Quietus ~

faded the flower

and

all its budded charms

faded

the sight of beauty

from my eyes

by

John Keats

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~ quietus ~ 

origin Late Middle English

abbreviation of medieval Latin

quietus est ‘he is quit’

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death

release from life

archaic something that

has a calming or soothing effect

Buying Spring ~

winter

was

 getting long

 beauty bought

 brought

a reprieve

in the depths of winter

I finally learned

there was

in me

an invincible summer
Albert Camus

Two Pennies ~

when you have only two pennies

left in the world

 buy a loaf of bread

with one

 and a lily

with the other

Chinese Proverb

 sustenance

for

body and soul

~ ~ ~

"important"

Alleluia ~

He is Risen!

May you know

the joy

of

His Resurrection