Please. Take your mind
Out of the gutter...

... mine must go by.

♥ Cathy

Night sleeps soundly.
I awakened to the
scent of dreams.


10W
Soul Survivor
(C) 2014

Some people are
Just plain spray paint.
You only find depth in
Sculptures...

... and they won't MOVE!


Minimalist
Soul Survivor
(C) 2014

(1)
You are as broken
as the secrets you hide.
Tell them to God.
He knows anyway.

(2)
Take that CROSS
'round your neck...

... and put it on your BACK.

(3)
God gave artists big ♥s
To house huge DREAMS.


Minimalist
Soul Survivor
(C) 2014

Comedy and Tragedy.
Both are needed
to stage the play.

10W
Soul Survivor
(C) 2014

I've had my share
of grief and trials
Here upon this earth.
I have lately given thought
To what all these are worth.

There are folks who
Go through life
Blessed beyond compare
They never seem to be inspired
To learn the world's despair.

They have never loved and lost
Stayed dry in the rain
Never had to beg for food
Nor felt a moments pain.

But we are not within this group
We've loved and lost and more
There were many times for us
Cast upon painful shores.

But tho we lost
when love we did
At least we gave and TRIED.
We never laid the blame
Or held bitterness inside.

There's no hatred in our hearts
We've maintained a stance
Of letting people make mistakes
We've given them a chance.

If we'd wanted riches
We could have compromised
If we'd wanted vengance
We could have destroyed lives.

But we didn't do that
Thru bitterness and strife
So, my friend, hats off to US!

We've lived a

WELL SPENT LIFE!!!


Soul Survivor
Catherine Jarvis
(c) March 5 2013

I think dogs hate us...

... we have ALL the food!


10W
Soul Survivor

One major injustice
Won't destroy people like
Many small ones.


10W
Soul Survivor

Knowing I'm just a number
In the equation called pi.

10W
Soul Survivor

Thankless. Difficult.
The most important thing
one person can do.

10W
Soul Survivor

I went through
Eighteen years of
Living hell.

My entire life actually.

I lost the ability to have children.
Therefore I never married.

My teens were EXCRUCIATING.

My father had cancer.

I'm disabled with arthritis
And can't walk without terrible pain.

I live with and care for
My very elderly mom and dad.

But I am not saying all this
To elicit sympathy.

I just want you to know.

I asked God... WHY ME?

He said... WHY NOT YOU.

We all have our burdens.
We all have a cross to bear.
I just want you to know that

I'M HAPPY.


"GOD, GRANT ME THE SERENITY
TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I
CANNOT CHANGE.

THE COURAGE TO CHANGE THE
THINGS I CAN.

AND THE WISDOM TO KNOW
THE D I F F E R A N C E."

I'm just like you.

In a maze.
Baffled.
Confused.

But I try to follow
God's perfect

LOVE...

He directs

FROM ABOVE.


Soul Survivor

Were a glass
Of white wine
May yours always be


Half full


Minimal
Soul Survivor

The greatest legacy
You'll get from parents

Are their genes.

10W
Soul Survivor

... when Your world's
In a cardboard box

It tastes like packing peanuts.

The lone hungry coyote
Sends up a wraith's refrain
Sun melts in a crucible
Of purgatory pain.

The badlands. No man's land.
The sun bleeds crimson, rust.
Rattlesnakes and scorpions
Scuttle in the dust.

While the sky is falling
Making russet snow
The hills and rock are singing
The agony they know.

Unforgiving desert
Makes the bobcat scream
The moon face is crying
It's tears moan and gleam.

In a dream you take me
O'r the Martian scape
Your hand locked round my mind
Preventing my escape

Turquoise/silver stars
Fall onto my path
Just like Armageddon
Or its aftermath.

Black opals flame the hills
The brutal badland's tors
To hush my ragged breathing

Now... forevermore.


Soul Survivor
C. Jarvis (c) 2014
March 16

People don't smoke.
The cigarette smokes.
People are the suckers.

10W
Soul Survivor

Long but important to read...

Marjorie picks up the phone
She's quite sure that she's alone
Punches in a good "friend's" number
She's excited! It's no wonder!
Something NAUGHTY to convey.
Can't wait to tell
Can't wait to say...

"Hello, Sally?  Yeah, it's ME!
I'm at the window and
GUESS what I see?!!!
You know that ***** across the way?
She's with ANOTHER MAN today!!!
Hannah's hubby... right next door.
Can you BELIEVE that little *****?!!!
I'm tellin' you 'cause I'm your friend
This wicked business has to end...
... wait a minute... there they GO!!!
They're LEAVING! I'll bet you know
Where they're headed... oh you bet.
A motel room is what THEY'LL get.

Juicy fruit spills from the lips
Open mouth and out it slips
Sweet as stricnine to the tounge
Where the poison apple's hung.
If you have nothin' NICE to say
We're all ears... come OUR way!
There's a tale to be told
It's for the young and for the old.
It's a SECRET on the block
If it's SCANDALOUS... LET'S TALK.

Sally Jo hangs up her cell
Calls a good "friend" as well...

"Hello, Jane? Just talked to Marge
Got some NEWS and it is LARGE...
You know that HARLOT up the street?
You'll never guess who
She went to meet!!!
Hannah's HUBBY! !! Oh... gee ****!!!
I can't BELIEVE this latest biz!!!
Marge told me... it can't be wrong...
They were KISSING ON THE LAWN!!!
THEN they drove off in his CAR...
They weren't going very far.
No Tel Motel's where they're at.
Whatcha expect from an ALLEY CAT.
Hannah's gonna flip her lid!
I won't tell... so keep it hid...

Juicy fruit spills from the lips
Open mouth and out it slips
Sweet as stricnine to the tounge
Where the poison apples hung.
If you've nothing nice to SAY
We're all ears come OUR way!
There's a tale to be told
It's for the young and for the old.
It's a secret on the block
If it's SCANDALOUS LET'S TALK.

The story spread around of course.
Hannah filed for divorce.
Her hubby? He lost his job...
As PASTOR of a CHURCH OF GOD.
And Suzanne (the *****)?
Well. She died.
She committed suicide.

The REAL STORY then came out.
Not a whisper but a SHOUT.
Suzanne's son? He needed PILLS.
Guess no one knew that he was ill.
She wasn't going very far...
... and her pastor had a CAR.

Who's the culprit? Who's to blame?
Guess we all know HER name.
Who's to count the tragic cost?
Her little boy was also lost.
He FOUND HER. Went 'round the bend.
An alcoholic in the end.
Felt guilty that he could not save...
Drank himself to an early grave.

The tounge can be a thing of praise
Or ignite a MIGHTY blaze.
So check your HEART.
And check your MOUTH.
Or you may be headed south.

Kindness is JOY in age or youth.
You reap what you sow...

... and that's the TRUTH.


Soul Survivor

Catherine Jarvis (c) 2011
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