Wednesday, December 04, 2013

Wrapped In Velvet

wrapped in velvet
you gift me colors
and when I dabble with my canvas
you take them away

like a breeze that caresses
in a warm sultry noon
turning into a hurricane
me, bereft, losing it all

gifts can't be bought
they are carriers of love
faith promises and hope
of warmth, a subtle
rainbow

alas
only if gifts could be bought


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59 comments:

  1. Amrit, so true I think that the best and most important gifts cannot be bought. They are given to us in different ways, and sometimes very unexpectedly!

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  2. the very best gifts can not be bought

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  3. Money cannot buy the most important things in life. Well expressed. All this frenetic spending at Christmas is positively sickening...the whole Christmas message is missed!

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    1. Absolutely ... it's not money that's needed, but love and care :-)

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  4. Appreciation is life and love is the greatest gift, very well expressed.

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  5. Even I'm waiting for my gifts from you ;) lovely poem, as always :)

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  6. Life's most important gifts can not be bought. I love the sweetness and truth of this poem.

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  7. Gifts can 't be bought , this is so true. the greatest gift is love in its true form and it cannot be exchanged for money.

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  8. This is amazingly vivid. Wow. The giving, the taking away - the control by another person. Gifting - the undercurrent of obligation. Timely ponderings. Powerful, and beautiful, too. Thank you. Wow!

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  9. Gift can not be bought...they r carriers of love...
    So true....

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  10. Very true my friend...the best gifts cannot be found on a store shelf, but can only be found in the heart.

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  11. only if gifts could be bought

    How disappointed many have been. They have money but at a loss on what to buy. Great thoughts Amrit!

    Hank

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  12. nice on how you use the hurricane taking away to bring that out in them...true, love does not come in just gifts, maybe our love is the greatest gift eh?

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  13. Wrapped in velvet sets the mood for what follows .... lovely!

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  14. This is great Ammrit...and wrapped in velvet is so meaningful...really wrapped a lot.

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  15. So true. Thanks for sharing your gift of words.

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  16. to refuse a gift is to deny pleasure - how often do we really have that right. I liked these very much.

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  17. This is an amazing piece.. really love how you tied it together at the end -- profound

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  18. The most beautiful kind of gifts like love & trust can't be bought ~ Good one Amrit ~

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  19. Marvelous poem Amrit...the best gifts of life are priceless and can never be bought, that is what makes them special.

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  20. very nicely shown the true meaning of gifts,,,priceless!!

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  21. Gifts are not to be bought.... yes sometime I also feel... My Hubby is not such a gr8 gifter.. so Now a days... To pamper me and my son..... we buy our own gifts..........

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    1. Ha ha ha ... that's the best option always ;-)

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  22. that they can't be bought makes them so precious....a lovely poem....

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  23. very insightful and thoughtful

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  24. Yes the most important gifts cannot be bought. Thanks for sharing this.

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  25. Beautiful..
    "gifts can't be bought
    they are carriers of love.." This says it all, Amrit. Lovely composition!:)

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  26. The best gifts are rarely bought and if they a r e they have a deep significance to the soul. Lovely verse.

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  27. Lovely. So true, the best gifts have no price and cannot be purchased. :-)

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  28. Lovely poem. The best gifts are those that are not bought or sold.

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