<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2251757122472591774</id><updated>2012-02-15T23:40:59.957-08:00</updated><category term='cultural'/><category term='Puerto Rico'/><category term='lost'/><category term='love'/><category term='grandma'/><category term='death'/><title type='text'>True Success</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmoorestruesuccess.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2251757122472591774/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' 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scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Puerto Rico'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cultural'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lost'/><title type='text'>La India Bella de Puerto Rico</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;She clothed herself in righteousness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;She bathed herself in Love&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;She crowned her head with honor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Her Strength came from Above&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;She walked and talked with Angels &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Her children called her Blessed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;La India Bella de Puerto Rico &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Has now gone home to rest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2251757122472591774-7095535265242085284?l=mrsmoorestruesuccess.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmoorestruesuccess.blogspot.com/feeds/7095535265242085284/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmoorestruesuccess.blogspot.com/2010/02/la-india-bella-de-puerto-rico.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2251757122472591774/posts/default/7095535265242085284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2251757122472591774/posts/default/7095535265242085284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmoorestruesuccess.blogspot.com/2010/02/la-india-bella-de-puerto-rico.html' title='La India Bella de Puerto Rico'/><author><name>mrmoore6+4</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12870657315454470831</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JPdQn51rtlI/SyFLu_PJUqI/AAAAAAAAACY/Ierur1WIV5w/S220/Picture+040.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2251757122472591774.post-6265728616778003259</id><published>2009-12-10T12:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-10T12:06:25.941-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Poem: Honor Among Thieves</title><content type='html'>Honor Among Thieves&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is no honor among thieves&lt;br /&gt;For all men lie&lt;br /&gt;As they hide thier insecurities&lt;br /&gt;Behind Walls of false pride&lt;br /&gt;Thieves they are&lt;br /&gt;As they steal from&lt;br /&gt;Hearts so willing to give&lt;br /&gt;They speak of love&lt;br /&gt;ut it is not for love&lt;br /&gt;That they live&lt;br /&gt;They live for self&lt;br /&gt;On a mission to quench&lt;br /&gt;A desire unquenchable&lt;br /&gt;For no woman could ever Suffice or satisfy&lt;br /&gt;A love so fallible&lt;br /&gt;Beware, young maiden&lt;br /&gt;These thieves seek not&lt;br /&gt;Monetary gain&lt;br /&gt;Only lonely hearts&lt;br /&gt;To add to thier collection&lt;br /&gt;And seal thier reign&lt;br /&gt;Thieves who wish to be&lt;br /&gt;Kings&lt;br /&gt;Over Broken hearted Queens&lt;br /&gt;Dethroned, by lies of love and memeries of broken dreams&lt;br /&gt;Seeking heroes&lt;br /&gt;As these thieves proclaim to be&lt;br /&gt;Perhaps I could be like them&lt;br /&gt;A cold hearted women&lt;br /&gt;Stealing the hearts of men&lt;br /&gt;Using beauty and wit to draw them in&lt;br /&gt;Perhaps I could learn to&lt;br /&gt;Speak lies As they do&lt;br /&gt;But what would it&lt;br /&gt;Profit me to act a fool&lt;br /&gt;I am not like you&lt;br /&gt;I am what I am&lt;br /&gt;Creation of love&lt;br /&gt;Woman of honor&lt;br /&gt;Leaving the past behind wth all it's pain&lt;br /&gt;A Queen&lt;br /&gt;With or Without a King&lt;br /&gt;I shall Reign!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2251757122472591774-6265728616778003259?l=mrsmoorestruesuccess.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmoorestruesuccess.blogspot.com/feeds/6265728616778003259/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmoorestruesuccess.blogspot.com/2009/12/poem-honor-among-thieves.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2251757122472591774/posts/default/6265728616778003259'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2251757122472591774/posts/default/6265728616778003259'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmoorestruesuccess.blogspot.com/2009/12/poem-honor-among-thieves.html' title='Poem: Honor Among Thieves'/><author><name>mrmoore6+4</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12870657315454470831</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JPdQn51rtlI/SyFLu_PJUqI/AAAAAAAAACY/Ierur1WIV5w/S220/Picture+040.