For the citizens of the Gulf Coast States, who've lost so much.
Come back to your first love, the reason you moved here in the first place. She's calling to you from the depths of her being, wanting you home. Her songs, much bluer now, since you left; no reason to sing no more. The food she cooks sits on the table, waiting for you to return. The accent you found so endearing, silent now; as are her tears. Her family is gone, scattered to the four winds; you're all she has. Come back to your first love, the reason you moved here in the first place.
Beautifully said Karla, rebuilding is a long process, and it takes help...
love and peace, Carole
Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader)
Reviewed on April 5, 2006
Kinda hard to "com back" when there are no support systems, i.e., schopols, hospitals, bus service, and a number of other bare necessary things to be able to live life. The recovery process seems to have stall, especially in New Orleans, back to the same old whine. There have been college kids come down on their "spring break" to help clean up the city. Each and every time they have shown them on television, you never see anyone from the city working alongside them. That says everything.
Compassionate and beautiful write Karla! We can only hope and pray that it can be rebuilt. The forecast for this hurricain season isn't good. We must pray diligently! Weather patterns are in a very destructive mode.
Love
Eileen
Hurricane season is fast approaching again & it is said to be as bad if not worse than last...hopefully they all stay in the atlantic this year...that coast has given more than she deserves...Ed
a splendid invitation to rekindle what was lost ... with help from concerned citizens and a lot of determination (as well as funds) from the gov't, the gulf will be reborn again ...
Nice poetic invitation, Karla! I'm sure some of those folks will be back. With the spirit of cooperative effort, the building will be done with community of spirit, which will raise the walls quicker so that the roofs may be attached for all of those to gather under a new town. Blessed Be.
You BET N'Awlins will arise better and bigger than before! God bless her and her people; may she return stronger than ever! Wonderful write of hope and promise; very well done, Karla! BRAVA!
(((HUGS))) and much love, your twin sister, Karen Lynn. :D
I lived there while setting up a gallery a few years back and I made a lot of friends. One of my clients there just got back from New Orleans where his company had a conference. He said Bourbon Street was full of construction workers and people there to help make New Orleans whole once more. He said he didn't find many natives. It is a sad cord that this news struck with me. New Orleans is an entity all within herself...a foreign country in our country. She has her own charm, her people spoke a language all their own and the food, religion and passion was all a part of her charming radiance. I can't believe for a minute that this spirit is broken. I believe in my heart that New Orleans is merely in a recuperative state and she will bounce back with her jazz and blues and talent. Thanks for the poem. It gave me reflections into why I found NO to be a friend.
Susan
Karla
A beautiful and evocative offering..
I believe New Orleans will be even greater than before, when all the restoration work is done and completed, and God willing a new spirit of community and love in its inhabitants..
Love and Blessings
Peter
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love and hugs, Birgit and Roger
love and peace, Carole
Peace. Joyce
Homesickness was never expressed so oloquently and from the home's perspective. Mournful plea - triumphant expression.
Peace and (((Hugs)))
B
felix
Love Tinka
Full of emotion and hope.
Rhonda~
Love
Eileen
so will her citizens of the "Big Easy" return when
they finish her makeover
Love & Peace
William
You BET N'Awlins will arise better and bigger than before! God bless her and her people; may she return stronger than ever! Wonderful write of hope and promise; very well done, Karla! BRAVA!
(((HUGS))) and much love, your twin sister, Karen Lynn. :D
Susan
A beautiful and evocative offering..
I believe New Orleans will be even greater than before, when all the restoration work is done and completed, and God willing a new spirit of community and love in its inhabitants..
Love and Blessings
Peter