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… Stranded.
Like some one i knew has sailed away and left me un-inspired.Nothing makes sense in this place that i am.Maybe tommorrow i ll find myself. But right now i feel .. stranded.
Another gem .. that i rediscovered in the movie “In Her Shoes” , that i wrote about in my Post “The art of losing”
Maggy (Cameron Diaz ) gifts this to Rose (Toni – her elder sister) on her wedding day. As she reads it out to her , everything that binds the two sisters together , through a troubled childhood and fighting the people that they were and taking pride in what they ‘ ve become – starts to make so much sense.
They stay together . Two people . Very different. Very complete in their own worlds. Together . As one heart.
Would this be the elusive perfection in a relationship?
When two people seem so complete on their own.
But without each other they have no meaning.
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I Carry your heart with me…
I carry your heart with me(I carry it in my heart)
I am never without it
(anywhere I go you go ,my dear ;and whatever is doneby only me is your doing ,my darling)
I fear no fate(for you are my fate ,my sweet)
I want no world(for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and
whatever a sun will always sing is you here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart
I carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
- E. E. Cummings
One of my all time fav movies is In Her Shoes.
A story that starts off as a very very ordinary chick flick and somewhere eventually becomes a very emotional movie . About two sisters – who are absolutely different , yet there s this bond that ties them of loss & hurt . This poem comes about at almost as the defining point of the movie.
Both sisters end up finding their true calling , fight their fears , discover their true selves and despite a misunderstanding that takes them apart they eventually come closer and help each other become what they truly want to be.
I love this poem .. and the way Cameron Diaz recites it. And then goes about explaining her interpretation of it. Right now .. as am losing a friend that i was quite happy to discover , and i am trying to be umm okay about it .. this is what i feel .
One Art
The art of losing isn’t hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.
Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn’t hard to master.
Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.
I lost my mother’s watch. And look! my last, or
next-to-last, of three loved houses went.
The art of losing isn’t hard to master.
I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,
some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.
I miss them, but it wasn’t a disaster.
—Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture
I love) I shan’t have lied. It’s evident
the art of losing’s not too hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.
– Elizabeth Bishop
Its heart wrenching to see the way the poet seems so detached and cold about the whole ‘losing’ deal. but then that’s just the surface.( or what i call the self preservation thing!) deep deep down , there s an ache and unbeatable sense of loss that’s already setting in .
and she’s being evasive about it by saying she’s gotten used to it.
But you might lose keys , or books or names or houses you’ve stayed in …
but when you lose a friend…you lose a part of you.
Its an art that isnt hard to master.
Was talking to VN and watching American idol a while back…
and Saisha’s started off with this number .. and .. it was pure magic..
YESTERDAY
(John Lennon – Paul McCartney)
Yesterday love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away oh I believe in yesterday
Suddenly I’m not half the girl I used to be
There’s a shadow hanging over me oh yesterday came suddenly
Why he had to go I don’t know he wouldn’t say
I said something wrong now I long for yesterday
Yesterday love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away oh I believe in yesterday
Why he had to go I don’t know he wouldn’t say
I said something wrong now I long for yesterday
Yesterday love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away oh I believe in yesterday
I believe in yesterday
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vulnerable , soul-stirring , lyrical .. i ll do anything to get the power to pen down my thoughts so well…
love this song.. and today loved it a little more as she sang it!
so whats my day gonna be like
there’s nothing better than knowing before its already over so i checked it out on rediff.. according to Mr Bejan Daruwala… http://astrology.rediff.com/
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Dear Piscean, Sunday, 16th March
Keep a light mood and calm mind today so as to not get carried away by life`s little irritations. Today is a day when you might feel inclined to fly off the handle a bit, but don`t worry. Today`s problems turn into opportunities for you in the long run. Maintain your focus on the big picture and enjoy the many positive aspects that you have in your life. Shower a bit of care upon your loved one in order to enjoy their affection in return.
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ummm.. i should keep a light mood . Good for me – coz i am about to head out to sort some stuf out with some one whose been giving me a hard time. that advice would come in handy.i certainly feel i am gonna “fly of the handle” but alrite alrite i ll keep a check!
let me get back on the very many ‘positive aspects’ of my life – i predict a lot of writing happening for you today , dear piscean!
:D