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2251757122472591774.post-5968756669073869484</id><published>2009-12-10T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-10T12:03:17.523-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Poem: I am desire</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=189299863046&amp;amp;1&amp;amp;index=2"&gt;I am desire By Maggie Moore&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am desire incarnate&lt;br /&gt;Spawn from the belly of a beast&lt;br /&gt;A Progeny of sinful deeds&lt;br /&gt;I am desire personified&lt;br /&gt;The impious, licentious creation of dust&lt;br /&gt;A shameless, brazen, image of lust&lt;br /&gt;Created by manipulation and exploitation of trust&lt;br /&gt;I am a duplicate, counterfeit, fake ass version&lt;br /&gt;Of someone else’s pain&lt;br /&gt;My counselor, mentor, professor of shame&lt;br /&gt;Taught me, trained me, qualified me&lt;br /&gt;To wish for, to yearn for, to need more&lt;br /&gt;Of his touch&lt;br /&gt;But I was just a child&lt;br /&gt;Too blameless, too guiltless, too ingenuous&lt;br /&gt;To lust&lt;br /&gt;I was a block of clay&lt;br /&gt;Molded, fashioned and formed&lt;br /&gt;By the dirty hands Of little boys scorned&lt;br /&gt;That knew what they should not have known&lt;br /&gt;And so I’ve grown&lt;br /&gt;I have multiplied and intensified&lt;br /&gt;From a spark into a flame&lt;br /&gt;Unbridled passion that cannot be tamed&lt;br /&gt;Still playing the hand Of another man’s game&lt;br /&gt;A rampant, prevalent, blatant fire&lt;br /&gt;Consuming, awe-inspiring, passionate liar&lt;br /&gt;Cynical, exhausted, jaded and tired&lt;br /&gt;I am crushed, shattered, broken and bruised&lt;br /&gt;I am cast-off, recycled, worn and used&lt;br /&gt;I am smashed, crashed, damaged and destroyed&lt;br /&gt;Invalidated, negated, barren and void&lt;br /&gt;I am a product of someone else’s pain&lt;br /&gt;Playing a hand in someone else’s game&lt;br /&gt;Carrying the weight of someone else’s shame&lt;br /&gt;Game over&lt;br /&gt;I am throwing in my cards,&lt;br /&gt;Lord Deal me anew&lt;br /&gt;Heal me, restore me, make me like you&lt;br /&gt;Mold me, fashion me and form again&lt;br /&gt;Into a mother, a wife, a lover and a friend&lt;br /&gt;Into a rampant, prevalent, blatant fire&lt;br /&gt;Liberated Emancipated Released entire&lt;br /&gt;Forgiving and Forgiven&lt;br /&gt;I am desire&lt;div 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desire'/><author><name>mrmoore6+4</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12870657315454470831</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JPdQn51rtlI/SyFLu_PJUqI/AAAAAAAAACY/Ierur1WIV5w/S220/Picture+040.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2251757122472591774.post-8885957296342145859</id><published>2009-12-10T11:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-10T12:00:09.900-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Poem: Living a Lie</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=225916003046&amp;amp;1&amp;amp;index=1"&gt;Living a Lie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I live a lie that tells me I am in control&lt;br /&gt;As i search relentlessly for someone to hold&lt;br /&gt;In the dark of night as my soul grows cold,&lt;br /&gt;just hold me&lt;br /&gt;Hold me!&lt;br /&gt;Though you know me not&lt;br /&gt;In the morning when he is gone and my soul does beg&lt;br /&gt;before night arrives again, and loneliness falls like a plague&lt;br /&gt;Just hold me&lt;br /&gt;who ever you may be&lt;br /&gt;Hold me!&lt;br /&gt;You seeLoneliness is my affliction&lt;br /&gt;But the warmth of his arms as i breath in his scent&lt;br /&gt;that is my addiction&lt;br /&gt;And so i become everything that i am not&lt;br /&gt;To be all that he needs me to be.&lt;br /&gt;for the moment so that he does not leave&lt;br /&gt;Until the sun rises and i am free&lt;br /&gt;and in the rare accurence that he does return&lt;br /&gt;i will fan his flame until fire burns&lt;br /&gt;and his flesh yearns for mine,&lt;br /&gt;till the sun shines and he must leave&lt;br /&gt;though his hands caressed my loneliness&lt;br /&gt;and satisfied my need&lt;br /&gt;the momentary satisfaction of what he did in deed&lt;br /&gt;love him i cannot&lt;br /&gt;for love will cause my heart to bleed&lt;br /&gt;and so he must leave&lt;br /&gt;and i remain in the condition i am in&lt;br /&gt;As I walk with the weight of the guilt of my sin.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2251757122472591774-8885957296342145859?l=mrsmoorestruesuccess.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmoorestruesuccess.blogspot.com/feeds/8885957296342145859/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmoorestruesuccess.blogspot.com/2009/12/poem-living-lie.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2251757122472591774/posts/default/8885957296342145859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2251757122472591774/posts/default/8885957296342145859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmoorestruesuccess.blogspot.com/2009/12/poem-living-lie.html' title='Poem: Living a Lie'/><author><name>mrmoore6+4</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12870657315454470831</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JPdQn51rtlI/SyFLu_PJUqI/AAAAAAAAACY/Ierur1WIV5w/S220/Picture+040.