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A Moment #POETRY #Photography #DianaMarySharpton w/Let Me Stay #HarryConnickJr. #MUSICVIDEO #Smooth #Seas

2/24/2015

 
PictureRain Soaked Gardenias by Diana Mary Sharpton

Introduction:

“The course of true love never did run smooth.”
~ William Shakespeare










A Moment
​

In a moment, time emerges eternal
A whisper in springtime delight
Seconds later, it turns into yesterday
Detained in memory adrift in flight
Souls converge in a constructed recess
As seconds pass, it is still now, no less
Hypnotized in caresses’ manifestation
We become lost to needless hesitation
As we land standing; bodies veiled in the sea
An inquiry to the heart arrives; Are you part me?


Diana Mary Sharpton  © All Rights Reserve 2015

"Let Me Stay"

Are you cold?
Will you let me warm you?
Are you tired?
Will you lie next to me?

Don’t be scared 
That I’ll leave you without warning
I’ve never cared this much, believe me
I’ll want you more by morning

You have lips
I could kiss for hours
I have time
I’m not going away

Please, just let me hold you
And love you like I told you
Baby, let me stay

You have lips
I could kiss for hours
I have time
I’m not going away

Please, just let me hold you
And love you like I told you
Baby, let me stay

Please, let me stay
Reference:  https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/harryconnickjr/letmestay.html

Dreams #Poetry #Photography by #DianaMarySharpton w/ #TheIsleyBrothers "At your Best you are loved" #MusicVideo #URLoved

2/23/2015

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PictureOrange Crush by Diana Mary Sharpton



​Introduction:
"He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began."
~ Leo Tolstoyes






Dreams

A balance in extremes
In this day’s conclusion
There is no fancy illusion
Only the truth it seems
I have been in love from start
Because you captured heart
As I meditate on what makes up your dreams


Diana Mary Sharpton  ©All Rights Reserved 2015

At your Best you are loved
Love
Let me know, let me know
Love
Let me know, let me know, let me know

When I feel what I feel
Sometimes it's hard for me to tell you so
You may not be in the mood
To learn what you think you know

There are times when I find
You wanna keep yourself from me
But when I don't have the strength
I'm just a mirror of what I see

But at your best you are love
You're a positive motivating force within my life
Should you ever feel the need to wonder why
Let me know, let me know

Love
Let me know, let me know

When you feel what you feel
Oh, how hard for me to understand
So many things have taken place
Before this love affair began

But if you feel, oh, like I feel
Confusion can give way to doubt
For there are times when I fall short of what I say
What I say I'm all about, all about

But at your best you are love
You're a positive motivating force within my life
Should you ever feel the need to wonder why
Let me know, let me know

No, no, no, no

Tell me what it is
(Tell me what it is)
There's no need to make believe
(Make believe, no need to make believe)

Look beyond your world
(Look beyond your world)
Try to find a place for me
(Try to find, find a place for me)

'Cause at your best you are loved
You're a positive motivating force within my life
And if you ever feel the need to wonder why
Let me know, let me know

Let me know, let me know, let me know, oh
Love, oh baby
Stay at your best, baby, yeah
Please do it for God's sakes

References:http://www.songlyrics.com/the-isley-brothers/at-your-best-you-are-love-1976-lyrics/

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"In Driftwood Together" #Photography #DianaMarySharpton w/ #LeonaLewis "here i am" #MusicVideo #UR #LovOfMyLife

2/23/2015

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Picture"In Driftwood Together" By Diana Mary Sharpton
Introduction:
"My heart cannot find rest while you are gone, Everything has lost its color since you are not here, I miss you, in short I just feel i am nothing without you."
~
Unknown 








You are loved!

