Time Unfortunately Tom Buckmaster- Karma1312 passed away today from lung cancer. Thank you Opuss and all Opuss users for your support. Michga- Michaela . X His dear friend.x

DREAM ON ! I had a dream the other night, it lasted until dawn, and when at last my senses woke, I stretched,began to yawn. I couldn't for the #life of me, recall that dream of mine, it merely passed the night away,it happens all the time. I know that dreams are part of #life,that linger in the mind , but will I have a dreaming state,when #life starts to unwind? And what if dreams are really #life,and #life is just a dream? It's far to much to contemplate, it makes me want to scream!

STAGED . If all the Worlds' a Stage, and each must play their part, will I be acclaimed,when at last I must depart ? Or will the World remember,that all I had to give,was merely the acceptance of the right I had to live. No stirring great heroics, no statue of my fame, indeed,no recognition in the mention of my name. For I am one of many, walking on #life's Stage, and each of us are waiting for #life to turn the page. And in the page of #life, will my time be but a #quote? or will it be worth perusing,for something there of note? And as the final curtain seems to hover o'er the Stage,we live a #life so mindful ,aware of the last page. It's really not the sands of Time that marks our passage through, it's pages from the Book of #life, which govern me and you. And if the page turns swiftly,our time on Stage is short, for there is no denying in it's pages we are caught. And if the Page turns slowly,and pleasure seems to last, always just remember, we're on Page from the Last !

PERHAPS ! I see myself through others eyes, truly,I am no great prize, Receding hair,a touch of grey, mediocre,most would say. Single for so many years, no romance to end in tears. Though I wondered every day,could true love ever come my way? I welcomed each weekend so free,just a few old friends and me. We'd hit the bars for just a few,then drift on to somewhere new. Perhaps enjoy a good night out,nothing much to boast about. We hit a Night Club in the Strand,heard they had a newish band. Lots of couples dancing there,dancing all,without a care. I looked around that happy throng, dancing to the latest song. My friends were dancing on the floor, and I'm alone,just as before. Then someone touched me on the arm , a gentle voice,so full of charm, "You look so lonely,standing there,perhaps a table we could share?" Usually diffident and meek,how easy it was then to speak. And so we talked the night away, unaware of breaking day. Hesitant to really part, our words were spoken from the heart. Infatuation?Someone new? How could I doubt the Love that grew. If Love.has offered me a test,only time can answer best. I wait for time to just elapse, is she"The One?" Perhaps,Perhaps!

PARADISE. Lottery,a game of chance? Fortune led me such a dance. I'd chanced my arm,a time or two, now there's scratch cards,some thing new. I went inside and bought a card,realisation hit me hard, the numbers on the card I bought,held the numbers I had sought. I couldn't quite believe my eyes, such a fortune,the first prize. There were times when I was poor,no one knocked upon my door. No one seemed to understand,I would have liked a helping hand. Now relatives,and so called friends, call around to make amends. They all come with their tales of woe, With avarice,and eyes aglow. But now I'm going to sunny climes, I will not listen to their whines, Paradise awaits me there, a #life of ease,without a care.