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2251757122472591774.post-5558992178408686225</id><published>2009-12-10T11:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-10T11:57:51.484-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Poem: Woman</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=235449403046&amp;amp;1&amp;amp;index=0"&gt;Dedicated to my husband&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am woman&lt;br /&gt;From the rhythmic sway of my large curved hips&lt;br /&gt;To the sensual swoop of the curve of my back&lt;br /&gt;from the powerful words that exude from my lips&lt;br /&gt;to the hands that provide without lack&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;from the deep set eyes that pierce your soul&lt;br /&gt;to the feet that walk behind you by just one step&lt;br /&gt;from the ego building submission that makes you whole&lt;br /&gt;to the self educated intelligence that gives me depth&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It makes me no less of woman because I love my "Man"&lt;br /&gt;it took nothing from me to help him stand&lt;br /&gt;I have no ego: so it did not break me&lt;br /&gt;To put my hand in his and let him take me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God knew when Adam took the fruit from Eve&lt;br /&gt;that these hips had the power to decieve&lt;br /&gt;He knew that her walk could hypnotize man&lt;br /&gt;that she could cause him to fall, rather than help him to stand&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But God also made woman extremely wise&lt;br /&gt;to use the wisdom of her heart and not the movement of her thighs&lt;br /&gt;To let her husband wear his God given crown&lt;br /&gt;To build him up and not tear him down&lt;br /&gt;To serve him and know that she is not his serv-ant&lt;br /&gt;To give when all her giving is spent&lt;br /&gt;To rise up when she would rather lay down&lt;br /&gt;To know that she too, is wearing a crown&lt;br /&gt;To know that in order to be a Queen&lt;br /&gt;She must allow her Prince to become a King&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am woman&lt;br /&gt;From the rhythmic sway of my large curved hips&lt;br /&gt;To the sensual swoop of the curve of my back&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And...I...am...yours&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2251757122472591774-5558992178408686225?l=mrsmoorestruesuccess.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmoorestruesuccess.blogspot.com/feeds/5558992178408686225/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmoorestruesuccess.blogspot.com/2009/12/poem-woman.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2251757122472591774/posts/default/5558992178408686225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2251757122472591774/posts/default/5558992178408686225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmoorestruesuccess.blogspot.com/2009/12/poem-woman.html' title='Poem: Woman'/><author><name>mrmoore6+4</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12870657315454470831</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JPdQn51rtlI/SyFLu_PJUqI/AAAAAAAAACY/Ierur1WIV5w/S220/Picture+040.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2251757122472591774.post-6106647930089595610</id><published>2009-12-10T11:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-10T11:52:19.708-08:00</updated><title type='text'>True Success</title><content type='html'>I have my own definition of success derived from my own life experiences.  I believe whole heartedly that success is not measured by what you possess in life but rather by who you are and how far you have come.  It doesn't matter if you were born from wealth or poverty, it only matters if you have risen above the circumstances and jumped over the hurdles that have tried to impede your growth. Aging happens to all of us, but growth happens only for those who seek it.&lt;br /&gt;I was however, wondering how others define success. I am looking forward to an in depth conversation regarding this matter. Thank you for your help.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2251757122472591774-6106647930089595610?l=mrsmoorestruesuccess.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmoorestruesuccess.blogspot.com/feeds/6106647930089595610/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmoorestruesuccess.blogspot.com/2009/12/true-success.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2251757122472591774/posts/default/6106647930089595610'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2251757122472591774/posts/default/6106647930089595610'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmoorestruesuccess.blogspot.com/2009/12/true-success.html' title='True Success'/><author><name>mrmoore6+4</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12870657315454470831</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JPdQn51rtlI/SyFLu_PJUqI/AAAAAAAAACY/Ierur1WIV5w/S220/Picture+040.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
