<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809049016056640023</id><updated>2011-04-21T15:02:20.785-05:00</updated><category term='creativity'/><category term='healing'/><category term='sleepless nights'/><category term='insomnia'/><category term='politics'/><category term='pain'/><category term='death'/><category term='searching'/><category term='poetry'/><category term='loss'/><category term='stroke'/><category term='grief'/><category term='art'/><category term='imagination'/><category term='mourning'/><category term='turmoil'/><category term='freedom'/><category term='betrayal'/><category term='hope'/><category term='heartache'/><category term='life'/><title type='text'>Hurricane Me - My Life Amidst the Storms</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Hurricane Me</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15056283815181597032</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XMkyf-o6NWQ/SXLLb_UMffI/AAAAAAAAAAM/sXM7PDVGIUk/S220/Pier+Pic+1.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>17</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809049016056640023.post-4878686869225372803</id><published>2009-04-28T02:27:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-04-28T02:27:50.790-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Pain and Pleasure</title><content type='html'>Just a glance and you would never guess, &lt;br /&gt;how much her soul can supress.&lt;br /&gt;Her smile only shows what she allows,&lt;br /&gt;hiding her bodys inability to be aroused.&lt;br /&gt;A heart that has taken too many blows,&lt;br /&gt;and is filled with the sounds of crows.&lt;br /&gt;Following her through life in flight,&lt;br /&gt;waiting for that hot blaze to ignite.&lt;br /&gt;A burning blaze that scorches the pain,&lt;br /&gt;and cant be extinguished by any rain.&lt;br /&gt;The wildfire that eradicates her soul,&lt;br /&gt;and cauterizes all the shrapnel holes.&lt;br /&gt;It is this inferno that she desperately needs,&lt;br /&gt;and all of the havoc that it breeds.&lt;br /&gt;For in this inferno lies her existence,&lt;br /&gt;all of her chances for subsistence.&lt;br /&gt;Hoping for her heart to be burned to coal,&lt;br /&gt;so that she may salvage her dead soul.&lt;br /&gt;A hand firmly around her throat,&lt;br /&gt;even a hateful little note.&lt;br /&gt;A bite upon her soft skin,&lt;br /&gt;any pain that is like sin.&lt;br /&gt;Pain that stimulates her senses,&lt;br /&gt;from whoever is willing to dispense.&lt;br /&gt;It is tortuous pain that will save her,&lt;br /&gt;trading her soul in a legal transfer.&lt;br /&gt;Giving it to that terrible hellion,&lt;br /&gt;to become a twisted minion.&lt;br /&gt;So that she may feel again,&lt;br /&gt;the blood rushing through her veins.&lt;br /&gt;Her soul will belong to this entity,&lt;br /&gt;who can give her a feeling of identity.&lt;br /&gt;Identity amongst the dark haze,&lt;br /&gt;lurking inside her full of strays.&lt;br /&gt;Stray bullets that left the deepest wounds,&lt;br /&gt;from the firefight that has left her doomed.&lt;br /&gt;Doomed to feel nothing in her heart,&lt;br /&gt;only numbness until she departs.&lt;br /&gt;This sinful pain is now her pleasure,&lt;br /&gt;she holds it tightly like a treasure.&lt;br /&gt;A treasure that has no value,&lt;br /&gt;except for the pain that accrues.&lt;br /&gt;The more she is ripped and torn,&lt;br /&gt;the closer she is to being reborn.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5809049016056640023-4878686869225372803?l=hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/feeds/4878686869225372803/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/04/pain-and-pleasure.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default/4878686869225372803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default/4878686869225372803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/04/pain-and-pleasure.html' title='Pain and Pleasure'/><author><name>Hurricane Me</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15056283815181597032</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XMkyf-o6NWQ/SXLLb_UMffI/AAAAAAAAAAM/sXM7PDVGIUk/S220/Pier+Pic+1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809049016056640023.post-1538578731109806843</id><published>2009-04-22T02:13:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-04-22T02:33:26.910-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='searching'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pain'/><title type='text'>A Passing Glance</title><content type='html'>Everyday is the same,&lt;br /&gt;Whether at home or in town.&lt;br /&gt;Even with those who know your name,&lt;br /&gt;Only a passing glance down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We look at each other,&lt;br /&gt;But only with our eyes.&lt;br /&gt;Never seeing anything deeper,&lt;br /&gt;Living in our own lies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seeing only what we want,&lt;br /&gt;That which we deem important.&lt;br /&gt;Some take pride and flaunt,&lt;br /&gt;Others relish their insignificance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Never looking deeper than the flesh,&lt;br /&gt;Never seeing what is inside.&lt;br /&gt;Always missing the solid mesh,&lt;br /&gt;That binds us and also divides.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That which binds us to this life,&lt;br /&gt;Which keeps us full of desire.&lt;br /&gt;And that which divides us like a knife,&lt;br /&gt;Slicing through like artillery fire.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We walk around in a hypnotic trance,&lt;br /&gt;Oblivious to our impending deaths.&lt;br /&gt;Nothing more than a passing glance,&lt;br /&gt;And that final drawn breath.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5809049016056640023-1538578731109806843?l=hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/feeds/1538578731109806843/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/04/passing-glance.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default/1538578731109806843'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default/1538578731109806843'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/04/passing-glance.html' title='A Passing Glance'/><author><name>Hurricane Me</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15056283815181597032</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XMkyf-o6NWQ/SXLLb_UMffI/AAAAAAAAAAM/sXM7PDVGIUk/S220/Pier+Pic+1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809049016056640023.post-7947416545138431124</id><published>2009-03-27T06:58:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-27T07:06:44.859-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Something Completely Different (Rated R, or worse, lol)</title><content type='html'>A kiss on the cheek, a kiss on the eyelid.&lt;br /&gt;The quivering begins, from the touch of his hands.&lt;br /&gt;Magic surrounds her under that bright blue moon.&lt;br /&gt;For tonite she does not sleep alone.&lt;br /&gt;She is overflowing with passion and fire.&lt;br /&gt;Waiting and hoping she is his desire.&lt;br /&gt;His soft kisses and strong embrace,&lt;br /&gt;Ah, such pleasure in this new place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This new place of pleasure is irresistable.&lt;br /&gt;He holds her tightly and bares her breast.&lt;br /&gt;Kissing her so delightfully she loses her breath.&lt;br /&gt;His soft tongue finds her nipple, and his teeth begin to play.&lt;br /&gt;His hands explore her body, as he bites her flesh.&lt;br /&gt;He raises her skirt and moves to her legs,&lt;br /&gt;Her milky white flesh inviting him to feast.&lt;br /&gt;She wriggles and wrythes with every nibble.&lt;br /&gt;Waiting for him to give her that pleasure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His steamy breath against her flesh.&lt;br /&gt;Her fountain flowing and begging for him to taste.&lt;br /&gt;Her legs squeezing his head as he teases.&lt;br /&gt;And then he tastes her, her sweet flower.