Thanks for everything that's good and true

DEFINITELY BETTER IF VIEWED LARGE ON BLACK

 

this is for all my fellow Filipino Flickrites (PK's, Flikristasindios and others) who have showered me with much love and goodness during my visit here in the Philippines. you have welcomed me into your hearts and homes with such graciousness, fed me, took me to great places, made me laugh and now i am saddened that my visit is coming to a close (in about a week). here's a poem, one i've always known by heart, and this one is coming from the heart:

 

what thanks can i presume to give

to you who live the gracious life of giving

of giving and receiving the golden gift of love

what i want to say today in this or any other way can never be expressed

it is best felt and understood in the small voice of gratitude

in thoughts, not words that one may have the will, but not the skill

to fashion and impart when all the loud and clouded hours are still

in the unvoiced responses of the thank-filled heart

the sudden start of the awakened pulse that quickens and exults

always remember this, thankfulness is a boon

a pleasant and a joyful thing to bring, a lasting pleasure for us to treasure

to relish and renew again and yet again

thanks for everything that's good and true: YOU

-Louis Untermeyer

Done