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Soon Enough

Soon enough my days will be drear Soon enough death will hover near Soon enough joy will bow to fear Soon enough the unwanted tear Don’t begrudge me these happy days When all is right, heart full praise When I dance in euphoric craze When path seems clear and not a maze Soon enough happy eyes will weep Soon enough dread will round me creep Soon enough bile in me will seep Soon enough I’ll sink in too deep For now please let me dance and sing Let me soar high on eagle wing Let love songs joy to my heart bring Let sweet dreams sooth this awful sting Soon enough pain will close the door Soon enough eyes will smile no more Soon enough I'll ask what life's for Soon enough pain will be in store Please let me love…laugh… sing…and dance Soon enough, dear, I’ll lose this chance. Eileen Manassian Ghali

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Delysia Hendricks

Date: 8/6/2013 6:59:00 PM

Laugh, sing and dance all you may, Eileen. Those bubbles in your system need out. Don't lose that high, girlfriend. Huggies, Licia :-)

Eileen Manassian
Date: 8/7/2013 9:51:00 AM

Thanks, my sweet! So glad to get this visit from you, my dear! Thanks for being a bubble protector! I need that. Huggiesssssssss!

Sara Kendrick

Date: 8/6/2013 2:13:00 PM

I hope that all your days are filled with joy, dancing and singing..Great work expressing the idea that we only have so much time so we need to enjoy life..Thanks for stopping by..Sara

Eileen Manassian
Date: 8/6/2013 2:15:00 PM

Thanks for the visit, Sara....I'm going to go back to your awesome Half a Heart poem and see if some of my questions were answered. Said a prayer for you...Thanks for stopping by! HUGS!

Nette Onclaud

Date: 8/6/2013 9:47:00 AM

eileen, this is incrdible...you capture the essence of the tides of our lives, the ups and downs, in a most lyrical way... glow and flow!..:) huggs

Eileen Manassian
Date: 8/6/2013 10:11:00 AM

Grrrrrr.....TYPO...Stupid stupid typo...I've BEEN on a lot of crests lately!

Eileen Manassian
Date: 8/6/2013 10:06:00 AM

Oh Nette, sweet Nette...I will try to glow and flow! :) Thanks, my sweetie! I just wish they were tides...In my life they are waves!!!! Crest and trough...Crest and trough...Crest and....yea, you get the picture! I've on a lot of crests lately..... :)

Poet Tacito

Date: 8/6/2013 8:40:00 AM

"Today" is an unwrapped "tomorrow". Nobody is worth taking that gift from us. Let it shine.

Eileen Manassian
Date: 8/7/2013 9:50:00 AM

:) Will try...I like to think I'm getting better...Embrace the joy...Embrace the joy...Embrace the joy...my mantra! :)

Poet Tacito
Date: 8/6/2013 1:33:00 PM

Honestly, stop listening to people. I used to be the same way. More people will wonder about you when your smile is grand. I get the same reaction when I'm goofing around, etc. I stopped listening to people and their strange ways some time ago. Just embrace the joy! People could use a lesson or two in that.

Eileen Manassian
Date: 8/6/2013 10:08:00 AM

Thanks, dear Drake. When I'm down...people tell me to perk up, and when I'm euphoric, they tell me to calm down..... :( I can't win! I just want people to know that when I'm so bubbly and happy and just full of life, they should let me ride that out, because in the down times...I can hardly get out of bed. So...let me live!!!! :) Your post is lovely. Hugs...Drake!

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 8/6/2013 8:25:00 AM

For me I tend to stay more to the high side of middle. I am very fortunate in that respect. My dad and grandmother vacillated between the highs and lows. Mind you I may never experience the euphoric highs but I imagine that must make the lows that much more pronounced. I do wonder what it would be to write ay either of those extreams.

Eileen Manassian
Date: 8/8/2013 8:50:00 AM

What a delightful reply! :)

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/7/2013 8:56:00 AM

I see the result and it is magnificent.