&lt;br /&gt;In full bloom and with plentiful nectar.&lt;br /&gt;Her heart is racing and skin sweating.&lt;br /&gt;His mouth and tongue so penetrating.&lt;br /&gt;She grabs his head and pulls him higher.&lt;br /&gt;She kisses him and shares the nectar.&lt;br /&gt;Her body is shaking from the anticipation.&lt;br /&gt;She begs for him to fill her,&lt;br /&gt;For him to swim in her river.&lt;br /&gt;The one that flows for only him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Her flesh is so hot it burns him,&lt;br /&gt;He knows she is ready for his love,&lt;br /&gt;Her hands explore his body,&lt;br /&gt;She finds HIM, full and engorged,&lt;br /&gt;Ready to deliver his passion.&lt;br /&gt;Her knees pressing into his sides.&lt;br /&gt;Pulling him towards her raging rapids.&lt;br /&gt;He makes her wait for him to enter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He makes her beg and squirm,&lt;br /&gt;She moans and pulls on him,&lt;br /&gt;He knows he has control,&lt;br /&gt;She would give in to his every whim&lt;br /&gt;Just to feel his passion.&lt;br /&gt;Her legs squeeze tightly&lt;br /&gt;As she flips him over,&lt;br /&gt;Tired of waiting she takes control&lt;br /&gt;He feels the immense heat&lt;br /&gt;As she lowers herself toward him,&lt;br /&gt;And then she takes him,&lt;br /&gt;Slowly letting him in,&lt;br /&gt;Until he grabs her hips,&lt;br /&gt;Pulling her down hard,&lt;br /&gt;Filling her completely,&lt;br /&gt;She squirms with him inside her,&lt;br /&gt;He feels her muscles contract,&lt;br /&gt;Her body reacting to him&lt;br /&gt;To this beautiful pleasure,&lt;br /&gt;She kisses him firmly,&lt;br /&gt;As she squirms and moans,&lt;br /&gt;He is touching her soul&lt;br /&gt;And doesnt even know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As her body rotates and squirms&lt;br /&gt;He feels the explosion approaching.&lt;br /&gt;He tries to slow her down&lt;br /&gt;Holding her hips tightly&lt;br /&gt;She doesnt stop for him,&lt;br /&gt;She keeps moving and moaning,&lt;br /&gt;Until his grasp gets tighter,&lt;br /&gt;His body releasing into her&lt;br /&gt;Filling her with his nectar&lt;br /&gt;His body convulses,&lt;br /&gt;As she is pressed down on him&lt;br /&gt;She leans down towards him&lt;br /&gt;And kisses his soft skin,&lt;br /&gt;Happy that she has pleased him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And as he falls deep into slumber,&lt;br /&gt;She slithers out of his embrace&lt;br /&gt;Leaving the softest kiss&lt;br /&gt;Upon his resting eyes&lt;br /&gt;And flies off into the sky&lt;br /&gt;Where she can fly free.&lt;br /&gt;And he awakes alone&lt;br /&gt;Wondering if it was all a dream.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5809049016056640023-7947416545138431124?l=hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/feeds/7947416545138431124/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/03/something-completely-different-rated-r.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default/7947416545138431124'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default/7947416545138431124'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/03/something-completely-different-rated-r.html' title='Something Completely Different (Rated R, or worse, lol)'/><author><name>Hurricane Me</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15056283815181597032</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XMkyf-o6NWQ/SXLLb_UMffI/AAAAAAAAAAM/sXM7PDVGIUk/S220/Pier+Pic+1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809049016056640023.post-8695814911381424926</id><published>2009-02-22T23:36:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-22T23:40:27.523-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='imagination'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='creativity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='death'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freedom'/><title type='text'>The Kingsnake</title><content type='html'>I had written this in a Doctor's waiting room after hearing about my boyfriend's father killing a kingsnake. I know its rather strange, but I am a biologist and love all animals, yes, even those scary gators that swim all around me. I shared it with someone who posted it, I figured I might as well re-post it here for everyone to share, i think it funny. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Kingsnake&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My bite may hurt, but it does not sting;&lt;br /&gt;For there is no venom running through these veins.&lt;br /&gt;Yet afraid of me they are and still kill me they will.&lt;br /&gt;Upon sight, their hearts turn to fear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will wriggle and wrythe trying to escape.&lt;br /&gt;Unbeknownst to them, I am a friendly mate.&lt;br /&gt;I eat the very rodents that make them scream,&lt;br /&gt;And those with venom yet unseen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All my good deeds completely forgotten;&lt;br /&gt;But die I must, and begin my rotting.&lt;br /&gt;Oh, would something lead them astray?&lt;br /&gt;So that I may live to see another day!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5809049016056640023-8695814911381424926?l=hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/feeds/8695814911381424926/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/02/kingsnake.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default/8695814911381424926'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default/8695814911381424926'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/02/kingsnake.html' title='The Kingsnake'/><author><name>Hurricane Me</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15056283815181597032</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XMkyf-o6NWQ/SXLLb_UMffI/AAAAAAAAAAM/sXM7PDVGIUk/S220/Pier+Pic+1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809049016056640023.post-6321950309492236254</id><published>2009-02-14T00:26:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-14T00:37:26.675-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='turmoil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grief'/><title type='text'>Shades of Gray</title><content type='html'>ok, i am not feeling well and have taken my headache medicine so i hope this is as coherent to everyone as it is to me at this time. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Without much distinctness,&lt;br /&gt;I recall my humble beginnings.&lt;br /&gt;When my palette was in full bloom,&lt;br /&gt;With a broad spectrum of colors to sling.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The colors of flowers in the orchard,&lt;br /&gt;The variations of the clays in the soil.&lt;br /&gt;Small clumps strategically placed on a board,&lt;br /&gt;Constantly begging to be blended and toiled.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reds, blues, greens, and all other hues,&lt;br /&gt;Ready to provide the backdrop of life.&lt;br /&gt;I would think so carefully which to use&lt;br /&gt;Before I even touched that palette knife.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nothing was ever neutral then,&lt;br /&gt;The intensity of life had a pulse.&lt;br /&gt;My surroundings had a complexion,&lt;br /&gt;Palpable textures from fine to coarse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We all begin with a blank canvas,&lt;br /&gt;Adding colors as we perceive them.&lt;br /&gt;Years pass us on to a lower place.&lt;br /&gt;Piles of pigment reduced to gems.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are given one life,&lt;br /&gt;Only one wooden palette.&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes they collide in strife&lt;br /&gt;As we fumble about our orbits.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The canvas becomes suffuse&lt;br /&gt;As the colors blend and fade.&lt;br /&gt;There are few hues left to choose.