrebecca.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://serenityrebecca.blogspot.com/feeds/3173572691894072899/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4578219260571523859&amp;postID=3173572691894072899' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4578219260571523859/posts/default/3173572691894072899'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4578219260571523859/posts/default/3173572691894072899'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://serenityrebecca.blogspot.com/2008/07/just-call-me-miss-lead-i-believed-all.html' title=''/><author><name>serenity rebecca</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09421019327089265341</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SFr7BdV7TaE/SldVeB9fiuI/AAAAAAAABG8/9Awszev9k6c/S220/mybug.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578219260571523859.post-6694804732372415452</id><published>2008-07-02T09:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-02T09:36:23.851-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;my Divine prayer will be of completeness, of a love that will be shot=propelled throughout the universe! a wholeness to our being, an interception to all pain, an act so spiritual~the angels will truly sing! a memory created yet an affect resonating throughout the rest of our lives!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4578219260571523859-6694804732372415452?l=serenityrebecca.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://serenityrebecca.blogspot.com/feeds/6694804732372415452/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4578219260571523859&amp;postID=6694804732372415452' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4578219260571523859/posts/default/6694804732372415452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4578219260571523859/posts/default/6694804732372415452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://serenityrebecca.blogspot.com/2008/07/my-divine-prayer-will-be-of.html' title=''/><author><name>serenity rebecca</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09421019327089265341</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SFr7BdV7TaE/SldVeB9fiuI/AAAAAAAABG8/9Awszev9k6c/S220/mybug.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578219260571523859.post-9046767759367228454</id><published>2008-07-02T09:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-02T09:30:08.301-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#993399;"&gt;~future lover, a hurt like no other. what once was just fantasy may now become a memory. your touch, your taste, you know (baby) i just can't wait for you~my wedding date. as my grin grows, i twinkle my toes. anticipations fuels my sexual beast. i yearn for you to make my misery cease.~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4578219260571523859-9046767759367228454?l=serenityrebecca.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://serenityrebecca.blogspot.com/feeds/9046767759367228454/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4578219260571523859&amp;postID=9046767759367228454' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4578219260571523859/posts/default/9046767759367228454'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4578219260571523859/posts/default/9046767759367228454'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://serenityrebecca.blogspot.com/2008/07/future-lover-hurt-like-no-other.html' title=''/><author><name>serenity rebecca</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09421019327089265341</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SFr7BdV7TaE/SldVeB9fiuI/AAAAAAAABG8/9Awszev9k6c/S220/mybug.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578219260571523859.post-4688981240249087621</id><published>2008-07-02T09:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-02T09:26:55.896-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#00cccc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;i could play for you a dozen songs on how i feel...i'm a lovesick fool!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4578219260571523859-4688981240249087621?l=serenityrebecca.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://serenityrebecca.blogspot.com/feeds/4688981240249087621/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4578219260571523859&amp;postID=4688981240249087621' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4578219260571523859/posts/default/4688981240249087621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4578219260571523859/posts/default/4688981240249087621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://serenityrebecca.blogspot.com/2008/07/i-could-play-for-you-dozen-songs-on-how.html' title=''/><author><name>serenity rebecca</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09421019327089265341</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SFr7BdV7TaE/SldVeB9fiuI/AAAAAAAABG8/9Awszev9k6c/S220/mybug.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578219260571523859.post-1602163818956456754</id><published>2008-07-02T09:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-02T09:24:58.202-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;For one cannot love without giving in part, a tiny sliver of one's heart.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4578219260571523859-1602163818956456754?l=serenityrebecca.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://serenityrebecca.blogspot.com/feeds/1602163818956456754/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4578219260571523859&amp;postID=1602163818956456754' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4578219260571523859/posts/default/1602163818956456754'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4578219260571523859/posts/default/1602163818956456754'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://serenityrebecca.blogspot.com/2008/07/for-one-cannot-love-without-giving-in.html' title=''/><author><name>serenity rebecca</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09421019327089265341</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SFr7BdV7TaE/SldVeB9fiuI/AAAAAAAABG8/9Awszev9k6c/S220/mybug.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578219260571523859.post-1945056705966607247</id><published>2008-06-24T08:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-24T09:09:08.030-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SFr7BdV7TaE/SGEb8mc7X2I/AAAAAAAAAdI/bQcPq9SLPNg/s1600-h/fairy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215480571399724898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SFr7BdV7TaE/SGEb8mc7X2I/AAAAAAAAAdI/bQcPq9SLPNg/s320/fairy.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33cc00;"&gt;It feels that this is one of those days where inspiration hides behind me. I catch glimpses of it out of the corner of my eye. I hear it whispering to me, yet the words are mere shivers on the wind. How can one grasp the untangible? Reach for it. So, I write creating an extension through my subconscience to a realm of creativity. Tap into the dream like wake of streaming beliefs is easy, making sense of the maddness is not. Questioning my own questions has gotten me to nowhere which everyone knows is truly now here. It's elusive, like a mouse to a cat on a hunt. I feel it's there yet cannot grasp it's ever present, ever moving quality. I feel like I'm hunting up fairies!