If I didn’t care
it’d be okay, I suppose.
If I didn’t care
maybe no one would notice – maybe.
If I didn’t care nothing would really change – after all.
The sun would still rise
The sun would still set
And life would still go on, I suppose.
But I want to care passionately
with all the love my heart is capable of giving.
And I want to care and want people to notice
because I notice them so intensely.
I want to care so much my heart will surely burst
with the caring inside
And when the sun rises, golden beams of light
pierce my heart with gladness
And when the sun sets
with such majesty and beauty
That the myriad of colors
bring tears to my eyes for the joy of it all.
I find I really do,
care!
Penny L Howe
The Why About This 
Lovely!
Thank you.
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When we care it may not be earth trembling but it is so valuable to the recipients.
Thank you Carl, I am aware of the pure value of your words my friend. Again many thanks. Sending hugs your way this day, Penny
Wonderfully beautiful, Penny.
that is just a beautiful poem, Penny!
Thank you. It seems that I am not alone when it comes to really cariing, I appreciate your compliment very much! 🙂
Hi Penny,
I nominated you for the Inspiring Blog Award. Congratulations! 😀 Link for instructions: http://astronomybythecosmos.com/awards/the-inspiring-blog-award/
Thank you Tina so much for the Inspiring Blog Award nomination, I appreciate you thinking of me for this. Congratulations to you also. Both for deserving the Award yourself but also for the outstanding job you’ve been doing on both your blogs. They are a pleasure to visit, my friend! 🙂
Nice. Caring is living. 😀
This is true Tina, thank you, 🙂
Your beautiful and moving poem reminded me the video. It was very touching:
Thank you so much for this video my dear friend. I watched and allowed myself to wander through and enjoy all things living. This video sums up my feelings and what I wrote, perfectly. I am most appreciative Amy, special hugs to you for your thoughtfulness. xx, Penny
How can we not care?
Thanks to you, Penny! hugs from me!
🙂
This one made me smile. I dropped in to see what was up– finally– and I’m happy I did; reading this poem lifted me up. I always can find time to care, no matter what it is that needs caring about. I like the way it comes together in the end. It didn’t feel rushed at all, and spoke its piece eloquently and with a soft beauty. Well done. Few to no sticky points, the words have a very natural feel to them throughout the work.
<3s,
Eris
Thank you Eris, high praise indeed, I am flattered and most appreciative for your comments. I can have trouble with sticky points (at least in my perspective) and if the flow isn’t there, I can be up half of a night trying to gently ease the words into what is meant to be seen in the minds eye. Again sincere thanks, Penny
Wow Penny – this is just fabulous… very passionate, and knowing you just this small amount (which feels like much more than that) — I know every word here is TRUE!! You clearly are one of the most compassionate caring hearts on the planet. Lovely to read your poetry — putting in my request for more 🙂 xxoo Sending Love ~
Thanks Robyn your words always mean so much to me. Isn’t it an amazingly wonderful and awesome oddity of how we’ve met and I also feel as if there has been this whole passage of time that we have known and shared and (yes yes yes) will continue to do so. I do care, I shall diligently work on some more poetry a line from one of my favorite movies of yesteryear…as you wish! Sending love back your way xoxo, Penny
I think people would notice Penny, I can think of more than a few.
Lovely poem, thanks for brightening the day 🙂
love n hugs xxx
Hello Nick, Good evening. Thank you for such extremely nice compliments. Your words to me have brightened my monday morning! love n hugs back! 🙂
you are a lovely caring person and very cared for as well. ((Hugs))
Thank you len, you are also a very warm, gentle and loving person. It makes me appreciate your caring comments even more. Again, thanks, my friend, sending you hugs of gratitude, Penny xx
This was definitely a Penny poem. Well done! You are absolutely a caring person. We can’t help but come back and visit your site… Cozy place. hugs ~ Wendy
Wow, a Penny Poem. I’ll have to think on that a while, thank you so much for saying such nice things. I am so flattered and honored by you. Thank you, sending much love you way today, Penny
Nice poem.
Something tells me though that there’s no person out there that doesn’t care.
Thanks Rosy, I so totally agree with you on that one! 🙂
Beautiful Penny. This piece really speaks to the essence of who you are.
Thank you LuAnn. What a very nice thing to say, Just felt a little poetic yesterday, the muse you know 🙂
lovely poem. I like the sentiment behind this poem a lot
Thank you very much. It is something I happen to have strong feelings about, however in reality I think there isn’t ever a moment when I would question the honest value of caring. Thanks again, Penny
So lovely, I especially love the rhythm of the first 4 lines, I reread those aloud a couple of times.
Thanks Letizia, that ol’ fella muse just snuck in while I was thinking about something quite different. The very next thing I knew I was just going with the flow. Isn’t inspiration a wonderful thing. It just pops up out of nowhere some times, Thanks again, Penny
Beautiful! Every word!