"Here I Am"
This is a crazy world
These can be lonely days
It's hard to know who's on your side
Most of the time

Who can you really trust
Who do you really know
Is there anybody out there
Who can make you feel less alone
Sometimes you just can't make it on your own

If you need a place where you can run
If you need a shoulder to cry on
I'll always be your friend

When you need a shelter from the rain
When you need a healer for your pain
I will be there time and time again
When you need someone to love you
Here I am

If you have broken dreams
Just lay them all on me
I'll be the one who understands
So take my hand

If there is emptiness
You know I'll do my best
To fill you up with all the love
That I can show someone
I promise you you'll never walk alone

Well if you need a place where you can run
If you need a shoulder to cry on
I'll always be your friend

When you need a shelter from the rain
When you need a healer for your pain
I will be there time and time again
When you need someone to love you
Here I am

Everybody needs somebody who
They can pour their heart and soul into

Well if you need a place where you can run
If you need a shoulder to cry on
I'll always be your friend

When you need a shelter from the rain
When you need a healer for the pain
I will be there time and time again
When you need someone to love you
Here I am, here I am
Reference: 
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/leonalewis/hereiam.html


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"Red River Crossing" #Photography #DianaMarySharpton w/ #Journey "Faithfully" #MUSICVIDEO #2U

2/19/2015

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PictureRed River Crossing by Diana Mary Sharpton


Introduction:
“Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved.”
~
Martin Luther

 

A God-awful workday until I got home! Yep… BS through and through







​

Faithfully

Highway run
Into the midnight sun
Wheels go round and round
You're on my mind
Restless hearts
Sleep alone tonight
Sending all my love
Along the wire

They say that the road
Ain't no place to start a family
Right down the line
It's been you and me
And lovin' a music man
Ain't always what it's supposed to be
Oh, girl, you stand by me
I'm forever yours
Faithfully

Circus life
Under the big top world
We all need the clowns
To make us smile
Through space and time
Always another show
Wondering where I am
Lost without you
And being apart

Ain't easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
Oh, girl, you stand by me
I'm forever yours
Faithfully

Whooa, oh-oh-ooh
Whooa, oh-oh-ooh, oh
Whooa, oh-oh-oh, oh-whoooooa-oh
Faithfully
I'm still yours
I'm forever yours
Ever yours
Faithfully

Déjame lamer la tinta de tu cuerpo... mi querido y disfrutar ese sabor sueño con todos los días.

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Thunderstruck  #POETRY #LOVE #DANCINGINTHEBACKYARD

2/18/2015

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Introduction:
"The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web." ~ Pablo Picasso



Photograph by Lionel Brown, Getty Images
Titled ~Lightning Over Las Cruces





Thunderstruck

Thunderstruck; it’s my impression,
feelings exposed yet unprotected,
with a fog of confusion amid dreamy illusion,
a magical yet fascinating intrusion.

And we dance…
to music beating between stars and time,
in the light of a moon where waves collide,
and if I were to die tomorrow and you today,
we’ll dance these moments in our clubfoot sway.

Even though we waited...
a thousand years; to find together only a few more,
it’s your heart releasing a timid soul; letting love soar,
gaining strength, in moments, from an ill gotten sword,
and we dance to torn hearts; unlocking that steel door.

Diana Mary Sharpton © 2014 ~ All Rights Reserved


A favorite song :)


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Leather and Lace - Stevie Nicks and Don Henley #Musicvideo #DianaMarySharpton

2/17/2015

 
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“Come live in my heart, and pay no rent.” ~ Unknown

My song tonight is featuring Leather and Lace - Stevie Nicks and Don Henley. I do love this heart thumping music and it's message. 



Would you ever consider loving a woman like me?

I do want to thank everyone that continues to support me with love and understanding, it is greatly appreciated and never forgotten. This Blog has always been about what is on my mind good, bad or indifferent. Tonight it is about being "In Love" and "Fragile". 

I will ask my current followers to sign up. Please take a minute or two to do this for me... Thank you so much!


