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It is not good for men to get all that they wish to get. Whatever our desire wishes to get, it purchases at the cost of soul.

quote by Heraclitus
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It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul.

quote by Heraclitus
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If Only Wishes Were Horses, Part 3

I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish
But if you wish to wish the wish the witch wishes,
I won't wish to wish the wish you wish to wish.
I'd wish like you - like you do
and the wishes of ours would surely come true
If only wishes were horses!

I dream to dream the dream you dream to dream
But if you dream to dream the dream the dead dream,
I won't dream to dream the dream you dream to dream.
I'd dream like you - like you do
and the dreams of ours would thus come true
If only wishes were horses!

I desire to desire the desire you desire to desire,
But, if you desire to desire the desire the deer desires
I won't desire to desire the desire you desire to desire.
I'd desire like you - like you do
and our desires would really come true
If only wishes were horses!

I choose to choose the shoes you choose to choose,
But, if you choose to choose the shoes the Jews choose,
I won't choose to choose the shoes you choose to choose.
I'd walk in your shoes - your shoes of success
And then I'd have no stress,
If only wishes were horses!

I love to love the love you love to love,
But if you love to love the love the losers love
Then I won't love to love the love you love to love.
I'd love you and the world,
I'd love you more than itself the word,
If only wishes were horses!

I would, anyway, wish or dream or desire or choose or love like you do
BUT it surely would come true
If only, if only, if only wishes were horses!

poem by Comfort Ndlovu
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Uncollected sales taxes on Internet purchases cost the states more than $16 billion in 2001.

quote by Bill Delahunt
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If One.....

if one word
could change the world,
i'd say it,
and go home.
if one action
would stop the wars,
i'd do it,
whatever the cost.
if one intent
could change the way
we see each other,
i'd follow it
to my grave.
if one desire
could feed the hungry,
it would be,
my only desire!
if one life
would pay the cost,
that brings freedom,
and equality to all...
i'd pay the price today!

poem by Eric Cockrell
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If You Must Limp Alone Across the Finish Line

If you must limp alone across the finish line,
Do it and be proud.
You have no challengers to win this race.
Goals you've chosen,
No one can deface or cheapen.
Or replace your dreams with their wishes.

You have already won your prize.
By keeping your eyes focused.
And remaining unvictimzed by fear.
You were able to fight it off.
And it did not cost you a thing!
But initiative.

You are to be congratulated.
What you desire,
Is so close.
So near.
So very clear.
Just choose to see it!

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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The Life that we are part of

one life
one soul
shared by
entities

all added
up to one
larger life

the river
freezes
because it
it is telling
the sun
not to go
too far

the moon
hangs out
in the night
because
it wishes
to share
the secrets
of the sun

the cloud
comes down
as rain
because
it wishes to
share with
all the glory
of the sky

the trees
bear fruits
because
it wishes
to thank all
for giving air
as well as
hellp spread
their kinds

the sky is
thunder and
lightning
because
it wishes
to throw
a balance
between earth
and sky

the world is
getting hotter
because
it wishes
to tell us
we have gone
against its order

poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
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Swift Desire

rising from the eternal fire
fire of agony fire of desire
felt its wrath in me for once
impulses of ecstasy, say once a month? !
spark froze desire lost
ruined for aspiring at a huge cost
put to sleep will u please
that poor soul let it cease
to exist; unlamented let it pass
to the land hereafter, a spell was cast........

poem by Rohit Vijay
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Sonnet- State Of Today’s Man

No Man is happy being what he is;
No Man is satisfied with what he has;
No Man has soul ready for Maker's Bliss;
No Man hard-works, his life on earth to pass.

All men keep searching still for things unknown;
All Men all life keep wanting something more;
All men are certain, nothing they can own;
All men try opening yet, a newer door.

What Man invents brings lesser good than thought;
What man finds new is something old, resought;
What man purchases is already bought;
What man doesn’t is to think again somewhat.
And strangely, Man keeps asking where God is?
He knows too well that Science is not his Bliss.

poem by John Celes
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Today, the Federal minimum wage purchases less than it has at any point in the last 50 years. Let me repeat: The Federal minimum wage purchases less than it has at any point in the last 50 years.

quote by Alcee Hastings
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Our Industrial Society

Our industrial society makes
Insatiable demands upon us all.
It is organized in a way that takes
Our souls and puts them in a shopping mall.
Our actions are reduced to what they cost;
Thoughts, diminished to impulse purchases.
Yet, it is implied that nothing is lost—
We are being provided services.
Is our life made better as a result
Of such factory-constructed progress,
Or is our infrastructure an insult
That controls us through the want of excess?
I fear humanity may be destroyed.
I also fear I may be paranoid.

poem by Tim Stensloff
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A good gesture

Good morning and followed by evening
Whole day to play with very good innings
What can be good in preparation of meal?
If we don't enjoy it in real

There may be earnest desire
I can only praise and admire
There may very good dishes
It is all that I can hold as wishes

It has something to do with your hospitality
It is pure gesture to friend as humanity
Who does it all as mere formality?
It is nothing but fine quality

You invite the friends with view to cater
It may be proved soon there after
Your affection and wish may certainly reflect
It may speak more about your generous act

Serve them well with nice and sweet words
You may have gratitude there after words
They may not speak word in anticipation
It is your humble desire and participation

It is gathering strength with fine gesture
Friends may find comforts and reassure
Their whole hearted feeling for sure
It has dedicated love to be very pure

poem by Hasmukh Amathalal
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Good For Your Soul

