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Black Bird-PoemBlack Bird

Four and twenty black birds baked in a pie,
Bird,
Do not become prisoner;
Fly

Show us your iridescent beauty,
Green and
Blue,
Black as night,
Until the light touches you

Lone bird fly upon the air,
Land way up,
On the branch up there

Wish I could fly just like you,
If I had wings,
Would you teach me to?

Take your freedom,
Fly away,
I hope you’ll come back,
Someday

©M.Botelho 2008

Short StoryThere is a war that goes on. On one side we have the ones like him. They are those that harm. They take no pleasure nor satisfaction from what they do. They simply do it, for that is what they do. There is no reason for it. Nor is there a reason not for it. They have no concept of ‘good’ or ‘evil’, they just are.

And there are the ones like her. They destroy those that harm. Not because they seek vengeance in the name of another, nor do they hate or despise those that harm. They do it because they have come to understand compassion and empathy. They too do not label ‘good’ and ‘evil’ They und

Life-PoemLife

Life comes with no instruction,
No map, no directions
But does come with many misconceptions

Many flaws, many pains
Yet, still this life remains

For what it’s worth, for me and you
We are brave ‘cause we see it through

Fighting, clawing at the dirt
If it’s not one thing, it’s something else that will hurt

Who, what are we all supposed to be?
But we’re all different can’t you see!?

So many things that could go wrong
So many things that make life seem so long

We all need something to depend on, something to give us hope
Something to cling to, to help us cope

Sometimes all we have is each other

Darkness-PoemDarkness

In darkness we begin, in our mother’s womb
In darkness we end, encased in our tomb

Close your eyes and you will find,
Ever present darkness, of your mind

The Great Mysteries resides in darkness;
no need to be cruel or unkind
Open up your mind

©M.Botelho 2007

Girl With The Balloons-PoemGirl with the balloons

You’re balloons will shrivel and decay,
You can’t go to the carnival today.

No more cotton candy for you to eat,
No more friends will you meet.

No roller coaster rides, no merry-go-round,
No ‘Hey! I found a ticket on the ground!”

No fun, no games no magic trick,
No lollies for you to lick.

No clowns to make balloon animals, no bright shiny lights
No music, candy corn or staying up late into the nights.

Go home little girl, the grass is growing long,
You thought you’d have fun at the carnival, but you where wrong.

© M.Botelho 2007

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Baby Blanket I helped makeby =Lissaburd

Artisan Crafts / Textiles / Quilting

I volunteer and work part time in a retirement home and one of the ladies I work with is expecting her first child (a boy) in December. One of the residents and I made this for her.

This is my youngest son modelling it for me

If anyone is interested, I have a few shots of it closer up, and a few step by step shots of us constructing it.

Update:Nov. 16/11 I gave it to her today and she loved it. She said she really wanted a quilt, but no one in her family quilts. yay!

Why not have a look at these too:

by: ~Soggy-Wolfie & *MarjoleinTurin & ~Miss-SelfDestructive

*cemac May 12, 2012

A great present for a baby and I love the pattern......looks like a lot of time and a lot of sewing

50% of the

is for your quilt and 50% for your son and his lovely smile

=Lissaburd May 12, 2012

awww

It was a lot of sewing and time, though we had to hurry

*cemac May 14, 2012

I have finished taking up three pair of pants, still one more to go and that will do me for this year.

=Lissaburd May 14, 2012

I'll be hemming my work apron tomorrow. Joy

*cemac May 15, 2012

<groan> I have only a little more sewing to do and I have stepped on more pins than I used doing pinning it up. One got imbedded in my heel and hurt like hell. Every time the phone rings when I am sewing, I stab myself. A few telemarketers have received the sharp end of my tongue when this has happened

My machine got a few viruses, one a trojan and a few other nasties. Trying to fix it the machine rebooted and I got a command.com error.....my life flashed before my eyes

Researching showed that they would be difficult to remove but because I had crucial stuff that I hadn't backed up, I didn't want to reformat......I went to bed at 10:00am but I fixed it

This morning at 5:00am I got the blue screen of death due to a HP printer driver - my heart stopped

......got out of that one too but a new PC is definitely on my Christmas list. I am just going to resign before something else happens.