"Leather And Lace"
Is love so fragile
And the heart so hollow
Shatter with words
Impossible to follow
You're saying I'm fragile
I try not to be
I search only
For something
I can't see

I have my own life
And I am stronger
Than you know
But I carry this feeling
When you walked into my house
That you won't be walking out the door
Still I carry this feeling
When you walked into my house
That you won't be walking out the door

Lovers forever
Face to face
My city or mountains
Stay with me stay
I need you to love me
I need you today
Give to me your leather
Take from me
My lace

You in the moonlight
With your sleepy eyes
Could you ever love a man like me
And you were right
When I walked into your house
I knew I'd never want to leave
Sometimes I'm a strong man
Sometimes cold and scared
And sometimes I cry
But that time I saw you
I knew with you to light my nights
Somehow I'd get by

Lovers forever
Face to face
My city or mountains
Stay with me stay
I need you to love me
I need you today
Give to me your leather
Take from me
My lace

Lovers forever
Face to face
My city or mountains
Stay with me stay
I need you to love me
I need you today
Give to me your leather
Take from me
My lace
Take from me
My lace
Take from me
My lace

It is a Rock & Roll genre and uploaded on YOUTUBE, Jul 28, 2013 by 
sara81970


Keep it simple and keep it real… Again, thank you for your love and support… It is always appreciated. PS: there may be grammatical errors and misspelled words... please let me know immediately...

Peace and Love Always, Diana


In My Opinion: “In Love” vs “Love” or is it both

2/17/2015

 
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“But the you who you are tonight is the same you I was in love with yesterday, the same you I’ll be in love with tomorrow.” ~ Gayle Forman, If I Stay

Photography by Diana Mary Sharpton

Each time I had a baby, I knew I was in love. I could not be away from the child for more than five minute without feeling separation anxiety. At work, I would count the minutes of each workday, running home to see said precious child; to hold them in my arms, love them, feed them, and be completely consumed by their everything. I was “In Love” maternally but still “In Love”. As time went by that intense, feeling of being “In Love” dissipated and emerged into a strong feeling of “Unconditional Love” for each child.

Dictionary.reference.com defines “In Love” as “a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person; a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend; a person toward who love is felt; beloved person; sweetheart”.

UrbanDictionary.com defines it as “To care about someone so much that your happiness doesn't matter anymore - just theirs. There is nothing you will not do for them; you just want them to be happy. They fill you with wonder; you are completely amazed by them. Moreover, when you are in love with someone, you will even let him or her be with someone else if they can be happier without you. It is a feeling that runs so deep it conquers everything. You are not afraid of anything. All you want is they, and their happiness. They are your number one priority, over yourself and everything you know. They are your world. In addition, you can only wish to be theirs.”

There is a huge difference between being “In Love” and “Loving” someone. I personally believe that you can be “In Love” and over time, this develops into unconditional love. That said on the opposite side of the coin you could be “In Lust” thinking it was the “In Love” emotion; however when the smoke cleared the room you were nine times out ten faced with bad choices.

Looking back on my past marriages (three Yikes), I would honestly say that I never was “In Love”. I can say I was “In Lust” and was “In Love” with the idea being in love; over time, I developed love for the relationship. Do not get me wrong, I did try and I had feelings, but all these relationships failed in one way or another, wrong choice, wrong type, wrong time and in most cases, I tragically ended up walking away or asking them to leave.

Now this story does not end just yet and it is not to say that I have not been “In Love” and yes, I have fallen in love. It or let us speak correctly you literally knocked my socks off. I will not get in to the personal details but I can say that I have unconditional love for you as well. I know that I cannot help what I feel, change it or wish it to disappear and it is all consuming. I want the best for you without an agenda or selfish modivations and this is a fact. My love for you is from the tenderness in my heart, the whispers from my soul, they are there seeking your hand to hold, your lips to kiss and your body to love. I would do anything to make you happy... Believe that!

The whole point about this piece is over my disagreement with the statement that only “In Love” is forever where “Love” is only for a while. Without “Love” “In Love” is merely sex. So, the poster saying that “the difference between like, love and being in love is the same difference as for now, for a while and forever”, is not completely accurate. It is my opinion, you can love someone unconditionally, deeply for a lifetime; alternatively, you can be “In Love or Lust” for a short period because it was not really love it is the idea or sexual chemistry/attraction. 

