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  Jun 2015 Christina Croucamp
Steele
There are 10 kinds of people in this world,
and binary accounts for them all.

They're happy and sad.
They're ones and zeros.
Villains and heroes.
Villains, yet not all bad.
Despite everything life decides to hurl;
Despite every brick ball of fear
Through the stained glass windows of their minds,
Through it all, they survive.
They're angry and glad.
They're happy and sad.

And in their duality, they're still smiling there
at your sharp hasty words
at your venomous hurt
that you wish so desperately they, too, shared.
Love thy enemy.

Special thanks to Kelley A Vinal for the binary inspiration. You can read her poetry here: http://hellopoetry.com/kelley-a-vinal/

It's pretty solid.

Edit: Holy Daily, Batman! Wow, I'm so honored. Glad you all like it so much! :D
Try and try again, never say die, always see the bright side, try another approach, don't assume! Ja well, who ever said that sure ain't livin' today.
Ja  ok, the wiles are the same, just more slick and undercover. Why does the woman always think they are the cause of changes in their spouse?
Man, I fell for that one too.
First I think I don't cut the grade, because I'm fat, or sloppy, or, any old excuse I could think of. Then I tried doing as much as I could, running myself to death and back, and still no change.
Oh, I could give a million excuses why it's dead in the bed, and everyone my fault. Ja right, since when is it always the woman's fault.
Okay, I went through a warp tunnel with my hormones. I mean, who does not? It's not like we have an early warning system, built-in, to prepare you for a system meltdown. And of course, then every little hitch gets blamed on you, and your hormone meltdown.
And still the bed stays cold.
And boet, just start questioning those little foxes, and you get the atom bomb effect. I mean, every little drop becomes a raging ocean.And of course, don't forget the ever over used, but still powerful effect  of - 
"DON'T JUST ASSUME...."
when you do question, and give your take, on this world war three situation. Yes, of course, there's no other way of getting an answer to all your questions, since
"SILENCE IS GOLDEN”
is just not a song anymore. Your melt down, caused every one to not say anything, in fear of world war three. By now, you are so frustrated, inside and out, that you'll try anything, to get back, what you refuse to accept is lost.
And still it stays cold.
And memory – man, this is definitely not a woman. You start to remember all those little things from your “ROSE” years. The days when everything was bliss.
And then you show Einstein that E=MC2, is not the only equation, that can rock this world. Albeit, even if it's only your own little world that gets affected. The equation that's starting to make sense, is that 1+1 is not 2.
And the more this memory gets refreshed, you get to all kinds of answers.
All because you assumed the answers, to questions that are still not answered. Because you are imagining things that are not there.
And still the bed is cold!
Then one day you get asked a question. Because of your superior knowledge, experience and understanding, and above all, just plain being a woman, the answer to all those questions, melt downs, accusations, assumations, equations, world wars, echoing silences and self-castrations, gets wrapped up in one word....
- “FATTYQUE” -.......
And now, your all powerful brain starts to di-sect every and all association to that one word...."Bless their poor hearts....”
You ask for a full sentence, because, on this one, not even Oxford Concise Dictionaries can describe the meaning. You close your eyes, you listen to your heart beat, you hear a rushing waterfall of words....and you see lights like diamonds, you hear your heart beating a staccato, you breathe ever so slightly.....
All of this, in the blink of an eye, you realize that this horror, this torment, this self – whatever good word you can find, for your months, no years of missery is not your doing. Oh no sherry BoB!
You realize, that your horror assumation was actually a coverup. Yes, a real, honest to goodness, James Bond, 007 style, covert action, to disguise the fact, that this world, where men claim to be superior, in all, and every aspect, of anything, can not admit to the woman, not all women, or the world for that matter, the one they professed way in the beginning, that they love and honor, that it is his fault, actually.
He is the cold in the bed!
Then, 1 + 1 becomes 2 + 2, and definitely – FATTYQUE – becomes – Fatigue – and the symptoms of male menopause dance through your minds eye, and you rejoice, you dance, you laugh, you cry, you shout for joy......
All this in the silence and understanding within you.....
Because you are a woman.....
The neck,
turns the head,
where you want it to go!
How gloriously awesome...
And priviledged to taste,
partake or waste!

How fragile like glas...
How fleeting like fire.....
How precious and short....

This beauty we call LIFE
Just one last breath...
One last thought....
One last beat....

One last touch...
Fragile like glass!!!
Fanoula Angelopolous 23 May 1966 - 11 May 2015....Love you forever my sis.,
I can use the word love easily....
Coz YOU GET ME.....
Time.....times.....timing...... IN TIME.....
SomeTIMES tears gather in my eyes......
Gladly accepted this TIME......

