Au Carrefour

Un moment, beaucoup de personnes;

Une personne, beaucoup d' histoires;

Une histoire, beaucoup d' interprétations;

Une interprétation, beaucoup d' impressions;

Une impression, beaucoup d' influences;

Une influence, beaucoup d' actions;

Une action, beaucoup de conséquences;

Une conséquence, beaucoup d' implications;

Une implication, beaucoup d' opinions;

Une opinion, beaucoup de réflexions;

Une réflexion, beaucoup de cellules;

Une cellule, la vie elle-même !

Its my fourth month into the language and voila!... my very first piece in French...all on my own. The translation is below....

At the Junction

One moment, many persons;

One person, many stories;

One story, many interpretations;

One interpretation, many impressions;

One impression, many influnces;

One influence, many actions;

One action, many consequences;

One consequence, many implications;

One implication, many opinions;

One opinion, many thoughts;

One thought, many cells;

One cell, life itself!

If I Dare...

If I dare,
It’s because I am becoming aware of us,
As a pair of us,
Each accepting a share of what’s there…

It takes care
And despair
To change.

Though you swear to change,
Who can tell if you do?
It takes two.

When I take a step,
I hope you take one too…
I only hope and not expect,
That you would care to;
That you would help us come through…

I’ll always be there,
As frightened as you;
To help us survive,
Being Alive.

You and Me...

Where do I end and you begin,
Where do you end and I begin.

Seamless, we mingle;
Seamless, we disperse,
Into the vast corridors of our selves.

In your laughter, I find my streak of joy;
In my tears, you feel the pangs of pain.

In your thoughts, I soar high n' high;
In my expanses, you fly.

Thoughts on Love...

Two years to our togetherness, and one year into the marriage...the discovery of eachother seems indeed like a life- long process! Just when you thought you have known it all...there it comes...something new, something different...all that matters is you embrace it as you embrace eachother; you grow, you unfold, and you bloom in eachothers company.

"The greatest thing you will ever learn,
is to love and be loved in return."

~ Moulon Rouge ~

"It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship
and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual
affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it
will not be created for years or even generations."

~ Khalil Gibran ~

"We seek the comfort of another. Someone to share
and share the life we choose. Someone to help us through
the never-ending attempt to understand ourselves.
And in the end, someone to comfort us along the way."

~ Marlin Finch Lupus ~

"To love someone deeply gives you strength.
Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage."

~ Lao-Tzu ~

"This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love;
the more they give, the more they possess."

~ Rainer Maria Rilke ~

"The story of a love is not important -
what is important is that one is capable of love.
It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity."

~ Helen Hayes ~