Eileen Manassian
Date: 8/6/2013 10:10:00 AM

Richard....you don't need to wonder....you can read my work. Surely, you have seen that here? High side of middle...that must be nice. In defense of myself....those exquisite highs....oh dear oh dear....nothing...nothing like it. I can just drink in the whole world and just fly and be free....happy and unbound....the real me.

Laura Breidenthal

Date: 8/5/2013 8:35:00 PM

Brilliant one! I enjoyed reading this immensely. We cannot lose what we love the most! We must fight for our rights of expression. Always, Laura

Eileen Manassian
Date: 8/6/2013 10:12:00 AM

Yes, Laura...I'm with you ALL THE WAY! You should read my poem, My Voice, if you get the chance....Maybe on the first or second page of my postings. Hugs

Honestly J.T.

Date: 8/5/2013 6:45:00 PM

There's a time for everything under the sun. A time to be born and a time to die. Good write

Eileen Manassian
Date: 8/6/2013 10:13:00 AM

Ecclesiastes...I've written my own version of that...I think the poem is A Time for Everything. Give it a read if you have the time and the inclination. Thanks for stopping by....

Lucilla Carrillo

Date: 8/5/2013 1:40:00 PM

Eileen; Soon enough everything comes to an end. You are a happy go lucky girl. You can sing and dance all you want. Enjoy life while you can. Thanks for sharing.... Lucilla

Eileen Manassian
Date: 8/6/2013 10:04:00 AM

Oh Lucilla, I am....and I'm not...It depends...on so many things! Thanks, for being so sweet and supportive. I will try my best to enjoy it to the max while I can! Lots of hugs and kisses!

Jack Ellison

Date: 8/5/2013 10:32:00 AM

Okay this one grabbed me Eileen! Much like the mood I've been in lately! Good one, Teach! Love and hugs, Jacko xoxox

Eileen Manassian
Date: 8/5/2013 10:39:00 AM

Oh....hope you get to the bright side soon, my dear. I want you to always be happy! :)

Richard D Seal

Date: 8/5/2013 10:26:00 AM

We should all just carry on loving, laughing, singing and dancing my little Desert Orchid, 'soon enough' is a longaaaa ways off yet. Take care, Richard.

Eileen Manassian
Date: 8/8/2013 8:52:00 AM

Oh...Xena has no toys and she never rides in a pram...the only toys she has are......wait for it....men! ;) There...got my own! BACK at ya, Mr Seal...Thought you had the last word...Not with the Warrior Princess!

Richard D Seal
Date: 8/6/2013 4:51:00 PM

I take enough with your moods, so I won't be taking any of your modes off you, I don't want Xena throwing her dummy out the pram and beating me to death with one of her soft toys lol

Eileen Manassian
Date: 8/6/2013 10:43:00 AM

Oh Richard...we never know where that corner is and how fast it can come, but I appreciate your words...and IF you call me Morbid Orchid....I will show you the meaning of the word! XENA mode coming on!!!! Don't take this term of endearment away from me, Richard....I LOVE IT! :)

Richard D Seal
Date: 8/5/2013 2:33:00 PM

I know it's around the corner but that corner is much further away than you think. Watch it or I'll start calling you my little Morbid Orchid haha

Eileen Manassian
Date: 8/5/2013 10:42:00 AM

Oh...but it isn't, Richard....not in my life. It's always around the corner, but you're right....I do try to love, laugh, sing and dance while I can! :) Little Desert Orchid will try to bloom as long as can!!!!

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 8/5/2013 9:00:00 AM

- Eileen, I hope your life would just be happy, singing and dancing! - Thanks for the nice reading. - Answer on your comments: Yes, I am a grandmother of 4 grandchildren - my photo was taken in summer 2012. - Nice that you liked my poem! - oxox / / Anne-Lise :)

Eileen Manassian
Date: 8/5/2013 10:39:00 AM

You are beautiful, my dear....inside and out! :) I wish my life were that way too, Anne Lise....but I'm sure you know by reading my writes that it isn't always the case. :( I have extreme highs and lows....and it is so hard to be even keeled....That's why I've come to live up the good times to the max because I know the law points will come soon enough...HUGS TO YOU!