&lt;br /&gt;Only black and white remain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, I live in shades of gray,&lt;br /&gt;Searching for my deliverance,&lt;br /&gt;As my canvas sits on display.&lt;br /&gt;I wait in full reverence.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5809049016056640023-6321950309492236254?l=hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/feeds/6321950309492236254/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/02/shades-of-gray.html#comment-form' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default/6321950309492236254'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default/6321950309492236254'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/02/shades-of-gray.html' title='Shades of Gray'/><author><name>Hurricane Me</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15056283815181597032</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XMkyf-o6NWQ/SXLLb_UMffI/AAAAAAAAAAM/sXM7PDVGIUk/S220/Pier+Pic+1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809049016056640023.post-6756690295902172360</id><published>2009-02-04T22:36:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-04T22:37:51.157-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="width:300px; background:white; color:black; padding: 10px;text-align:center; border: 1px solid #333333;"&gt;Your rainbow is strongly shaded&lt;b&gt; green.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="background: #668500"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: #66c900"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: #66eb00"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: #00dd00"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: #00c266"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: #008566"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: #448566"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;What is says about you: You are an intelligent person. You feel strong ties to nature and your mood changes with its cycles. Those around you admire your fresh outlook and vitality.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://spacefem.com/quizzes/rainbow"&gt;Find the colors of your rainbow at spacefem.com.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5809049016056640023-6756690295902172360?l=hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/feeds/6756690295902172360/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/02/your-rainbow-is-strongly-shaded-green.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default/6756690295902172360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default/6756690295902172360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/02/your-rainbow-is-strongly-shaded-green.html' title=''/><author><name>Hurricane Me</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15056283815181597032</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XMkyf-o6NWQ/SXLLb_UMffI/AAAAAAAAAAM/sXM7PDVGIUk/S220/Pier+Pic+1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809049016056640023.post-7322814020464079903</id><published>2009-02-04T20:29:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-04T20:37:03.435-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stroke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pain'/><title type='text'>NO!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;Oh when that wretched phone rings,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;what horrible dread it brings.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;You can feel it before you answer,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;that the news it brings is like cancer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;My most beloved and missed Aunt Lou Belle,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;the one that always has time to care.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;Illness has stricken in its' cruelest way.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;Her brain is blocked or bleeds and her mind is astray.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;Her speech is now slurred,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;and her vision blurred.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;Her quick wit gone like a feather in the wind!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;She knows where she wants to go,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;but her body will no longer bend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;One word born of tenderness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;has found her and left her helpless.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;One simple word has crippled her,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;Stroke...making her life a blur.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5809049016056640023-7322814020464079903?l=hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/feeds/7322814020464079903/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/02/no.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default/7322814020464079903'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default/7322814020464079903'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/02/no.html' title='NO!'/><author><name>Hurricane Me</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15056283815181597032</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XMkyf-o6NWQ/SXLLb_UMffI/AAAAAAAAAAM/sXM7PDVGIUk/S220/Pier+Pic+1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809049016056640023.post-5481182601467927796</id><published>2009-02-04T20:00:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-04T20:22:57.239-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mourning'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='insomnia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='searching'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pain'/><title type='text'>Another Sleepless Night...</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;Here I am again,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;though it does not surprise me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;Will this never end,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;my constant pursuit of sleep?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;My brain is tossing and turning,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;though my body is still as a board.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;Those memories constantly churning,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;while my brain only hoards.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;It's like one of those old flip books&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;that comes to life as the pages fall.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;Oh, how I long for that lost nook,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;where comfort and warmth covered all.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;Restful sleep brings with it internal peace,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;even if only for a few hours.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;An angel drops down giving the softest kiss,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;as the ringing ends in bell towers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;The end of the ringing signals time for slumber.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;Most drift off without batting an eye.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;But for me it requires such labor,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;for awake in bed I quietly lie.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;Night after night I struggle with thee;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;Lashing and striking with all my might;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;At those ever present demons that wont set me free;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;They would rather haunt me every night.