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		<title>Want</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[25 January 2012 Want &#160; I want to play in mud puddles and kiss you in the rain, my pinky holding your pinky, with nothing to explain. &#160; I want to wake up beside you and gently touch your face, expressing more with just a touch than words could ever say. &#160; I want to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplesplatitudes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9174030&amp;post=3428&amp;subd=purplesplatitudes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Puzzle</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[25 January 2012 Puzzle &#160; Finding two pieces that fit together takes forever &#160; but persistence pays off in the long run, truly for some. &#160; The picture begins to become complete for you and me &#160; and I think that we can solve anything that is puzzling.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplesplatitudes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9174030&amp;post=3426&amp;subd=purplesplatitudes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Farming</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[25 January 2012 Farming &#160; Hardened, fallow ground, tilled to possibility, Enriched by exposure to sunshine, gentle rain, The field is ripe for cultivation once again. So much begins from the potential of a seed, Yet nothing grows without struggling against some weeds So I toil from dawn to dusk but never complain Because I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplesplatitudes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9174030&amp;post=3424&amp;subd=purplesplatitudes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mushy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[19 January 2012 Mushy &#160; you know it doesn’t have to be today as long as you know all my days are yours from this moment through all my tomorrows from the first whisper until I must say I love you in my final dying hour could our love ever have that kind of power? [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplesplatitudes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9174030&amp;post=3419&amp;subd=purplesplatitudes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>There is a light</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[18 January 2012 There is a light &#160; There is a light within my darkened heart, a glowing ember, a faint tiny spark, just warm enough to melt the icy shell encasing a lonely, self-imposed Hell. As wholeness begins, almost overnight there is a light. &#160; Burn passion back into a dying flame, explore all, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplesplatitudes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9174030&amp;post=3416&amp;subd=purplesplatitudes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Air</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[18 January 2012 Air &#160; I am essential but always intangible felt by resistance &#160; a strange balance fury and caressing calm moving all the time &#160; my voice can be heard through everything I touch only through echoes &#160; listen, can you see the colors I paint within my quiet passing<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplesplatitudes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9174030&amp;post=3414&amp;subd=purplesplatitudes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Earth</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[18 January 2012 Earth &#160; solid and grounded an immovable center a firm foundation &#160; my security in a fluid changing world that pushes and pulls &#160; a reminder of my source and destination living in between &#160; sometimes it’s enough to reconnect with myself and learn to stand firm<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplesplatitudes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9174030&amp;post=3412&amp;subd=purplesplatitudes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Water</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[16 January 2012 Water &#160; a calming mirror reflecting my inner self deep calls unto deep &#160; silent communion a connection I desire more than anything &#160; from a gentle rain to the majestic ocean and all in between &#160; I could drown within the unfathomable depths and never return<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplesplatitudes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9174030&amp;post=3409&amp;subd=purplesplatitudes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fire</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[16 January 2012 Fire &#160; bitter winter cold drives me shivering into the warm fire within &#160; seeking the solace of the quiet dancing flames comforting my soul &#160; in this shared silence a million words are spoken as I learn to hear &#160; my own soul’s wisdom reflected within the flame’s illumination<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplesplatitudes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9174030&amp;post=3407&amp;subd=purplesplatitudes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pearl</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[13 January 2010 Pearl &#160; (Matthew 13:45) &#160; Lately, I have begun to realize all I truly need is always right there. I only see when I open my eyes how much I do not need to compromise. I like to conclude that life is not fair. Lately, I have begun to realize it’s just [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplesplatitudes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9174030&amp;post=3403&amp;subd=purplesplatitudes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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