Activities of DONALD SCHUSTER

I am fortunate.

Of all the faces I have seen,
The places I have been,
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Wild eyes—and faces ashen grey
That strain through lofty prison bars
To see the everlasting stars,
Then turn—to slumber as we may:
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How wonderful, that
Her heart
Should show me kindness;
And of all the numberless folk,
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Luxury is knowing our end is shorter than our beginning, we can see things from the mountain top not the valley.
So much knowledge has washed beneath us we did not slow long enough to listen.
We were told to reach for the stars. Gravity is but a road bump along the journey to riches and reward, conflict is but a test one we need to make us stronger to ward off life's woes, it was said to build a shell so hard it will defend against the strongest winds. Were these lessons bad? No, but incomplete.
Our lives were not storybook tales, or the offspring of playwrights or movie makers. We were not exceptional heroes. But simply the masters of everyday stagehands.
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I slipped into the room waiting
For the silence to appear
To hear silence is strange
A weightless thing
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I see you standing there. For the tenth time,
perhaps, I've looked over at you. Sometimes,
I catch your gaze. It has been a while,
hasn't it? We used to talk every day;
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There was a time --
not so long ago --
when you saw me
and you would smile;
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A word will fill the little heart
With pleasure and with pride;
It is a harsh, a cruel thing,
That such can be denied.
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A soldier's quest,
His was the best of stories,
a star among the brightest
His path was covered with hope
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She,
In the dark,
Found light
Brighter than many ever see.
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