Inside Out (poem) by Annabel Sheila on AuthorsDen

Reviewed on February 27, 2011

To let go of the youthfulness of your mind is to let yourself get old. Hang on to youth as long as you possibly can. May God bless you every day of your life.

Daniel

Reviewed by Barbara Terry

Reviewed on February 24, 2011

We must never get too far from our childhood. My childhood ended when I was 12 years old. But I still hold the dreams I dreamt, and will still see my life's goal completed. I agree that to return to the days of our youth, all we have to do is open our eyes and "see" those wonderful days of yesteryear. Always keep those rainbows and butterflies close at hand, and never let them go. Jesus told us that to enter the kingdom of heaven we must be like unto a child. He is telling us never stray from our childhood. Adults who are realists in this world, will never know what they are missing, because they have forgotten their childhood and how wonderful is really still is.

Before the dark days came, I was a happy girl, chasing rainbows and butterflies, and catching snowflakes on my tongue. I built snowmen, and went sledding, ice skating and a wonderful time. Then the sky darkened for me, and I was not to see light until years later when I regained my faith in God our father, and His son Jesus the Christ. Looking into our childhood is like looking in to a magic mirror. When our mind's eye sees how happy we were, then we are like unto a child. OMG! LOL. Look at me rambling on and on like some little school girl. But you know I'm proud to be that little school girl. Thank you for sharing, Anna.

May the Lord Jesus bless you, and those whom you love, and be with you always, and at your side constantly. With much love in my heart, joy to the world, peace on earth, & ((((((((((MANY WONDERFUL SISTERLY HUGGGGSSSS)))))))))), your little sister, Barbie

Reviewed by Jms Bell

Reviewed on February 24, 2011

TO BE 'YOUNG AT HEART' IS A BLESSING. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT SONG BY FRANK SINATRA? THIS WORK REMINDS ME OF THAT. I'M WITH YOU...I'M GOING TO DREAM, HOPE AND PRAY...'TIL THE VERY END. NO ONE CAN TAKE FROM US WHAT GOD GIVES US SO FREELY....'FAITH'!!! LOVED THIS ONE. THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS & FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Christine Alwin

Reviewed on February 24, 2011

I so agree...and I am telling you my Grandgirls let me relive so many wondrous things, a constant reminder we should always play~

Reviewed by C. McGovern-Bowen

Reviewed on February 24, 2011

Oh, very well said, indeed, Annabel!
Carolyn

Reviewed by Felix Perry

Reviewed on February 23, 2011

I recall back in my younger days taking a few phsch courses and one of the books that was heavy in our curriculum was the one about us all having child teen and adult personnalities that remain with us for most of our lives and your work captures that beautifully. I like to think that I will never lose the ability to wonder like a child, laugh like a teenagar and cry like an adult.
fee

Reviewed by Regis Auffray

Reviewed on February 23, 2011

I agree, Annabel; and that is why I do not mind at all when I am told time and again that I never "grew up." Love and best wishes,

Regis

Reviewed by Diana Wiles

Reviewed on February 23, 2011

Oh how I love this..it is exactly how I feel also! A beautiful and uplifting poem...
Hugs, Diana...

Reviewed by TONY NERONE

Reviewed on February 23, 2011

Very insitefull, and done so very well.
Namaste
Tony

Reviewed by Lonnie Hicks

Reviewed on February 23, 2011

Ah, how true and this our salvation.

Reviewed by John Bidwell

Reviewed on February 23, 2011

Really beautiful- we all relate I see.
John

Reviewed by Mary Lacey Desertrat

Reviewed on February 23, 2011

Annabel,

How true. Youth and dreams never die, unless we let them. Beautiful poem.

Mary

Reviewed by Chantilly Lace (Reader)

Reviewed on February 23, 2011

Oh my...love this sweet lady ....I feel like that too ..sighhh...stay safe and well..enjoy your life... we are all just passing through this world...Hugsss

Reviewed by Christine Tsen

Reviewed on February 23, 2011

Beautiful Anna ~
I've been thinking about this lately. I think we have to have old-fashioned determination and be a little crazy so we can make these dreams come alive...so many out there just don't believe anymore, and they think a rainbow or a sunset is just to look at. I think they are for grabbing hold of with comic abandon. I myself don't care for being reasonable.
Love this one...thank you!
Blessings,
Christine

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader)

Reviewed on February 23, 2011

Yeah, I hear you Anna. My thoughts go back to childhood, some of those thoughts are good, some not so good. I have heard many, many people say and write that if they could go back in time they wouldn't change one thing of their past. I call them all liars. I like the way you ended this poem.

Reviewed by Mark Lichterman

Reviewed on February 23, 2011

I was speaking to my fifty-three year old son yesterday and he said to me that mentally he feels no different than when he was in his twenties, and I told him that I, at age seventy-six, still feel much the same as I remember feeling in my thirties. When one is a child, the years move so slowly but the older a person becomes, the years seem to fly by. Very good poem, Anna, my friend.
Mark