You LIVE

cool sunglasses

that's pretty generic, huh?

Beautiful!

VERY VERY COOL!!

thank you!! very kind, you are :) but it was a LONG time ago

such a happy little poem :)

Visitation
by: Richard Skoropat

Two days on
And fourteen gone
What the hell’s happened here?
All of my hopes gone
All of my dreams
Who the hell are you now
Who gave you the power
She is half of you
And half of me
Two days for me
And fourteen leave
So all your NEW hopes
And all your NEW dreams
Came true today on the stand
Got everything you wanted:
All for YOU
Fourteen on
And two days gone

"Faith without work is dead..."

So many people (as an answer to so many things) say, "It ain't a perfect world..." I, personally, tend to believe that it is! It is a beautiful, wonderful and once immaculate place. People in the world, however, are not perfect. There are those too (the same), who believe in a god that created life, the heavens and this world, but not people. People create people and God has given to each and every one their own life or soul, to do with what they will; their own and unique free will. And though His will for all of us, I believe is, of course, to follow the very simple (not necessarily always easy, but simple nonetheless) way, truth and life that He has given and shown us, there are those, who through their own free will, choose not to, as it is their choice, not God's. There are too, those who believe, “things happen for a reason” or “That is what God has chosen/His ever-changing plan…” I don’t believe that things happen for a reason, or maybe better stated; His reason. Things happen because of reasons, or things that we have done or said---everything everyone does, in some way, affects everyone. And I don’t believe that we are God's puppets, or toys, to play with and manipulate however He chooses, or pawns to position and set-up among the kings, rooks and bishops just to be toppled at His will in some heavenly game. I believe God’s will is un-changing---ancient and eternal. He doesn't take life away. To me, that would be extremely contradicting. Life is simply what it is, as it was long ago created, and part of it, is learning, growing and dying. How we die and the things that may happen to us, I believe, are largely because of and by ourselves---the things we have done and created (apart from just growing old, of course).

“Let go and let God” or “Just give it to God” are statements I have pondered since the first time I heard them. I have heard them many times, in many different ways. Oh, how wonderful it would be to just let everything go---and so easy too! I do suppose that there are those for whom it's easy to let everything go and sometimes I wish I was one of them. But I find it difficult to let go the things that have made me who I am; hard-headed, maybe.

It might be pretty neat, I guess, and maybe even comforting, to know what God is going to do, as some believe they do. It is difficult for me to comprehend a God so 'versatile' and ‘wishy-washy’. And it makes me laugh, sometimes when people say things like, "God told me to do this, or to do that (whether their ‘told’ is an actual heard voice or some sort of ‘sign’ that was perceived as telling). How very lucky are those to whom God speaks! Or not, maybe, as I have heard of a lot of serial killers who claim that God has told them to do some very, what I would consider un-godly things.

I am happy for and proud of those who have gained the peace that you have! May thanks be to God for his original, lasting and unchanged ancient wisdom and guidance, but credit to you, for choosing as you have; for it was truly by you and your strength that it was accomplished, maybe because if God, but you nonetheless!

Previous Unions
by: Richard Skoropat

Previous, both our unions
Have all been in vain
Wrought with sorrow
And with so much pain
Seems you hold on to that
But with it, I swear
You’ll never anything gain
It’ll get you right back
To where you started again
You think so much about
What to you has been done
Failing to see the real one
For your eyes are still closed
And the light still too dim
But with those eyes so tightly shut
Back down into it, forever you’ll spin
I wish you could see that there is a way
To learn from the pain
And to use that sorrow
We can let it help us today
To forge a perfect tomorrow

You Win?
By: Richard D. Skoropat

I think maybe you are right
I can’t win this kind of fight
The door you’re behind
Shut, bolted and locked tight
With no key and around it no light

You blended it so well with the wall
And completely secured your door
As if there was never a door at all

Because it’s guarded to the hilt,
It can only be seen from afar
But just look at what you’ve built
Such a masterful mason you are

Nothing will ever get out
No pain no fear
No sadness
No doubt

But also keep in mind

Nothing will ever get in
No peace no happiness
No LOVE…
You win?

Love

Some people spend the most part of, if not their whole lives chasing it, or even the thought
Maybe because they don't know or won't realize it's something that cannot be caught
It is something that can be given
But it's not something you can
See with your eyes or touch with your hands
By many people it can be and IS said
But it can't be heard by the ears on your head
It is something that only is FELT
If it is from, of or for a person, then THEY all may
But IT doesn't change and it doesn't go away
If you have to ask if it is here, or wonder where
Then it ISN'T now and never was there
It is by one's actions that can make it be known
And they’re lead by the same one that one knows

~~={R*D*S}=~~

Get In
By: Richard D. Skoropat

Get in, it’s a ride, and it’s out of the rain.
It sure beats walking, and you won’t be alone
You can watch all the water roll down the drain
From inside here, warm, as we roll down the road

We’ll talk to each other, we can share the pain
Relief from the loneliness, and bitter cold
Some peace and sanity for both will be gained

Once, I was walking the same road you’re on
And so full of pride, I turned down my ride
That road is twisted, it goes on and long
With just me there alone, I died inside

Please get in, while you ride, I’ll drive
And we can keep each other well and alive

even though she didn't say anything......i say beautiful dress

...And just because some men are just dog and some women are just dogs

wow..you say that a lot, i noticed

Hell yeah!

..wow....

I strongly disagree! I am very much a man and it is not my nature to cheat!