Quiet Time

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#99CC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03e8dfc3.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><U>About Us</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Down on the farm"><U>Down on the farm</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="More Information"><U>More Information</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="sands of time"><U>sands of time</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our English Language"><U>Our English Language</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Eternal Truths"><U>Eternal Truths</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Peace that passes understanding"><U>Peace that passes understanding</U></A></div> <div> <B>Quiet Time</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0a985640.gif" border=0 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friend:</div> <bR> <div> <B>I can't always explain my feelings</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>the way I want you to understand them.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Sometimes when we talk,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>there are so many beautiful</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>and intense feelings</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>that flow in and out of my soul for you,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>yet the words as I say them</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>never seem to allow those feelings</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>to touch you.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Today, I found these words,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>and I realized that there are times </B></div> <div> <B>when we need to be silent</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>and allow the written, </B></div> <div> <B>unspoken word to communicate</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>the heart's innermost passion.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>I am in love with you,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>and want to open up so much more</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>of myself to you.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>I want to be just who I am </B></div> <div> <B>when I'm with you</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>and never feel the need</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>to pretend to be anything more.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>I want us to feel the freedom</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>to express our needs and our hurts </B></div> <div> <B>without ever having to raise the tone</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>of our voices.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>I want us to fight for our love</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>and never consider being apart</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>as the answer to a problem.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>I want to grow with you, </B></div> <div> <B>deep into the autumn of our lives. </B></div> <div> <B>I never want us to forget to hold hands</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>when we walk together.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>I want to tell you that being with you</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>is simply the best way for me</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>to spend my life.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>And I want you to know</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>that I love you today...</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>and for all of my tomorrows.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>- Stephen Serafini </B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>