Before the years vanish
Let your body wander.
Be a lover, a traveler.
Let the theatrical lights
shine on you.
Bathe in the syllables
of adventure.
Crown the stars, and
dine on constellations.
Drink up the sunlight.
See the Nile, and tropical islands.
Take note of each sunset,
the mountains, the ocean.
Don’t let there be
a single empty page
in your life book.
Be a door swung open,
withhold nothing.
Dare to do, so you have
no regrets.
Don’t let your life
be haunted by dreams
that happened elsewhere,
and to someone else.
Haunted by the ones you never met,
the journeys you failed
to take.
Lift your arms up
and embrace what you make be.
Belong to the jungle,
the marketplace,
the English cottage,
the abbeys of Italy,
the domes, and to all
the scenes of your life.
-Tosha Michelle
Beautiful. I love how takes my mind to the places I’ve been, and how it refreshes the desire to keep going to new places.
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David, thank you.
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Beautifully written, with a taste of elegance…
i also see that you have been stopping by another part of deletedangel,
a throwback of my long ago memories…
That’s where it all started many years back within several blogs later…
i deeply thank you,
kisses chris
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My pleasure and thank you!
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Beautiful, inspiring, terrific advice.
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Thank you! xx
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Did you mean Nile, or Niles? Haha. Fantastic imagery in this one. Lots of love. xo
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Oh brother! Ha-ha. Love ya.
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Lovely poem, wise words, “Dare to do, so you have no regrets.” ~ Mia ā¤
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Thank you! xo
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You’re welcome. XO
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Carpe Dieum with a beautiful Southern drawl. š love this, Tosha.
One helluva Poetess. ā¤
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Thank you. You’re one helluva of a poet. xx
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Very beautiful and full of promise.
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Thank you. xo
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After my holidays, back to enjoy your powerful verses, my friend!!
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Welcome back. I hope you enjoyed your time away xo
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I did. It was a great time in Granada. I even wrote and recorded a poem on it š
Thanks a lot!
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Very cool!
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wonderful, my favourite lines are ‘Be a door swung open / withhold nothing.’
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Thank you!
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I’m going to take you up on this piece of advice, Tosha, thank you!
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Please do. Thanks so much.
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You inspire, Tosha š
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You’re very kind and inspiring yourself. Thank you
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You’re very welcome! Thank you as well! xo
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Tosha, this piece grabbed me from the title. I love to read stuff about swimming in the river of experience. It is really well written. I want to recommend a book to you. It’s called Phenomenal: A Hesitant Adventurer’s Search for Wonder in the Natural World by Leigh Ann Henion. Fantastic read.
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Thank you. I.always love book recommendations. I’ll check it out on Amazon.
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This piece resonated with me, travelling is such an experience and changes anyone who does it.
Donāt let your life
be haunted by dreams
that happened elsewhere,
and to someone else.
Haunted by the ones you never met,
the journeys you failed
to take. < what a series of lines š
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Thank you so much.
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Another beautiful write. So many weonderful lines and stanzas. My fave —-> Bathe in the syllables of adventure.
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Thank you. I always love your feedback.
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Great work. A lot of truth in it.
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Thank you. Maybe it will be OK. š
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Sweet lady, you pull at the wanderlust tied into the strings of my heart. Spring Fever is upon us! Lovely.
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Thank you so much
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this poem evokes wanderlust…a strong desire to travel
as hilaire belloc said… travelling is for fulfillment not distraction….
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Thank you.
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Beautiful inspiring words! š
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Thank you!
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Amen to that sister!
Great piece!
Ya jerk.
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Thanks Brother Where Art Thou. Ya, DH
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I am that!! Proud! Lol
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Freak!
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and also that!! haha
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Reblogged this on unstilledheart.
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Thank you!
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You’re welcome:) I will be calling in to 3102317484 tomorrow before 2 PM Est? Would you say that I should have a couple of pieces with different styles ready to read, discuss and explain? I am looking forward to it:)
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Yes, that sounds great just call in around five to 2 xx
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OK:)
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Talk to you then š
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Yes indeed š
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How lovely!
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Thanks lovely!
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Welcome lovely š
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Beautiful, & as usual great advise. ā”
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Thank you!
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Reblogged this on wwwpalfitness.
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Thank you!
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you’re welcome:)
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Very inspiring u should try writing a novel and see the next jk is doing poetry hollywood needs to see ur poems and i may emai a few to wb and say make a script out of raven drowning barbie its there a script
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Aww. Very kind
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And i may pin a script with ur permission to see how it goes raven
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Sure
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