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;Enjoyable to them I am sure,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;this Tango-like dance that we share.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;Ah! But one day I shall find the cure,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;to rid me of these demons that haunt my nightmares.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;Cursed to lurk in the night,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;like an uncivilized savage.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;With no one understanding my plight.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;My heart and mind are unguarded against their ravages.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;These persistent demons holding me captive,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;each night pull harder and harder.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;Not knowing the ability i possess to be adaptive,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;for so deep is my desire for great ardour.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;One day I shall find their weakness,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;as they have surely found mine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;And then their defeat shall end my bleakness,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;so that I can be free to feel the divine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;That long, lost tender love,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;where I felt so safe and secure,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;before I met that mourning dove,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;and my heart was still so pure.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5809049016056640023-5481182601467927796?l=hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/feeds/5481182601467927796/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/02/another-sleepless-night.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default/5481182601467927796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default/5481182601467927796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/02/another-sleepless-night.html' title='Another Sleepless Night...'/><author><name>Hurricane Me</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15056283815181597032</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XMkyf-o6NWQ/SXLLb_UMffI/AAAAAAAAAAM/sXM7PDVGIUk/S220/Pier+Pic+1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809049016056640023.post-7450846480796815715</id><published>2009-01-24T23:42:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-24T23:47:22.052-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='betrayal'/><title type='text'>Betrayal</title><content type='html'>Beware of that sneaky demon,&lt;br /&gt;known to most of us as betrayal.&lt;br /&gt;It sails in swiftly as an able seaman,&lt;br /&gt;and gives the sense of safety with its portrayal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But soon it shall strike like a snake,&lt;br /&gt;filling your heart full of its' venom.&lt;br /&gt;And all in its' path it will forsake,&lt;br /&gt;leaving their souls in delirium.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beware those acts of kindness,&lt;br /&gt;that can be morphed in treason.&lt;br /&gt;When asked, we give with complete blindness,&lt;br /&gt;without asking rhyme or reason.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Only to find ourselves manipulated&lt;br /&gt;amidst the violent implosion.&lt;br /&gt;For the rules were never clearly stated,&lt;br /&gt;and suddenly our hearts become victims of corrosion.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5809049016056640023-7450846480796815715?l=hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/feeds/7450846480796815715/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/01/betrayal.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default/7450846480796815715'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default/7450846480796815715'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/01/betrayal.html' title='Betrayal'/><author><name>Hurricane Me</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15056283815181597032</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XMkyf-o6NWQ/SXLLb_UMffI/AAAAAAAAAAM/sXM7PDVGIUk/S220/Pier+Pic+1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809049016056640023.post-4315376752133749257</id><published>2009-01-24T22:05:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-24T22:43:17.665-06:00</updated><title type='text'>A Beautiful Day...or perhaps simply unchained lunacy.</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;I came across this one today in my journal and actually laughed at myself. I can't believe I wrote this. Let me clarify for those who read it that I don't believe hurricanes or earthquakes and the such are sent to us as punishment. It is simply nature, intertwined with our own nature to a degree. Oh, and please, never put a blue anything in your house! lol&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;What a beautiful day this is!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;The occasional cool breeze wisping by,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;The sun peeking in and out of the clouds in the sky,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;Birds chirping their beautirul songs,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;Dragonfly's landing here and there&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;and frolicking in the air,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;The beauty of the magnolias in full bloom.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;If only I could smell the odiferous feast through my clorox high,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;I have scrubbed and scrubbed that blue tub that for now, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;shines like the stars in the sky.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;Seriously, who would put a blue tub in a house?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;So hideous that I want to cry.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;It amazes me how I can see all this beauty.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;That which disguises all that is ugly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;Humans believe they rule the world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;Occasionally, Mother Earth sends us a reminder.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;As we siphen that valuable oil,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;and mine her beautiful stones,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;She reminds us that it is her world in which we toil.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;Taking and taking, then polluting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;This is how we treat such beauty.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;Mother Earth sends us hurricanes,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;and toxic soups to stew in,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;still no lessons learned.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;We continue to rape her soul.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;It is humans that are toxic,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;Destroying beauty every chance they get,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;for a green piece of paper.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;Money, that which drives mankind,&lt;/span&gt; i&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;n it's emptiness, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;It gives us only what destroys our world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;And yet we seek it more and more.