Now this is not to say that those who are afraid of emotional attachment and/or the risks in loving someone are not hung up on the idea that they were in love at one time because that was when they allowed themselves to feel. This is a perfect example that love is a decision and frankly without it "In Love" is not true love. Erich Fromm said it best “Love is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise. If love were only a feeling, there would be no basis for the promise to love each other forever. A feeling comes and it may go. How can I judge that it will stay forever, when my act does not involve judgment and decision?” 

True love is unconditional and yes, I would argue that you are “In Love or In Lust” in all three cases (Like, Love and In Love), the difference however with “Love” and being “In Love” at the same time is that you have made a decision to love irrespective to surrounding influences, lifestyle or situation.


An Interesting article which I highly recommend by http://elitedaily.com/dating/10-difference-love-someone-loving-someone/795160/,compares the “In Love” with “Love” emotions and conditions. At the end of the day, we all want to be loved by the person with whom we are in love. “When you love someone, you can’t stop loving that person because it would require you to stop loving a part of you yourself.”



Candles #Photograhy #DianaMarySharpton w/ #Beyonce "Smash Into You" #WhoAmIWithoutU

2/11/2015

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Introduction:
“Love arrives
and in its train come ecstasies
old memories of pleasure
ancient histories of pain.
Yet if we are bold,
love strikes away the chains of fear
from our souls” ~ Maya Angelou Touched by an Angel

 


Photography by Diana Mary Sharpton

Candles

Candles lite,
a breath seduces wine,
in an atmosphere contrived,
which arises the saccharine divine.

Smiling eyes,
no words uttered.
Fervor envelops a gentle tally,
inane dialogue sentient; as bodies rally.

Music plays,
thick sensual sounds,
easing awkward coyness,
in ticks hastening thoracic slowness.

Fingers,
find skin,
and heat interlocks.
Is it all prematurely sought?

I think not!
Lips adroitly placed,
inquisitively wet to taste,
tenderly, as there is no time to waste.

Diana Mary Sharpton © 2015 all rights reserved

"Smash Into You"
Head down
As I watch my feet take turns hitting the ground
Eyes shut
I find myself in love racing the Earth
And I'm soaked in your love
And love was right in my path, in my grasp
And me and you belong

I wanna run (run)
Smash into you
I wanna run (run)
And smash into you

Ears closed
What I hear no one else has to know
Cause' I know
That what we have is worth first place in gold
And I'm soaked in your love
And love is right in my path, in my grasp
And me and you belong, oh...

I wanna run (run)
Smash into you
I wanna run (run)
Smash into you
Smash into you
Oh......

Head down
As I watch my feet take turns hitting the ground
Eyes shut
I'm in love and I'm racing the Earth
And I'm soaked in your love
And love is right in my path, in my grasp
And me and you belong
Oh...I wanna run
Smash into you
I'm willing to run (run)
Smash into you
I'm willing to run, run, run, run, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
I'm willing to run, run, run, run, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
I wanna run, run
Smash into you
I'm willing to run (run)
Smash into you
 References: https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/beyonceknowles/smashintoyou.html

​Happy Valentine!!!



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The Color Blue

2/10/2015

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“That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is. Most people love you for who you pretend to be. To keep their love, you keep pretending - performing. You get to love your pretence. It's true, we're locked in an image, an act - and the sad thing is, people get so used to their image, they grow attached to their masks. They love their chains. They forget all about who they really are. And if you try to remind them, they hate you for it, they feel like you're trying to steal their most precious possession.” ~ Jim Morrison


The Color Blue

New beginnings are a deep cobalt blue
Nothing exists except the amity for you
I can neither ignore it
Nor destroy it
Or even sleep through it
As you are acutely intertwined within it
Irrespective on how they may feel about it

In rhapsody with a calm divine, cool
To souls that conjoin seam and spool

It is blue…
This color of love I have for you

Diana Mary Sharpton © 2015 all rights reserved


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At Last

2/8/2015

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“I could not tell you if I loved you the first moment I saw you, or if it was the second or third or fourth. But I remember the first moment I looked at you walking toward me and realized that somehow the rest of the world seemed to vanish when I was with you.” 
~ Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Prince

Photography by Diana Mary Sharpton



At Last

They meet…
At last,
on a warm spring day,
as she steps off a midnight train,
running with a two hour delay.