Thank you, I really do appreciate you. You do have an an artists eye (your beautiful photographs)so your compliments mean a lot to me, again thank you, Penny
What wonderful words!
Given me an idea for a poem. Nothing I have ever done before. Poetry is not me. How weird.
You really do care, Penny and that’s what makes you, you. It’s what makes you a great person.
Hi Mondrak, hope your Monday has been a good one for you, thank you for your very kind words. I really do appreciate you, you know. Okay if I’ve got this right,I may now look forward to some lovely shots of the Cliffs of Dover and a poem. How infinitely cool is that, my friend. 🙂
Good morning (for you 😉 )
Definitely. Still trying to put that poem together, but Christina’s one that I read this morning, a poem fairly screamed at me. I took some photos this morning of the cliffs from my balcony. Had my nephew here until a couple of hours ago, and I can’t manage the walk down the road and across the road to come back up the road at the moment. Where I need to get to is less than 30 metres away, but I need to walk about ¼ mile to get there. That’s the problem when you live right beside the docks.
No worries Mondrak, I am a very patient person. I would wish that I could live near the docks as you do, Obviously I agree regarding Christina’s poem. Her talent is just streaming out isn’t it? It is a healing balm for her and to see her smiling so much lately, is wonderful. 🙂
I imagine it is. With September closing as well, she will be able to have so much more peace when *they* have moved states. She has done well to keep going. A testament to you as a mother.
Thank you very much for that. Mondrak It helps that she is a strong person inside herself with some excellent values about people and life.
When you write a poem, how long do you have it sitting on your desk, changing it?
Well that depends. Sometimes it just comes out and Voila, and other times I’ll keep changing and changing and changing and can’t seem to get it to be what I want. I used to have the same problem when I painted. I’d actually leave the room and then come back and turn the painting upside down (I know weird) in the hopes that a different perspective would make the difference. Do you know that Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) book about Tom Sawyer stayed in his desk drawer for over ten years because he kept changing the draft and just didn’t think it was good enough?) Again I think what helps me most is changing my view (as in literally in real time) looking out the window, doing another task, the muse inside keeps working away inside helping to “get it right” so when you come back to it, there you have it. And sometimes it’s already ready, you are just too close to your creation to see it for yourself! 🙂
I’ve just been letting my fingers work. It’s got to the stage though where they are asking me for ideas lol. Just remembered to save it, as I doubt I could remember it again.
I used to do artwork as well. I brought loads of books and pencils, but it’s something that hasn’t taken off for me at the moment. I see something in my mind that when I close my eyes, it looks good on paper, but when I open them and actually draw it, it ends up looking like a 2 year old got hold of the pencils hehe.
Yes I do understand that particular feeling, it is frustrating too! 🙂
A lovely poem, Penny. A great read to start my morning. Lovely photos.
Have a lovely day.
Thank you so much Tracy for your compliments, I do appreciate them, I hope you day is a good one for you as well. Make that an extra good one! 🙂
It was, thank you.
your’re very welcome.
Lovely poem and I agree with every word!
Thank you for very much, you know how sometimes you’ll be thinking about something randomly and then that little creative muse inside of you starts composing and you just have to go with the flow. That happened here! 🙂
Yes! I do know and I’m glad you let your muse have her way!
Yeah, no holding her back when she gets going…:)
😀
Thank you for very much, you know how sometimes you’ll be thinking about something randomly and then that little creative muse inside of you starts composing and you just have to go with the flow. That happened here! 🙂
Very nice. Thank you. 🙂
I do appreciate you,it’s a very beautiful poem with a full feeling.
Thank you so much for your lovely compliments. I find I appreciate you also! hugs to you my friend, Penny xx
I am very pleasure to make friends with you,My name is Lisa,I am a Chinese
Thank you for the sharing of your name with me Lisa. China is an amazing country with so much richness of culture and people. I am honored to have you as a friend, Lisa 🙂
The same to me.Thanks a lot.
Your welcome my friend!
I think we meet a lot of people that care, but they just don’t know how to express it or are embarrassed to say something. We may think that it is a weakness to show some emotion of
caring.
Caring does not always mean we can solve problems or change a situation. Sometimes caring is a smile or a firm handshake or just an “I understand”.
I think also we need to be receptive to people that are showing care. We may not always be able to tell our problems or troubles to someone. But it could be a relief to just say…”Thank you. I know that you care.”
So Penny. Thank you. I know that you care.
thank you meme, I do appreciate you so much.
What are we doing up in the middle of the night? lol
That is a lovely poem, full of feeling. 🙂
It was one of those “moments” where it just sort of spilled out, Thanks, I appreciate your kind words. 🙂
Fantastic, Strongly speaks your heart and soul
and much lovely Penny, I love this
Thank you Stefan so much. I appreciate your kind and generous words.
Beautiful Penny 🙂
Thank you Dory, Hope all’s well at your place! 🙂
That was lovely.
Thanks maggie, you know how those things go, sometimes the muse sneaks out and before you know it you’ve written a short little piece, 🙂