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;We destroy each other and discard the corpses,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;Thrown to the side as if they never existed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;Someone loved them, but who?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;Are they also thrown to the side?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;Fighting and squabbling over that black crude&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;Which fills Mother Earth's belly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;Sucking her dry every day,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;Until she decides to show us her own way.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;Her own way of self-preservation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;Destroying those who wreak havoc on her,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;leaving trails of destruction.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;She will find her revenge,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;humble us if we are not too blind to see her lessons.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;And eventually destroy us.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;Shifting plates, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;rumbling thunder and lightning, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;wind and rain,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;hail and walls of water crashing down &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;as she demonstrates her power to us.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;But who is truly listening? No one.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;Humans, mankind will destroy it all&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;to line their pockets until she rinses them empty again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;Reclaiming that which was stolen from her.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;Pillaging the Earth until she has retrieved all of herself, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;including the rotting flesh that lays waste on the side.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663366;"&gt;Oh! 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href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/01/beautiful-dayor-perhaps-simply.html' title='A Beautiful Day...or perhaps simply unchained lunacy.'/><author><name>Hurricane Me</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15056283815181597032</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XMkyf-o6NWQ/SXLLb_UMffI/AAAAAAAAAAM/sXM7PDVGIUk/S220/Pier+Pic+1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809049016056640023.post-2013459322157642142</id><published>2009-01-21T22:21:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-22T16:21:16.749-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='imagination'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='loss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='death'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hope'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pain'/><title type='text'>Searching...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Wandering on the edge of insanity,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;she is all alone with her impurities.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Buried deep inside her heart,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;lives a memory in the dark.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Lika a Ghost in the night,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;the memory haunts her every sight.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Its' embrace consumes all that she is,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;the constricting pain imposed is relentless.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Her breath is taken away,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;when she wakes each and every day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;The morning haze lifts and reality becomes clear,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;she has nothing left to feel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Nothing left but all the pain,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;that which the Ghost completely reigns.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;A King he had wished to be,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;and it is her soul he holds in captivity.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;She doesn't know if she will feel again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Not how, nor where, nor when.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;She seeks any feeling besides pain,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;while her tears fall harder than any rain.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;She follows the sun and stars,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;everyday searching within her heart,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;for peace to come in any form,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;and save her soul that has been ripped and torn.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;The storms come, the tides rise, land is inundated by the sea,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;carrying her away to a place she has never been.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;As the moon driven tides ebb and flow,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;she drifts helplessly to a place unknown.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;The brackish water covers all her tears,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;and stings those wounds, disquising all her fears.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Fears that keep her bound to her Ghost,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;the shackles of iron that she loves the most.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;The pain of a mother completely entombed,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;by the very son who came from her womb.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;The son in life she so tightly embraced,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;just as the breath that the Ghost takes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;From her flesh and blood he grew,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;becoming part of her soul that only she knew.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Neither can let the other go,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;and the sea shall soon swallow them whole.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;These bonds are too strong,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;and together forever they belong.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;This pain that only a mother can know,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;for it is the fruit that only she can sow.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;She remains that eternal lost soul,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;seeking out others who might also know.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Those who will know without a word,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;the sharp edges of that wicked sword.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Someone who might see in her eyes,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;that soul that can no longer shine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Who can see in her eyes the desperate pleas,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;for her lost son who chose to leave.