IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=215 BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" background="0440eb82ermwup.jpg"> <bR> <bR> <div> ''HE STOPED LOVING HER''</div> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-485/hestopped.mid" autostart="false" width="145" height="70">  </div> <div> SOUND CONTROL</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="guestbook.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GUESTBOOK">GUESTBOOK</A></div> <bR> <div> BACK TO :</div> <div> <A HREF="ideals.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ideals"><B>''IDEALS'' SELECT</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="ideals.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ideals"><B>PAGE''</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>*****</B></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="food for thought 3 homepage"><B>HOME PAGE-3</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>*****</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 style=" border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" background="043b85f1ermwup.jpg"> <div> <B>FOOD FOR THOUGHT IDEALS</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=385 width="100%" colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME</I></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="304" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 656 WIDTH="300"><div> <B>I'm waiting for my ship </B></div> <div> <B>which hasn't yet come in;</B><B> </B></div> <div> <B>but in my heart I know it won't be long,</B><B> </B></div> <div> <B>for even as I pine of this dream boat on my mind,</B><B> </B></div> <div> <B>the echo of its steam horn sings my song!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Now, in my anxious view</B><B> </B></div> <div> <B>as I gaze across the blue,</B><B> </B></div> <div> <B>I see her silhouette against the sky:</B><B> </B></div> <div> <B>where across horizon's zone with a cargo all my own,</B><B> </B></div> <div> <B>she's bringing home to me - "my piece of pie!"</B><B> </B></div> <div> <B>There! beyond the foam, I glimpse her coming home-</B><B> </B></div> <div> <B>steaming on to fill these goals of mine.</B><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I'm caught up in a trance and the butterflies all dance</B><B> </B></div> <div> <B>as she speeds along across the brine.</B></div> <div> <B>And soon I'll ride her bow and we'll sail on here and now</B><B> </B></div> <div> <B>and brush away the ocean's spray;</B><B> </B></div> <div> <B>and when she carries me to my port of destiny-</B><B> </B></div> <div> <B>I'll be king of my domain -as winners say!</B></div> <div> <B>William E. Hardison</B><B> </B></div> <div> <B>(copyrights recorded)</B></div> <div> <B>  <div align="center"> <div style="padding:0px; border:1px solid #999999; width:235px; margin: 0px;background-color:#F2F4FA;"> <form action="http://pub2.bravenet.com/elist/add.php" method="post" style="margin:0px;"> <div style="background-color:#DBE0F5;padding:3px;font:12px arial;color:black;"><b>Join the Mailing List</b></div> <div style="margin:10px; font: 11px arial; color: black; text-align:right;"> <div style="margin-bottom:5px;">Enter your name and email address below:</div> Name: <input type="text" name="ename" size="25" maxlength="60" /><br> Email: <input type="text" name="emailaddress" size="25" maxlength="100" /><br> <input type="radio" name="action" value="join" checked style="border: 0px;"/>Subscribe  <input type="radio" name="action" value="leave" style="border: 0px;" />Unsubscribe  <input type="hidden" name="usernum" style="border: 0px solid black; height: 0px; width: 0px;" value="126720699" /><input type="hidden" name="cpv" style="border: 0px solid black; height: 0px; width: 0px;" value="1" /> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="GO" /></div> <div align="center" style="margin-bottom:5px;"><a title="Free Mailing Lists from Bravenet.com" href="http://www.bravenet.com"><img src="http://assets.bravenet.com/cp/bn-elist.gif" alt="Free Mailing Lists from Bravenet.com" border="0"></a></div></form> </div></div>   </B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="outdoor_wonders.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="OUTDOOR WONDERS"><B>NEXT POEM</B></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>