Oh yes, there were those…
Shy smiles, 
and the customary fondle that beguiles.
Not to mention: Silly chatter in endless flare, 
which immediately disappears into thin air.

One could see…
Emotions riding high yet slightly controlled,
He touches: fingers to skin, lips to kiss; as passion unfolds,
and then he steps to the street hailing a yellow cab,
as they drive off to the resort; a lavish seaside pad.

Then the sun sets, while ebbs roar...
As he corners her by the bathroom door,
a slow dance in seduction commences,
aroused and stiff, he presses; she winces,
it’s difficult to breathe, she keeps thinking.

 As twilight begins to rule…
He holds arms firmly against the wall,
desire so heighten, it’s hard to forestall,
and they land on the bed,
committed to shared brutality of it all.

Diana Mary Sharpton © 2015 all rights reserved
 
My song tonight is featuring actress and singer Etta James and the song is At Last. I do love this deeply sentimental music and it's message. I picked it especially because it seems like an excellent compliment to my Poem listed above and titled "At Last".

I do want to thank everyone that continues to support me with love and understanding, it is greatly appreciated and never forgotten. This Blog is about whatever is on my mind good bad or indifferent. Today was difficult. 

Keep it simple and keep it real… Again, thank you for your love and support… It is always appreciated. 

PS: there may be grammatical errors and misspelled words... please let me know immediately...

Peace and Love Always, Diana


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Valentine Night

2/6/2015

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Introduction:

“What a lover’s heart knows let no man’s brain dispute.” ~ Aberjhani, Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black








Art By Vivan Anderson
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/viva-anderson.html


Valentine Night

Bewitched by a superior virility
Red rose petals lay in prospective
Alongside the lush power in a Merlot 
And rich silkiness in a Galaxy bite
All for you on this Valentine night

Diana Mary Sharpton © 2015 all rights reserved

The music video that I have selected to accompany this poem is titled “Barry White - My First My Last My Everything - Lyrics" and it was uploaded on YOUTUBE, Aug 27, 2010 by Oz Lotem

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Lady in Red to Sooth for a Complicated Week

2/5/2015

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It's been a complicated week as usual. There is that project that never seems to end, rent coming in very late and gloomy weather. Where is the sun shine and happiness? I will be looking for abandoned homes this weekend plus i have a brand new macro lens... so I will be taking those flower photographs... maybe a sunrise and sunset...

I wanted to share a song that is special to me for many reasons. A very special friend that passed through my life shared his music and this was one of those songs.  I remember all the love and moments we shared when I hear it but in a good way, I promise. The song is “Lady in Red”(1) the artist is Chris De Burgh.


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Chaos

2/5/2015

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“In the extremes of chaos, I found balance through your control” ~ Diana Mary Sharpton © 2015 all rights reserved


Chaos

A steel ball; that is she
Sliding across a stone counter
In between friction
In layers of a viscous fluid
Five feet above ground
And there’s sound; a train rushing

Detached
Void of emotion

A projectile; eyeless
Slowly gaining speed
Without hands to stop motion
Rolling to the edge of existence
Gradually wobbling over
Dropping…

To hear her screaming
Stop!

Slamming against concrete
Bouncing, one two three times
To rotate vicariously
Until hitting a shoe
Out of breath
She looks up, calmly
And… it is you

Diana Mary Sharpton © 2015 all rights reserved &  Photography by Nicole H. (watermark applied)

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Loved

2/3/2015

 
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Introduction:
“Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.”  ~Maya Angelou










Loved

Floating in a windless atmosphere
Dancing
Whirling
Daydreaming
Loved; within your sphere without fear

​
Diana Mary Sharpton © all rights reserved


Hate

2/2/2015

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“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.” ~  James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time





Hate
Dry grainy as the desert sand
Callous
Empty
In a radioactive wasteland
That is her



Diana Mary Sharpton © 2015 all rights reserved

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