Seraphim Moonshadow

"A Thousand Friends" I could have a thousand friends Through a thousand ages And write their names in a book Of white and yellow pages On windy days of storm and rain I could sit by the firelight And study each and every name But none of them could offer me That same place in my heart As a man's name written inside That without, makes it fall apart No memories could compare To the ones I had with him Nor could I fly without wings And e'n the sun would dim Time with dust and moth corrode The pages of that friendly book Even worse, anguish could take Away that loving look And take away the love I feel Burn it with each spiteful glare Or make each memory fallable Until my heart would shred and tare Each day I might, with patience try To win that friend again With hope and joy abudant in my arms And cradle under the wing of the hen I could write a thousand names And pray that he cannot scorn The love once had, thrown away Until staleness turned forlorn Because those names mean nothing Compared to the joy I had in his And as my desireing eyes turn dry I pray happiness will be his That he shall not look back And strike the mirror thrice Boldly sneering with hate Pressured by the aged from the present to the future And in folly forget that each one of us is precious That each friendship need not end in hate And we decide if we make a friendship work, not our other friends, our parents or our status And to give up on that is a mockery of love, to give in to other's words To look back with spite... That hurts that once-was friend written in the heart... More than the one who wrote it.

Root beer or milk. I've heard some..unique jokes from people.

Indeed it's a pretty scary world. And as for giving out info, the worst place can be in a chat room. You really do have to be honestly careful--one thing that I've learned is listening to the Spirit about a person. A lot of good can come from a lot of bad and a lot of people easily say they are one thing when they are another, just like I could say I'm a blue feathered monkey, though no one would believe me. As for online gaming--that has too much gunk, swearing and stuff. I know there's moderators but still... I've met quite a few people off the net...all of the LDS, lol. But I've always gone in numbers. ^.^

Going to be? Hah, it is!

I miss my x....but my aim is improving.

*Blush* Why, thank-you, lol. GOD CREATED CHILDREN (AND IN THE PROCESS GRANDCHILDREN) To those of us who have children in our lives, whether they are our own, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or students...here is something to make you chuckle. Whenever your children are out of control, you can take comfort from the thought that even God's omnipotence did not extend to His own children. After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve. And the first thing he said was "DON'T!" Keep Scrolling "Don't what?" Adam replied. "Don't eat the forbidden fruit." God said. Keep Scrolling "Forbidden fruit? We have forbidden fruit? Hey Eve..we have forbidden fruit!!!!!" "No Way!" Keep scrolling "Yes way!" "Do NOT eat the fruit!" said God. "Why" "Because I am your Father and I said so!" God replied, wondering why He hadn't stopped creation after making the elephants. A few minutes later, God saw His children having an apple break and He was angry! "Didn't I tell you not to eat the fruit?" God asked. "Uh huh," Adam replied. "Then why did you?" said the Father. "I don't know," said Eve. "She started it!" Adam said "Did not!" "Did too!" "DID NOT!" Having had it with the two of them, God's punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own. Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed. BUT THERE IS REASSURANCE IN THE STORY! If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give children wisdom and they haven't taken it, don't be hard on yourself. If God had trouble raising children, what makes you think it would be a piece of cake for you? THINGS TO THINK ABOUT! 1. You spend the first two years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next sixteen telling them to sit down and shut up. 2. Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your own children. 3. Mothers of teens now know why some animals eat their young. 4. Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said. 5. The main purpose of holding children's parties is to remind yourself that there are children more awful than your own. 6. We childproofed our homes, but they are still getting in. ADVICE FOR THE DAY: Be nice to your kids. They will choose your nursing home one day. AND FINALLY: IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF TENSION AND YOU GET A HEADACHE, DO WHAT IT SAYS ON THE ASPIRIN BOTTLE: TAKE TWO ASPIRIN" AND "KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN"!!!!!

Oh, you bet I entertain myself pretty well. Thanks... I have two static clean stickers..... Chaos-panic-fear-my work here is done. A man is incomplete until he's married. Then he's FINISHED.

(I didn't write this one) A Parent's Prayer Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray my sanity to keep. For if some peace I do not find, I'm pretty sure I'll lose my mind. I pray I find a little quiet, Far from the daily family riot. May I lie back and not have to think About what they're stuffing down the sink, Or who they're with, or where they're at And what they're doing to the cat. I pray for time all to myself (did something just fall off a shelf?) To cuddle in my nice, soft bed (Oh no, another goldfish--dead!) Some silent moments for goodness sake (Did I just hear a window break?) And that I need not cook or clean (well heck, I've got the right to dream) Yes now I lay me down to sleep, I pray my wits about me keep, But as I look around I know, I must have lost them long ago!

I'll procrastinate tomorrow. At warp factor 9, they ALL look green to me. To insanity...and beyond! An island of reason is in a sea of foolishness. This vehicle is protected by Anti-Theft Sticker. I love Dorks. My wife keeps saying I'm not listening to her...or something like that. I HAD a life...but my job ATE it. Never underestimate the power of a redhead. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on my list. This is not an abandoned vehicle. Today is the day I'll get everything done. Well, maybe.... I respect your opinion. I just think it's stupid. Mad cow survivor. Driver carries no cash--he's married!