Sweet sweet tears
of a new beginning for me.......
Amazed I stand back and look and listen........
Feeling you echo deep within me.....

TIME and again
that which I screamed to the heavens.....
You came to me
at a TIME I needed proof of existence......

Gently you lead me to places I thought nonexistent.....
My Matador you are.......
I am smitten with you....

You found ME
that was lost for so long,
You saw ME
that no one cared to look for....
You caught ME INTIME....
just when I thought I will walk alone.....
You hear and read ME
in TIMES when I thought I speak of life around me.....
Our TIMING grows one day at a TIME....

I can use the word love easily......
Coz YOU GET ME
Tears and pain calls forth for existence
claiming its pound of flesh
NO MERCY!

LOVE loves in pain and passion
and births in eternity
the call of cries echoes deep and reverberates
against wakening moments of insanity
crying, calling, screaming!!

Existence blinded,
stumbling forth to grounds new and ancient
and the eyes of love follow you....
step by falling crawling step.

And you scream into the heavens....
for release of love,
to find its flight.
You pray for shackles to be broken
freedoms release from prisons created....
spoken in love, lost, never to return.

Trust and SORROW births itself....
no more waiting.....
and the burning sensibility liken to embers dying....
screeches forth the Sirens refused consent!

Rejected warnings breathe down your throat....
causing darkness to live
no light penetrated allowed.....
slow realizations of denied truths
stare you in the eye
and u turn and twist and turn...
trying one last time.....

But reality allows no mercy,
or grace or second time round to step back....

I AM HERE TO STAY
PRIDE IN MY POCKET....
BOUGHT THE PLOT.....
PLANTED MY SEEDS....
AND PATIENTLY HELPED MY PRIDE TO GROW
GROW, AND GROW....

NOTHING BUT FULL MATURITY
IN THIS FIELD OF PRIDE ACCEPTED....
SHAPED, INTO THE BEST POSSIBLE
RISE AND SHINE TO THE OCCASION.

NOTHING BUT THE BEST FOOT FORWARD....
EVERY STEP TO THE MAX!
HOW ELSE IS ANYTHING BUT SUCCESS MEASURED BY....

ANY AND ALL LESS THAN PERFECT PRIDE IN THE MAKING, MARKS
*FAILURE*
IN NEON LIGHTS OVERHEAD....
THIS IS WHERE FAILURE GROWS AND MULTIPLIES!!

HERE! HERE!!
FAILURE FOR SALE
ALL AT THE BEST POSSIBLE FAILURE PRICES!
A MUST TO GO!!

BOUGHT ALL THE RIGHTS,
WHY NOT USE IT
WHENEVER THE OCCASION ARISES!
AFTER ALL....IT'S PAID IN FULL!!

T'S A CASE OF USE IT OR LOOSE IT!
WHY WASTE THAT
WHICH YOU HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH TIME
AND TIME TO GROW....
AND THE DIVIDENTS JUST GROWS AND GROWS....
EVERY HARVEST BETTER THAN THE ONE BEFORE!

AND THE PRIZE IS....
PRIDE  IN MY POCKET....

SOMETIMES AT A PRICE
COSTLY
AND DEAR TO LOSS.......
Created in secret, birthed majestically in power,
these three Eves 'o' mine.

Proud, strong willed woman,
determined to live this life, granted in perfection,
before time was measured,
you claimed your birthrite.
First breath drawn, you announced to this world,
with a voice filled with strength and might.
No powers could make you waver from your Call.
Lead in Spirit and Truth,
you carved your mark in this world and heavens above....
You raised flags and broke grounds
no mere man can bring down....
or erase.
You my first born Eve, leader amongst women,
have given birth,
to a Pathmaker to God's Glory.

Eve, called forth,
pure and gentle in heart and spirit,
followed first Eve,
into a world that would take from you,
and not all good returned....
Your gentle spirit walked in trust....
taken and ripped apart....
You, Eve, called forth with a mother's heart, deep within you
unprepared to pain and sorrows to come....
Strength and perseverance and persistence
grants you the trust and love
failed by Adams present and past....
Your heart, as big as oceans wide,
birthed in Love,
brings joy to the Father's Heart....

My last Eve, sent and called,
into a time strewn with obstacles.
But you Eve three, stronger, wiser,
than Eve's born twice before,
carved your own road.
Called into this world by command,
you saw and learned quick
to navigate the rocks strewn in your path....
You my tender last Eve....
willed into existence change
and changes to come and stay.
You called in desire in aloneness
and strength untapped.
You Eve three....
followed Eve's twice before you....
protected by Call and Grace....
Your seed will clear pasts
and set futures clear to come....
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