YOUR KALEIDOSCOPE

What I look at,
what I see,
its not you anyway.
why does it twist a knife?
I guess love is weird
that way.
You have no clue;
I can't explain;
you will never be who you were...
its all gone.
you live in the past,
a fantasy;
you dont see who loved you...
who laid down their life
for you.
You see things through
a kaleidoscope...
pieces of real amongst a sea
of false;
I see it through
a prism
divided into slices of reality...
the only common thread
being our love
but lost forever.....

-K.M.Q.Farber 5/16/13 

MOURNING DIVORCE

You held me back.

Because you were lost,

you tried to keep me lost

as well.

You didn't know that what I learned

could have helped us both.

Marriage...a supposed equal effort

was not.

I spent my time trying to save you,

while no one was trying to save me.

And I died just a little

every day.

All I wanted was to be me;

to follow my heart, my dreams,

my instincts,

wherever life was leading...

But I was not allowed.

You would not let me.

I had to commit life

as though it were

a crime.

How sad.

And now,

no one may ever get the chance

to support me with that, again,

because you betrayed my trusting heart.

-Kathleen Marie Quinn-Farber 

5/6/13

Vibration

There's a world above the world;

one I've caught in fleeting glimpses

that I've seen from time to time

over the years

from people I'd thought to be

perhaps a tad crazed.

Things they would say...

(Mom always taught me to keep a firm foothold in reality)

But whose reality is the true one?

Will the real Johnny please stand up?

Do you think what your eyes see

is all that there is?

Have you tried feeling with your heart,

and with your soul,

rather than your so-called rational mind?

With the skin over your flesh even?

Feel the vibration that is everywhere,

in all of us,

in all things.

I now understand my deep love of music.

-Kathleen Marie Quinn-Farber

5/6/13

Realizing Dreams....

Just step into the shoes of your dreams...
Don't worry and contemplate...
Walk to the edge of the cliff and then jump...
Leap off and fly...you will...
don't be afraid
lest you hit the ground and become crushed...that won't happen...
as long as you are surrounded by friends...

K.M.Q.F.

4/26/13

Perfection?

In a hidden world

 of imperfect people,
the imperfect are perhaps 
the most perfect of all...

K.M.Q.F. 4/26/13

CHANGE

Life progresses,

A series of daily passages,

Dawn to dawn,

Earth turning,

As well as our lives.

Water moving southward

Never to touch here again

In the same spot.

Letting it stagnate

Too long in one pool

Means the growing will stop.

New feelings, ideas

Inspirations.

The dusky film forms

When we cease to explore,

Grow and change.

People think change is hard.

It's not.

Change is all around.

It surrounds.

It is never ending.

It can not even be halted.

So rise, greet the sun daily,

Ponder the legacies

You would like to leave others.

Then act as if you have only this day.

Follow your heart

But also your head.

Acknowledge that wee voice.

Seek out the truth.

Every good choice

Leads to ten more.

It gets easier...

-K.M.Q.F. 4/25/13

PERMANENT MARKER

Permanent marks

Lines

Scratches on a surface

Things that can never fade

Or be taken away

Even when the tide has shifted

The wind has changed direction

And everything has evolved

to a different place

There remains the fact

That a permanent line

Was once drawn.

That will never

Go away.

-K.M.Q.F. 4/25/13