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Sinking deeply into that great abyss,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;trapped in a cesspool, deprived of any bliss.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;The reflections of the sun are fading above,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;as she sinks deeper towards her love.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Her stolen love that will never heal,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;and never release her so that she might feel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;To feel anything but the pain,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;as it is all of him that remains.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Unable to save herself, her eyes begin to close,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;as she gives in to the pain in her soul.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Then something changes, she is alone no more,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;another lost soul takes her to shore.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Like an energy encased in similar pain, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;it carries her to shore unexplained.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;An unseen force with a heart of its' own,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;buried in its' pain, yet unknown.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;I've heard that as one door closes, another will open,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;the sun gleaming so brightly it blurs her vision.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;A faint rhythm begins to fill the air, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;filling the empty space, but coming from where?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;The melody is growing in intensity,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;different -- not affected by lividity.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Not the Ghost holding her tightly,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;but another being in a similar plight.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;The rhythm turns into a familiar beat,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;and brings with it an immense heat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;A heat that warms her blood,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;a long lost feeling that is so good.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;A hand reaching into her heart,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;that has completely fallen apart.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;As this being draws nearer,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;his rhythm begins to fill her.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Not just a tympanic symphony,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;but a rhythm so strong it is felt throughout her body.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;With each step closer that he takes,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;she feels his heart begin to race.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;They share the same pains and fears.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;As he comes closer it becomes so clear.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Not one glance into each others eyes,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;but yet their souls still collide.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;The beating of their hearts entangled,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;a convoluted mix that is mangled.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Incoherent when initially combined,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;yet clearly understood inside their minds.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Like the waxing of the moon,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;his heart begins to swoon.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Then as the moon wanes,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;the soothing in her heart begins.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;The convoluted mix of entangled hearts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;coordinates into one symphonic art.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Their hearts become finely tuned,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;like the beauty of the new moon.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Inexplicably, two hearts each other hold,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;a sensation that all words have left untold.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Untold because there are no words to define,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;two haunted hearts trapped in time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5809049016056640023-2013459322157642142?l=hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/feeds/2013459322157642142/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/01/searching.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default/2013459322157642142'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default/2013459322157642142'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/01/searching.html' title='Searching...'/><author><name>Hurricane Me</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15056283815181597032</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XMkyf-o6NWQ/SXLLb_UMffI/AAAAAAAAAAM/sXM7PDVGIUk/S220/Pier+Pic+1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809049016056640023.post-1825246469442101689</id><published>2009-01-20T05:11:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T05:22:05.207-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Politics</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XMkyf-o6NWQ/SXWy9V1RgjI/AAAAAAAAAAo/GU10bxUEyzI/s1600-h/SDC12184.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293333703946240562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XMkyf-o6NWQ/SXWy9V1RgjI/AAAAAAAAAAo/GU10bxUEyzI/s320/SDC12184.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am rather exhausted with the entire political scene right now. With the inauguration today, it is all that you see on the news.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I spent yesterday afternoon at a town meeting with our Governor, Bobby Jindal. I was surprised that he actually reminded me of our soon to be President Obama. Very charismatic, genuine, and upbeat demanding change to improve our state.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Not to mention much more handsome in person. lol&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;He actually met with each person individually. I didn't realize politicians did this. He took plenty of time, no rushing, and listened intently to the people there. It was quite refreshing. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I must share the most unusual qoute from the meeting by Governor Jindal. "I'm from South Louisiana, what part of a chicken is inedible?" lol He was referring to a discussion with an alternative fuels processor who makes diesel from inedible chicken parts.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I start a new semester in nursing school today and hope to be able to post something new this afternoon. :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5809049016056640023-1825246469442101689?l=hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/feeds/1825246469442101689/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/01/politics.