Why didn't the skeleton go to the party? Because he didn't have any body to go with. What does a ghost call its parents? Transparents. And for those people who like SW.... http://gallery.pokemonpalace.net/displayimage.php?pos=-3520 The Mommy Test I was out walking with my then 4 year old daughter. She picked up something off the ground and started to put it in her mouth. I asked her not to do that. "Why?" "Because it's been laying outside and it is dirty and probably has germs." At this point, she looked at me with total admiration and asked, "Wow! How do you know all this stuff!?" "Uh," I was thinking quickly, "...all moms know this stuff. It's on the Mommy Test. You have to know it, or they don't let you be a Mommy." We walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, but she was evidently pondering this new information. "OH...I get it!" she beamed. "So if you flunk, you have to be the Daddy." Military Survival Rules "Aim towards the enemy." - Instruction printed on U.S. Army rocket launcher "When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend." - U.S. Army training notice "Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate. From 30,000 feet, every single bomb always hits the ground." - U.S. Air Force ammunition memo. "If the enemy is in range, so are you." - Infantry Journal "A slipping gear could let your M203 grenade launcher fire when you least expect it. That would make you quite unpopular in what's left of your unit." - Army preventive maintenance publication "Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo." - Infantry Journal "Tracers work both ways." - U.S. Army Ordnance Corps memo. "Five-second fuses only last three seconds." - Infantry Journal "Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid." - Col. David H. Hackworth "If your attack is going too well, you're probably walking into an ambush." - Infantry Journal "No combat-ready unit has ever passed inspection." - Joe Gay "Any ship can be a minesweeper - once." - Anonymous "Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do." - Unknown Army recruit "Don't draw fire; it irritates the people around you." - Your buddies "If you see a bomb disposal technician running, try to keep up with him." - U.S. Army ordnance manual "It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed" - U.S. Air Force flight training manual Enjoy your English while you can..... The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5-year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English". In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter. There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter. In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away. By the 4th yer peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v". During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.

Yes, especially the pie.

My stories would scare ya'll. So I'll say this instead: "I turned into a flapping, pink and purple polka dotted vampire poodle and took over the universe with cherry pie. The End!"

Oh, oh, nononono. I listen as twice as much as I speak.

"Save Our Day" Sometimes life feels so empty that you forget to breathe Choking on your our emotions until you need To suffer no longer, to lift your head up high, To thank God for all His gifts before you say goodbye To hopes and dreams and bygone things But not matters of the soul, which with patience brings The penitent to rest in the arms of love Grant from our loving Father from above Perhaps thankfulness can fill regret and with patience our burden bare, For we can think of other things than what gives us not care We have the choice to loose our love and let it float away Or we can anchor it so our soul so that it will stay Our words can be of kindness, of love and repute Or we may let our scathing tongue rebuke Others who might have offended us this day Maybe we could take our enmity and with the sword of truth slay All that is ill that festers in our once-warm souls Where now pungent decay fosters and rolls On its dreadful way-or maybe, just maybe, we can look to the light to help save our day.

I'd drop dead before the first paragraph was past.

There is something that lights up your eyes when you taste the fruit of the gospel. It is a deep stirring, that fire of faith but to most, it is that spirit of constant peace among the swirling tides of a world that changes towards what looks like a dark dawn of evil. There is no more joy than doing that which brings eternal peace where you can have eternal increase. It is beautiful to partake of these things and though the gospel is not always easily understood, the truth of it can come unto you by that the Spirit of the Lord. I always find that when I am struggling, shifting between what choice is right and what is wrong, I find my answer in the scripture. And if it goes by for a long time and I know not my answer, I know that the Lord will grant it in His time and His manner. I can't say I've ever waited a long time for an answer. I can say that, indeed, answers have sometimes come quite easily but through no completely goodness of my own but goodness in the Lord. Sometimes we make our own answers--I'm guilty of making choices without realizing they were on my own terms sometimes. But still, the Lord is merciful to me. I hope to go on an LDS mission soon, since I'm already 21 so that I can share the gospel with those who need it. I hope to help bring others unto Christ and most of all, I want to show my love to the Lord by doing so. I will be honest, though. I need to loose some weight before I go, though. In the meantime, though, there is still much good to do. I have many purposes...now if I see those purposes or not will depend on how well I happen to be listening. Erk. O_o At any rate, I'm an artist and a writer. I have my own website and I am tired of iFrames. I live in the sticks, though I'm fine with that, and I am a self-taught pianist. I enjoy creating music, singing, dancing, horse back riding and other such things. I could say more but I shall not do so at the moment, as this post would become obscenely long, lol.

"The Road of Flowers" I saw two roads ahead–one of happiness, one of dread The one of ill looked so beautiful flowers draped upon its hills While the one of happiness was filled with rocks and steep rills Each one held its promise–one of easiness but emptiness One of truth, one solid and firm but required the sacrifice of self Could there be no easier way to the ones in which I desire? No, said I, I am the sacrifice this road doth require The scrubland to the heath and all is summer fair Slippery and dangerous will it be in winter’s care But so low in the valley as I climb this hill, I see that the road That once looked so beautiful is well-worn and dead Too many travelers have walked this road, too many their goals lost Too easily we look at autumn and think it’s summer when there is no frost We can be slow to hear and tread down that easily way that lead straightaway To the pits we call misery, terror, and most of all, despair; I would have walked that road too if I did not have one who does care So endearingly for me.