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4578219260571523859-1945056705966607247?l=serenityrebecca.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://serenityrebecca.blogspot.com/feeds/1945056705966607247/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4578219260571523859&amp;postID=1945056705966607247' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4578219260571523859/posts/default/1945056705966607247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4578219260571523859/posts/default/1945056705966607247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://serenityrebecca.blogspot.com/2008/06/it-feels-that-this-is-one-of-those-days.html' title=''/><author><name>serenity rebecca</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09421019327089265341</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SFr7BdV7TaE/SldVeB9fiuI/AAAAAAAABG8/9Awszev9k6c/S220/mybug.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SFr7BdV7TaE/SGEb8mc7X2I/AAAAAAAAAdI/bQcPq9SLPNg/s72-c/fairy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578219260571523859.post-4901719001301504810</id><published>2008-06-23T07:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-23T07:59:31.097-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SFr7BdV7TaE/SF-1m52c3qI/AAAAAAAAAc4/HGaKQ6ZuTgc/s1600-h/smell_the_roses.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215086573487185570" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SFr7BdV7TaE/SF-1m52c3qI/AAAAAAAAAc4/HGaKQ6ZuTgc/s320/smell_the_roses.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339999;"&gt;Could it be&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339999;"&gt;that you &amp;amp; me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339999;"&gt;no longer see eye to eye?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339999;"&gt;I'd hate to trample &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339999;"&gt;upon you, my dear, yet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339999;"&gt;you continue to lie.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339999;"&gt;Why?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339999;"&gt;There's nothing more here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339999;"&gt;for me, it's clear.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339999;"&gt;The roses that I planted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339999;"&gt;out of the love you took for granted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339999;"&gt;shall continue on without my care.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339999;"&gt;No, I will not prune them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339999;"&gt;I will no longer groom them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339999;"&gt;Oh! You don't feel it's fair?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339999;"&gt;With my hats &amp;amp; my shoes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339999;"&gt;I'll pack my gowns &amp;amp; leave town!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339999;"&gt;No longer a slave to this, our home.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339999;"&gt;I'll brave the unknown!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339999;"&gt;I am a wild rose. You cannot tame me!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339999;"&gt;Watch me grow on, rambling free.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4578219260571523859-4901719001301504810?l=serenityrebecca.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://serenityrebecca.blogspot.com/feeds/4901719001301504810/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4578219260571523859&amp;postID=4901719001301504810' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4578219260571523859/posts/default/4901719001301504810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4578219260571523859/posts/default/4901719001301504810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://serenityrebecca.blogspot.com/2008/06/could-it-be-that-you-me-no-longer-see.html' title=''/><author><name>serenity rebecca</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09421019327089265341</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SFr7BdV7TaE/SldVeB9fiuI/AAAAAAAABG8/9Awszev9k6c/S220/mybug.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SFr7BdV7TaE/SF-1m52c3qI/AAAAAAAAAc4/HGaKQ6ZuTgc/s72-c/smell_the_roses.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578219260571523859.post-5829398323784158122</id><published>2008-06-23T07:31:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-26T14:24:21.824-07:00</updated><title type='text'>traveler's rose</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;There are many roses thought to be perfect in their form, grown as such in ideal conditions and nurtured with loving hands, given all it could ever need to grow into an object of beauty, to be selectively cut and taken to a place where all who looked upon it would sigh at it's breathtaking grace.This is hardly the case for every rose. It is possible to find one growing not in a greenhouse but between rocks and sand. It does not hold the same grace, nor appear as pleasing to the eye. For her roots are wild, just as the stems have grown crooked, struggling to reach the surface as she continued to grow in the harshest of circumstances.There is a greater strength in a rose grown as such; a tortured delicacy, too. Sprouted from the hardest of earth in a place no one may ever notice. This rose will not be selected for the bridal bouquet, the prom corsage or set as a marker atop a beloveds final bed.This rose; petals smelling so sweet, aware of the sun, the moon and stars, the tickle of the bumble bee and the taste of rain will never be given away as yet another symbol of sentimentality. Human hearts may never understand why this rose grows for no man. This is God's beauty, a delicate smile which will only grow more grand with each passing year.If a traveler should come upon her lovely blooms he will stop and admire. Perhaps, a picture he will take. To pick her, he wouldn't, yet smell her he must. With the memory of the petals gentle caress, he'll walk away knowing he let a wild rose grow.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4578219260571523859-5829398323784158122?l=serenityrebecca.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://serenityrebecca.blogspot.com/feeds/5829398323784158122/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4578219260571523859&amp;postID=5829398323784158122' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4578219260571523859/posts/default/5829398323784158122'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4578219260571523859/posts/default/5829398323784158122'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://serenityrebecca.blogspot.com/2008/06/travelers-rose.html' title='traveler&apos;s rose'/><author><name>serenity rebecca</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09421019327089265341</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SFr7BdV7TaE/SldVeB9fiuI/AAAAAAAABG8/9Awszev9k6c/S220/mybug.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
