Is our body language flashing
mirrors at each other?
Are you trying to bedazzle me?
To give me reason to put my eyes
in the shade of my upraised arm?

Are you trying to make my heart
gush torrents of blood
As an act of betrayal?
Cruelty played upon the strings
- knitted loosely together -
that form the patina of my emotions?

Or is that just me?
All on my own-some
smiling from someplace deep within
Whilst refusing to be type-cast?

Do you hear the rain beat its tropical tattoo
on the galvanized rooftops along tin-pan alley?
There where perches a solitary bird calling
Out to the early Morning ...

Kiss Kadee
Kiss Kadee
Kiss Kiss Kadee

Am laughing my head off. no offence but isn't it sorta weird when folks come on a thread and say a random thing like 'hi' right in the midst of a discussion .. say about "strange ads that appear in your browser window'

Ah well, am going to see if i can incite a whole series of new ads. Have fun.

Freedom - George Michael

Duppy Conqueror - Bob Marley and The Wailers

Cameosis - Cameo

? You mean seh dat she mussa hafi be like a Lioness for the Ras ta not want an inglorious end to the heavy load him did bear? Yes Sis, you guess right, Is so it dida go fuh true!

And dat is why Dreadaye seh when it come to Love, a Ras must know and not believe.


banana:

(Ladywind7 is such a sweet inspiration, I am sure ya'll would agree)



... and as if right on cue the radio staiion that i am listening to begins to play Jammin'

Just got to love life... damn and now to end his show the disc jockey puts One Love on the decks..

Now that is uncanny!

I didn't want to! I really, really didn't want to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQIMU-StQpw

Thank you. May there continue to be peace.

I do think we have a witness. Maybe I too need a nomination for my prescience! Anybody care to second me on that? Or is calling for a seance a bit too much?

Welcome jambaansu ...

Thank you ma'am.

btw, I do think that this here topic is gonna break all records for a single day number of views! Is it truly said that God works in mysterious ways? If so, I would like to be the first to nominate the Noble Woman for an award. Can I get a witness to that?!

Hi Sitka, I've been thinking about this topic and the same sort of question came to mind.

Is there a verse in the Bible that we can find which actually describes the nature and character of the man whom is qualified ... (oooppps) I mean just looking to find himself a "Virtuous Wife"?

Does he only need to have eyes? What clarity of personal insight will he have? What virtues will he himself possess? Is this Virtuous wife gonna meet and fall n love with him? Or was it some sort of an pre-arranged marriage in those days?

After careful consideration I reckon that this is a mighty fine topic and would like to commend Adelola4real for 'dropping' it down here in this corner of the www so that we can apply our minds to this whole relationship business. Who knows in this way we may well be paving the way for her eventual arrival ...sort of like heralds, if you know what I mean.

Wow, what a flow!

Welcome

In the words of a pop song made famous by that Field Artillery Cannon Crewman in the 10th Marines during Operation Desert Storm, "It Wasn't Me" ...

However, to get back on topic I do hope our companion will have success in his quest... Oh Lord another song pops into mind, "Have You Seen Her".

Really, seriously, happy mingling. I haven't even got around to clearly stating the sort of nobility I am seeking. So there, i chide myself.

Adelola4real, nah feel no fret as we are a friendly bunch and I genuinely wish you success.

One Love & Irie Ites

regards

dreadaye

Smiley face but no question mark
So let me guess ...

An ability to read fine, fine print
On pages, light and easily torn ...
But not asunder
Under a Yoruba roof
Where Crown meets Wealth
And she, bedecked in
Buba
Iro
Gele
Iborun
Ipele
Shall reside as Monarch...

Juliet, Juliet, wherefore art thou
Oh Noble Woman?

Childhood memories
from a certain generation
still snuggled-up beneath the radiogram
in tune as a commune.

Sound and words
transformed into mindful pictures,
Unlimited audio visions
Amidst electrostatic hissy fits
Going snap, crackle & popping.
Distorting pronouncements
Sifting them through assorted shades
Of white and lightening noise.
There IS somebody out there.

Ears straining to stay toned and honed in
on a fading signal ... which will emerge,
- do not grow faint or adjust your set -
if we wait long enough.
Or will it?

The dial; To twiddle or not?
Ah, it's a station different
So stay. listen for a while It lasts
without being inlaid by voices over from ...

What's the program?
The language sounds kinda familiar
To all the others I've not heard before!

Radio Times a-calling
Let's all gather round.

Amongst the whole there are many parts to enjoy and ponder.
The slice above steps right on into a personal timezone.
Thank you for the beam.

