Richard L. Ratliff Quotes

#1. Life is the night sky
All the dots of stars are happiness

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#2. Urban callused feet
Walking barefoot on the beach
Worn smooth by the sand

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#3. subway stations...
passengers who token through life

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#4. Your words on the screen are my color palette
I dip my brush into your words and paint you
On the sky, on the ceiling, on the snow; on the tablet
Of things eternal : love truth beauty happiness

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#5. I'd keep your beauty timeless.
like a flower pressed in a book, yes
I wouldn't let it fade
Folded in the chapters of my mind

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#6. Time is passing : not leaden stepping
But sprinting on winged feet,
Quick silver slipping by.

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#7. God is my superman
I tug on his cape:

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#8. If you build it well, a satisfaction comes
An honor to say I built that with fidelity,
Purpose, value and integrity

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#9. As the sun sinks
It casts that silver bridge
Across the lake

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#10. I love wearing a well tailored suit.
Strutting in my sartorial repute.

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#11. I guess she was a life line
Sewing our family fabric together
From me to dad to her
Gave me a sense of continuity
Especially when my daughter was born
As she was slipping away

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#12. Each day is always breaking out anew
Aspirations swirling round what you do

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#13. May is green and pink and red

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#14. May your union be filled with love
Annealed by passion
Built on a strong foundation
And tempered by time

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#15. The moon blows kisses to the evening primrose

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#16. I am daily learning
To be the reluctant guardian of your memories
There was light in those eyes; I miss that

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#17. Thankful another tomorrow greets
As I drink from cup of time
And prepare to lock the door behind me
and leave it to others

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#18. Your kiss swallows me
And engulfs my very soul

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#19. I tend the flowers of my mind
Watering our memories as they bloom

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#20. There is nothing to fear
From your reflection

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#21. When you build a house
You nail down memories
Paint and stain the fabric of time

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#22. Fathers and daughters have a special bond.
She is always daddy's little girl.

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#23. Demolition derby
Duck tape works wonders

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#24. A trim and tan bikini clad Aphrodite

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#25. You have been the pillow
I lay my weary soul upon

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#26. You read my words and instantly we are both connected

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#27. She is a smile in the dark

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#28. Snow
While falling it hides your passage
When finished it documents your path

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#29. Daffodils are yellow trumpets of spring

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