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' 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width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809049016056640023.post-1627074001092531235</id><published>2009-01-19T04:58:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-19T05:36:15.172-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sleepless nights'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pain'/><title type='text'>Almost Monday Morning</title><content type='html'>Here I am again,&lt;br /&gt;chasing that elusive sleep.&lt;br /&gt;I keep trying in vain,&lt;br /&gt;for sweet slumber and I to meet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perhaps it's the alluring moon&lt;br /&gt;that keeps my mind in motion?&lt;br /&gt;Synapses firing in the brain making me into a loon.&lt;br /&gt;A condition that cannot be cured even by that wonderful potion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's commotion with a preconceived notion,&lt;br /&gt;but in this state, the notion remains hidden,&lt;br /&gt;triggered by my deepest emotions.&lt;br /&gt;Those that, even for me, remain forbidden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My brain, constantly riddled,&lt;br /&gt;no matter night or day,&lt;br /&gt;or even how much I've fiddled,&lt;br /&gt;these demons I cannot slay.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If I run faster instead of laying waste,&lt;br /&gt;maybe I can catch that blue moon&lt;br /&gt;and hold it in my warm embrace,&lt;br /&gt;perhaps convincing it to sing my tune.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shall I dare try again?&lt;br /&gt;Oh, this monotonous dread!&lt;br /&gt;Possibly this relationship we can mend,&lt;br /&gt;for I shall again try to slumber in my bed.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5809049016056640023-1627074001092531235?l=hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/feeds/1627074001092531235/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/01/almost-monday-morning.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default/1627074001092531235'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default/1627074001092531235'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/01/almost-monday-morning.html' title='Almost Monday Morning'/><author><name>Hurricane Me</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15056283815181597032</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XMkyf-o6NWQ/SXLLb_UMffI/AAAAAAAAAAM/sXM7PDVGIUk/S220/Pier+Pic+1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809049016056640023.post-8714595313198963425</id><published>2009-01-18T02:17:00.005-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-18T02:30:34.124-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='heartache'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mourning'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='loss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Por Mijo, Mi Amor</title><content type='html'>(written 5/17/2008)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today I will visit your grave,&lt;br /&gt;and that familiar facade will remain.&lt;br /&gt;For the world, I will appear so brave,&lt;br /&gt;yet inside, my soul will scream in pain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At your feet, I will strongly stand,&lt;br /&gt;staring at your name etched in marble.&lt;br /&gt;I will shake as I softly place my hand&lt;br /&gt;over your drawing and marvel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your art is forever displayed&lt;br /&gt;on the stone that remembers your name.&lt;br /&gt;Your shape is forever preserved&lt;br /&gt;on the vase that signifies your fame unattained.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your soft hands holding the guitar&lt;br /&gt;that you so skillfully played.&lt;br /&gt;The strings attached to my heart&lt;br /&gt;echoing the sounds that your hands made.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Under the beautiful oak tree, you will forever lay.&lt;br /&gt;The moss hanging down all around your grave.&lt;br /&gt;And the river you face will bring serenity&lt;br /&gt;when the overcast skies bring in the choppy waves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Off the river comes the sweeping winds.&lt;br /&gt;Softly blowing through the moss that hangs,&lt;br /&gt;yet coldly brushing across my skin,&lt;br /&gt;drying the unseen tears that leave the salty stain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For today, you would be only fifteen.&lt;br /&gt;But fate chose another path for you.&lt;br /&gt;A life barely begun before it saw its end.&lt;br /&gt;A path that the Lord and You only knew.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who will blow out the candles from your cake?&lt;br /&gt;My own breath lacks the strength.&lt;br /&gt;The winds from the river shift and fluctuate,&lt;br /&gt;extinguishing the candles as if you sent them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will pray before I turn away,&lt;br /&gt;that I will see you under the moon.&lt;br /&gt;The wind makes the moss sway,&lt;br /&gt;as I hope slumber brings us together soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can only see you in my dreams,&lt;br /&gt;under the twinkling stars whose names you knew.&lt;br /&gt;Impatiently I wait for that slumber so sweet,&lt;br /&gt;under the beaming light of the blue moon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is then that you still feel so real.&lt;br /&gt;Your smell, your skin, your hair.&lt;br /&gt;As if you were still near.&lt;br /&gt;All this waiting, it is so unfair.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5809049016056640023-8714595313198963425?l=hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/feeds/8714595313198963425/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/01/por-mijo-mi-amor.html#comment-form' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default/8714595313198963425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default/8714595313198963425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/01/por-mijo-mi-amor.html' title='Por Mijo, Mi Amor'/><author><name>Hurricane Me</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15056283815181597032</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XMkyf-o6NWQ/SXLLb_UMffI/AAAAAAAAAAM/sXM7PDVGIUk/S220/Pier+Pic+1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809049016056640023.post-5331817979741852860</id><published>2009-01-18T02:03:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-18T02:16:06.972-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='imagination'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freedom'/><title type='text'>Gloria's Hummingbird</title><content type='html'>With Beauty on the inside&lt;br /&gt;to match that on the outside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Like the elusive hummingbird&lt;br /&gt;lured by the scent of jasmine;&lt;br /&gt;Only to end up distracted and admiring,&lt;br /&gt;drinking from the trap of bloody-colored nectar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yet always able to escape,&lt;br /&gt;too fast in flight for the net.&lt;br /&gt;Free to soar the blue skies&lt;br /&gt;and have no regrets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Constantly searching for the next great thing,&lt;br /&gt;her spirit leads her completely unchained.&lt;br /&gt;From one place to another,&lt;br /&gt;ensuring that she will always find another lover.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stopping just long enough to enjoy the sweet nectar,&lt;br /&gt;then off in flight again in search of the next flavor.&lt;br /&gt;Irresistable is that hummingbird to all she meets,&lt;br /&gt;just as the sweet nectar which she seeks.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5809049016056640023-5331817979741852860?l=hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/feeds/5331817979741852860/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/01/glorias-hummingbird.