TO LOVE IS TO LIE DOWN WITH THE ANGELS ROD MCKUEN

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. George Washington

If you have a friend worth loving, love him. Yes, and let him know that you love him, ere life's evening tinge his brow with sunset glow. Why should good words ne'er be said of a friend- till he is dead? Anonymous

THE FACE Along a candle lit path I walk I came upon a man who stood there but did not talk Our eyes met in a locked stare a lifeless face he had an emotionless glare The lines in his face told of a life full of pain dark circles under his eyes that seemed to stare off into a distance lost in time, lost in some other place tear stained cheeks remnant drops of his cries Upon his face a saddened look he reached out his hand to mine I shuddered as our finger tips touched his were hard and cool like a running brook Our hands fell to our side tears began to once again fall escape from this prison called life he was nowhere nearer he slowly turned and walked away left behind his soul trapped in his body like that of the man in the mirror

Jamminblu