She thinks the same about Me too.
And I can tell ya'll that Patience is but one
amongst her numerous fantastic human qualities.
For it's almost two years that she's been waiting
for me to come around to the understanding
that she means it.
I still haven't clicked.

Do you reckon she's Polyamorous?

I really must stop but there is one more thing I thought I'd share. Sort of funny if you have my sense of humour but as ever the laugh is wholly on and at my insanity

So, a little while back my profile stated the name of my City to be a place called 'Underground' (yeah all part of the gallows-humour pertaining to afterlife) but someone - kind soul - asked me where actually was this place. Implication being that they hadn't yet heard of it (not surprised).

Faced with this entirely innocent query from a nice person I felt a wee pang of guilt for misleading who knows how many well intentioned souls out there who might have come across my profile. Despite this, I found my fingers typing that, "it was the sort of place you need a shovel to get to"

However, though it was a very tongue-in-cheek reply the question got me to thinking that, as I have already declared that an abode somewhere in the bowels of the earth was not much to my liking then where is to be the final 'resting place' of the fictitious deceased. Quick as a flash the answer came into my head, "Ashes Windbourne"

Yeah that's it! Just throw my ashes up into the air and allow them to wanter hither, tither and yon wherever the wind may blow them. And so I decided to update my profile. However, Ashes Windbourne does have a certain ring of authenticity to it doesn't it? NO?! What about if I stipulate that they MUST be scattered with a certain 'panache'.?

Maybe I should copyright that place name. Might come in handy for earning a few dollars more sorta like a cherished licence plate! .. Can somebody point me in the direction of a good Trademarks & Patent lawyer?

Moral of the story: There aren't any silly questions except the one's we don't ask.

Observation: 15 of the most recent posts on this site are spam!!! By my observation this is increasing. A proliferation of dodgy profiles, spam and ever-increasing incidents of harassment are all having a negative impact on the mingle2 experience. Is this the price a place like this pays for 'popularity'?

It will definitely not be the same place if any sort of membership fee were introduced, however what can be done? Is this par for the course in the web worldwide? Is it a sad reflection upon what's going on in the 'real world' (which i do not accept the www to be separate from)?

Does the site need more moderators?

And if we were to be asked to pay would it then only be a matter of time before we see the site become a veritable flesh-pot? What then for those who enjoy - and appreciate - the mingle2 community for what it is as it is. True, it isn't perfect but it could be frighteningly WORSE.

Are we on a slippery slope? Can it be arrested?

... Upon reflection, as i read the above and hear my lighthearted inner chatter about it all, it strikes me that this post could be dubbed as a "public service announcement from Ashes Windbourne" aka "musings from the afterlife" .... Dante's Inferno comes to mind.

Enjoy your mingling, i sure as hell am..... oooopppsss no offence meant to other promised lands! I am on record for stopping of at crematorium somewhere .... Ashes Windbourne perhaps?

Sounds good.

hello again.

For the record, "NO, yours truly does not have a morbid obsession with the afterlife. YES, i do have a zany sense of humour that finds me utterly content with being the only one to 'get the joke' as I explore stuff that pops into my head.

As i may have mentioned before, the title under which this lunacy is being penned was conjured in a moment of personal crisis in which I found myself guided to an inner place from which the unambiguous assertion that I will survive spoke out.

So, being blessed with creative sensibilities, instinct kicked in, and in hindsight what better way can any living organism herald the unexpected discovery of a self-perpetuating, spiritually attuned willingness to BE, than by embracing that which terminates ones existence in the material sense of being?!

Yep, it is that simple. No ulterior motives. No taunting! No self-important posturing. No high-minded, holier than thee chest thumping. Just a good old, primordial, intent to protect and preserve that which we all hold dear i.e being. Hearing my inner voice as i write this down, one of the channels in my head is broadcasting an undertone that prompts me to add that what i relate wasn't a product of lengthy deliberation. Nor did I have the slightest clue as to what shape this 'new way of being alive' was going to manifest itself. However, what I 'felt' was that I would need to meld my sense of being with a drive we all have, in one form or another, to create.

So there it is, a ringside view of the unfolding lunacy inside a human mind that has become bewitched by a concept that once let out of the proverbial box, begins to assert its' own purpose. Maybe it is the soul itself that has conjured a way to make itself more evident in these remaining days. Who knows?

But it sure as hell is fun ... if you have a sense of humour such as i do

As the man said, "livestrong"

Peace & Respect

dreadaye

PS: ... but do remember: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vQaVIoEjOM