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default/5331817979741852860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default/5331817979741852860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/01/glorias-hummingbird.html' title='Gloria&apos;s Hummingbird'/><author><name>Hurricane Me</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15056283815181597032</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XMkyf-o6NWQ/SXLLb_UMffI/AAAAAAAAAAM/sXM7PDVGIUk/S220/Pier+Pic+1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809049016056640023.post-5973964570447520579</id><published>2009-01-18T01:17:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-18T01:17:55.884-06:00</updated><title type='text'>New posts to come soon...</title><content type='html'>Please check back often, I will be adding some of my writings very soon...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5809049016056640023-5973964570447520579?l=hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/feeds/5973964570447520579/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-posts-to-come-soon.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default/5973964570447520579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default/5973964570447520579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-posts-to-come-soon.html' title='New posts to come soon...'/><author><name>Hurricane Me</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15056283815181597032</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XMkyf-o6NWQ/SXLLb_UMffI/AAAAAAAAAAM/sXM7PDVGIUk/S220/Pier+Pic+1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809049016056640023.post-119751066640956265</id><published>2009-01-18T00:36:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-18T01:11:24.020-06:00</updated><title type='text'>An Introduction to Me and My Life...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;I am a 36 year old woman. I have been a daughter, aunt, wife, mother, and caretaker. My life has been spent mostly taking care of others in my life. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;I grew up in a well balanced family, an intact family, small but intact. My father, a wonderful man, died when I was 18 from a massive heart attack on May 6, 1991. He had been sick for many years and had numerous heart attacks. The last one was different. he was always scared when they happened, but not the last time. He held on long enough for my sister and I to arrive, just long enough to look me in the eyes one last time. A look I had never seen before, I knew at that moment that I had already lost him. His last look told me how much he loved me, and how sorry he was that he couldn't stay any longer. I was his little girl, the baby, the one who always sought to please him in everything I did.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;My mother was the rock of the family, she changed when he died, I don't recognize her anymore. She is now permanently disabled, an automobile accident, permanent brain damage and chronic pain. She is even more foreign since her accident. She has never let go of my father, she can't move past that loss. I love her so much, but do not connect to her anymore. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;I have two sisters, both older than I. My eldest and I were raised together, a strange relationship, never very close. Full of animocity and vindictiveness. She married young, she is still with her husband, they have one son, my beautiful nephew. My other sister was born with brain damage and is living in an institution. She is unmanageable, the mind of a 2-year old and is 38-years old. She hates me, everytime I try to see her she attacks me like a savage. I still can't help but love her and wish she had been a part of my life though. My parents had to institutionalize her after my birth since she was constantly trying to kill me as an infant.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;We moved around alot, my father worked in the oilfield industry. I never had roots anywhere. I actually have the instinct to run when I feel roots attaching to the earth beneath me. I enjoy renewing my life. No matter how many times I do it, the pain remains, it lingers in the shadows like a stalker, waiting for that moment of weakness when it can overtake me again, victimizing me over and over again. I have accepted that. There is no running from your pain. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;After I lost my father, I was totally shattered, I became completely lost. I didn't know where I was headed, where I wanted to go, what I did from day to day. Then I met him, the one, one look in the eyes and I knew him, I knew he was going to be my husband. He said he felt the same. We married quickly, and as soon as we married, I became pregnant. We both wanted the same things, or at least we thought we did at the time. Five months after we married, on New Year's Eve, he put a gun into his mouth and left me forever. Pregnant with our son, I was alone, and even more destroyed. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;I trudged on, gave birth to our beautiful baby boy, raised him, went to school. He was sick early on, childhood asthma, but he managed to grow out of that, only to grow into severe pituitary dysfunctioning. He was amazing, smart, talented (guitar player), tender, generous, so very loving. The world was cruel to him. School, both students and staff, his father's family who refused to see him as his own person instead of his father reincarnated. The hormonal disorders, nightly injections, constant bullying. One night, I walked into his room and found him hanging. He had left me too after only 13 short years with me. My world was completely destroyed then. This was November 3, 2006.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;I have learned there are levels of destruction in our hearts. My son, losing him, blasted every possible level there was, unimaginable pain that never goes away. Questions that never get answers. The most beautiful love of your life lost forever, until your own death arrives.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;So here I am today, searching my soul for the reasons I have left to continue on, a new reason to wake each day, wondering when the Lord is going to give me some kind of happiness in life. I have searched and searched for it, I think I find it, then he takes it from me. Constantly reminding me that he is in control, not me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;While some of you who read my posts will find some disturbing, don't worry, it feels much better to have it out of my heart than keeping it locked away. I hope some of you will understand them, understand their contradictions and ability to be morphed into something else. Some are fiction, some are true, my writing interests are greatly varied.  So, please enjoy, and please let me know what you think, even if it is sharing your own stories with me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5809049016056640023-119751066640956265?l=hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/feeds/119751066640956265/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/01/introduction-to-me-and-my-life.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default/119751066640956265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809049016056640023/posts/default/119751066640956265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hurricanemelouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/01/introduction-to-me-and-my-life.html' title='An Introduction to Me and My Life...'/><author><name>Hurricane Me</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15056283815181597032</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XMkyf-o6NWQ/SXLLb_UMffI/AAAAAAAAAAM/sXM7PDVGIUk/S220/Pier+Pic+1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
