Rob was very excited about some of the pictures he received from James that had been taken over the years. This is one of his favorites and he just wanted to share this moment with you. I really like this picture too!
Saturday, January 16, 2010
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Uncle James and Uncle Bob were always close friends as well as great brothers and uncles.
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ReplyDeleteA Thomas Poem: "Clear the Waters" a Poem for my Friend, Mauro Cerri, of La Spezia, Italy
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"Clear the Waters" 12.31.06
A Poem for my Friend, Mauro Cerri of La Spezia, Italy
A cross on the waters
Separates us in time
But not space
In spirit in mind
Across paths that have never met
Never joined
Still in great respect
We search for that bond
To seek what we need
Or think that we do
The mysterious ties that bind us
As leaves in Autumn cling to the oak
There is no yoke to hold us
No chains of unfettered vines
We find as we wander
On this fertile earth
Kindred souls among us
In this country and that nation
Who inhabit all that we touch
Every feeling that we express
Like an opening suddenly closing
We grasp beauty where we can
We see beauty and, yes, pain
With both eyes fully open
Ears alert to new sounds
Sprinkled like raindrops
On a still, too parched, earth
On a barren plain or a desert landscape
Laced with utter stillness
We solace each with one another
Take what we can
From each given moment
Replenish these waters
That flow like a rushing stream
Beyond the pale of one experience
Unfolding into a complexity of existence
So simple in its depictions
Of what man has done to man
One voice speaks from this wilderness
This landscape that calls forth
Each to create what is of value
All to join in the celebration
Of the new
And the old
And all that is between
Come together as one people
In these waters that thrash and roil
Into the dark and swarming waters
With the clearness of the calm
I bare my soul
~Thomas~ copyright 12.31.06 U.S.A. Hollywood, CA.