Have you ever felt that somehow
You were not yourself
That your body was the same
But everything around you wasnt right
And images so strange and foreign
Flooded in like raging water
Have you ever been in love
With someone you hardly knew
Whereas every time you closed your eyes,
You saw this person come alive
It kept you wide awake at night
You felt like you were burning up
In pain, you want to scream
Then you passed out in a dream
Chorus
Just once or twice is good for your soul
Just once or twice is good for your soul
If you dont stop, youll lose control
Just once or twice is good for your soul
Every lay there half asleep all hours of the night
With some nagging demon tugging at that tiny bell
Inside your mind
When suddenly that strange idea
Bursts into an inspiration
You grab for it and then
The whole thing slips right through your fingers
Chorus
Just once or twice is good for your soul
Just once or twice is good for your soul
Just once or twice is good for your soul
Just once or twice is good for your soul
Its good for your soul
Its good for your soul
Its good for your soul
Its good for your soul

song performed by by Oingo Boingo
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The Scale Of Desire

My scale of desire is very long
My wishes and longings are very strong

I wish for love, peace and more
I wish everywhere there must be a store

of care, kindness and good feelings
With fairness and honesty in all dealings

I wish everywhere to see the tree
Of smile and cheers that must be free

Of the thorns and weeds of pain
That creates touchy feelings in the brain

And I wish this because I have a long
Scale of desire that is strong.

poem by Seema Chowdhury
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THE COST...by Talile Ali

V1
ALWAYS AVOIDED FAME
AFRAID TO PAY THE COST
LOSS OF FAMILY
FRIEND'S WHO ALL ARE LOST

THERE IS NO DENYING
THE NEED TO SERVE IS STRONG
THE COST OF SERVICE EXPENSIVE
THAT'S NOT TO SAY IT'S WRONG

CHORUS
BUT IT'S THE COST
IT'S THE COST
GOTTA PAY THE PIPER
OR ELSE YOU'LL BE TOSSED
IT'S THE COST

V2
LOVE IS PLAIN AND SIMPLE
HEART IS STRONG AND TRUE
EPIPHANIES ARE FLOWING
WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU

SO I WRITE AND PERFORM
AND YOU SEE MY NEED
TO DO THIS HERE SERVICE
FOR EVERYONE'S THAT'S PLEASED

JAM FOR 24 BARS

CHORUS
BUT IT'S THE COST
IT'S THE COST
GOTTA PAY THE PIPER
OR ELSE YOU'LL BE TOSSED
IT'S THE COST

FADE OUT

poem by Talile Ali
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on my Love

on My love
I wanted to shed my pride
I want to push away all my wishes
I want to let go of my desire
I want to reach my soul journey
my sincere when it all my suffering

You only love of my life is

poem by Sari Mavi
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The Good

Even before she held you tight to her
and murmured softly, isn’t that just good? —

before you learned to hear, and speak, and spell
and comprehend the concept of the Good –

your soul already hungered for the Good it loves,
never to be quenched in its desire;

as your beloved cat, who in the day
manipulates affection, but at night

becomes a ruthless predator to feed its catness;
so your clever, cunning, hungry, godly soul;

even when your adolescent heart falls flat
at beauty’s vision in a human form

soul whispers (unattended to) : now here’s the truth:
that even beauty’s borrowed and must be refreshed..

so soul may take a lifetime, till the mind
whose aid it seeks to find itself the Good

arrives; and sighs a lifetime’s sigh; and rests;
and soul, which knows no failure, place, or time,
shines out to prove it never went away;
nor shall, nor can; her elsewhere light, our day.

[From Plotinus, Ennead VI 7,31,17-31]

poem by Michael Shepherd
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Sonnet: Things Can Happen Fast

One move that’s false can cost a man his life;
One mortal sin can deny soul, Heaven;
One vain desire can land a man in strife;
One blunder made can land in jail some man.

Wary must be a man in earthly life,
In choosing aims and friends and things he’ll do;
Scary is life whenever comes some strife;
All evil acts attract punishments due.

One split second can change a sinful heart;
Remorse/ penance can win a soul, Heaven;
The state of soul matters when you depart;
’Tis Purgatory or Hell for sinful men!

A prudent man will always keep his soul;
To reach Heaven will be his only goal.

poem by John Celes
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Leave Everything

Leave everything to his wishes and will
Nothing matters more how do you feel?
We use energy in wrong direction
Otherwise who bothers for our action?

Give a fair trial to your own judgment
Do all good that is expected without any comment
You may have everything you desire
He is there to look after and admire

poem by Hasmukh Amathalal
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Climb to Heights

Motivate and inspire...
Those with an insight,
Who desire to climb to heights.

Lift their spirits with best wishes.
This excites.
And delights the ones...
Wishing to achieve,
With a purpose done that is perceived.

Bombarded are people like these,
By some who would rather see them...
Fail and fall down on their knees.
Yet...
Wanting to please,
Can pressure expectations.
And devastate those sensitive.
Who wish to give themselves with impatience.
Since this is the life for them that is lived.

Wanting to please,
Can keep a mind awake at night.
And discouraged with no appetite.

Wanting to please,
Can isolate good intentions wished.
And leave those thoughtful,
Giving up on their gifts.
And this does not produce,
For them or anyone...
One single benefit.

Motivate and inspire,
Those with an insight,
Who desire to climb to heights.

Lift their spirits with best wishes.
This excites.
And delights the ones,
Wishing to achieve.
With a purpose done that is perceived.

Those wanting to believe,
What they do is for you!
And caring less about themselves,
As much as they do for for you!
And/or someone else.