Love Twinkles All Around

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[REVISED]

My Bibliotherapy guide reminds me to look
away from reality unless I merely want to
replicate it, to dream up alternatives where
I hanker for new lifestyles and inventions,
to envision them into being

The book says enjoy what we have, the life
we live; tonight a beautiful sunset, today the
office with unique colleagues, June a rare
treat with sense of humour no-one can best,
Hanlie an angel, Hermien, organizing fiend

Loving our World is a guarantee we shall love
changes, if we travel an assurance we’ll meet
wonderful people; translating taught me to use
words, to sit at the feet of a master and learn
to create music with rhythms and sounds

Working with loyal people is a privilege where
learning is the routine, where practicing writing
skills and studying languages is required, my
favourite pastimes, and being in a nuclear family
with lovely kids growing to independence

When happy where we are we can be happy
anywhere; we learnt to focus on beauty and
love that exists. I’ve amazing correspondents
who adore poetry, delight in reading books and
sharing their thoughts

I do not make friends easily but my life is filled
with people who help me overcome limitations;
tonight my fears are stilled, the black hole in my
mind cannot swallow this love and friendship.
Even when the world disappears, love still
twinkles all around!


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[ORIGINAL]
I keep my own Bibliotherapy book at my side,
brightly illustrated, reminding us to look away
from reality unless we want to recreate it faith-
fully, to dream up alternatives if we desire new
lifestyles and inventions because all must be
envisioned before it comes into being

The book reminds us to enjoy what we have,
the life we live, tonight brought a very beauty-
ful sunset, earlier today the office with the most
original colleagues, June is a rare treat with a
sense of humour no-one can beat, Hanlie
an angel, Hermien an organizing fiend

Loving our little world is our guarantee we shall
love changes also, if we travel one day it is our
assurance that we shall meet wonderful people;
translation work taught me how to use words, to
sit at the feet of a word master and learn how to
create music with rhythm and sound

It is a privilege to work with people who are loyal,
strong, kind, considerate; in a job where learning
is part of the daily routine, where practicing writing
skills and studying languages are required - all my
favourite pastimes - to have a nuclear family with
lovely kids growing to independence

When we are happy where we are now, we can be
happy everywhere we go because we learnt how to
focus on the beauty and love that exist everywhere,
I have found amazing correspondents who adore
poetry, delight in reading books and sharing
their thoughts with everybody

Though I do not make friends easily, my life is filled
with creative people who help each other - and me -
overcome all limitations, my fears are stilled tonight,
the black hole in my mind cannot swallow the love
and companionship I have found, when the world
disappears, love still twinkles all around me!
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