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TEARS = 2022 **
Tears are the raindrops of the soul
And there's one for all who die.
They are the silent words of grief
As they fall free from the eye.
The shortest verse in the Bible
Is the one where Jesus wept
So, if you hold back tears, shed them
When your pain is too harsh to accept.
Tears are lovelier than a smile
When they come from those you love
As they seek relief from sadness
When you're summoned from above.
Tears are a love-mates humble gift
When it's time to say goodbye
Though the eyes are wet and swollen
With time and patience they dry.
By Tom Zart Most Published Poet On The Web
RIP to the Queen of Canada. She was our Queen for almost half of our 153 year old nations' history. And we are immensely proud to have her as our sovereign and head of state. Long lived the Queen. Dieu Sauve le Roi!
In a box
Not to be insensitive but what a coincidence that the Queen's death is now the biggest distraction to pull everyone away from the Hunter Biden story, as we get closer to uncovering the global ring of criminals.
BREAKING GRIM NATION NEWS…
Listen, to get to work and not having a car, every morning at 4:00 a.m. I had to leave out my apartment and walk to work. All the guys leaving bars or clubs or just out looking for trouble was all out around that time. The thing is when I was going to work the most dangerous person on the street at that time was me because I had everything on me and at reach. Your biggest fear in this world should always be a… POINT-A to POINT-B kidnapping. My worse fear is being in somebody else complete control of Mercy or Cruelty. Every woman should have a pocketknife in her back pocket when she goes out. To attack or cut hand restraints. Then you have something called time and space. Somebody moving close to you…you have to notice {Time} put your pocketknife in your hand and open it when the person is coming at you no matter how you are moving. You move left, he moves left, you move right, he moves right. A person has to get close to you to attack you and that's your tell sign. { Space } Play it out in your mind a thousand times so your body don't freeze.
Black Panther…. { Don't Freeze } Last. do hospital damage or what I like to call "tagging" No matter what happens you want this person to have to go to the hospital. Even if your life is lost, you can save countless others. Best thing is…don't put yourself in this position in the first place. They got exercise gyms with a running track. Don't be a sheep in a world full of wolves.
Don't reply without a sub ………….GRIM
ding dong the witch is dead!
The tweet by Uju Anya…not very respectful…can we have comments from ABC news..
firs thing charles did when he was certain mummy was dead…grabbed kate and meghans arse, winked at the cameras, and yelled " ITS GOOD TO BE DA KING!" (history of the World Part 1)
Excuse me Sir/Madam
Are you saved?
If you died tonight are you going to heaven?
Only Jesus
when the doctor has a more photogenic profile than the tv reporter 🤷
Ukraine flag? Know time and place you morons.
No one cares
I wish her a speedy recovery. 🤣 🤣
So disrespectful putting the Ukrainian flag down, oh now I'm the monster right? Time and place you npcs
May she Walk In Beautiful Field of Reed's Forever 👑
Experiencing the most profound sense of loss, I was thinking earlier about how I could explain this unfathomably deep British relationship with the Queen to my friends in other countries.
I realized that it's so very difficult to convey because no comparable frame-of-reference exists for most peoples and nations.
The Queen herself was adored. She transcended anything one could ever feel about a political leader or a celebrity.
Even whilst some in Britain objected to the monarchical system on ideological grounds, or just bitterly resented the privilege of others, there was invariably respect and admiration for the woman herself. Many of whom are acutely realizing that now, as the loss becomes appreciated.
The Queen was our life-long figure head; always there when grandmotherly comfort was needed. Stalwart stoicism when strength and resilience was required. Congratulations when success and joy had to be celebrated.
She was unsullied by the grubbiness of politicking. She imposed no favor with certain peoples or ideologies. She did not compromise morality for any practical expediency.
Untarnished and unswerving, we could always look to her always for direction. She united. She moderated. She calmed. She showed us duty and morality. She cared, and inspired us to care.
We knew, always, that she served and represented us – the people, her subjects. As unwavering as any written constitution. She counselled our elected political leaders accordingly. They heeded her wisdom and experience. There was no question of ulterior motives, alternative agendas, disingenuous interpretations or corrupting influences.
She earned our trust and faith through her actions: consistent and unwavering as generations came and went. She earned our loyalty and service, as a people, because her unrelenting loyalty and service to us was never in doubt.
She led the nation with purity of purpose; above and distinct from the tarnish of having to manage the country politically.
She was singularly our expression of pride. Our Stars and Stripes and our Star Spangled Banner. Her ancestors were our Founding Fathers.
She was, in essence, like the greatest president; but from birth to death, absent the divisions of politics or the ambitions of power.
She never courted popularity. There was no ego. Her critics and detractors went unanswered; except, through her actions; a ceaseless commitment to the duty she swore to uphold. She gave no interviews to defend herself. She never sought attention as an individual. She didn't crave to be loved by the public. She kept her personality private, never utilising it as a tool to sway and charm people's opinions and beliefs.
She was our living constitution; existing to safeguard us against the worst potential excesses and corruptions of elected government.
She represented us around the globe and we felt, deeply and personally, the reverence and respect she earned from the greatest leaders of nations.
She was the living embodiment of our patriotism.
We swore our oaths and allegiance to her, as others might to their constitution. Soldiers, sailors and airmen marched to war under her colours, wearing her insignias, willing to fight and die for what she represented: the nation, the people, selflessness, sacrifice and the legacy of a millennia.
The police, the judiciary and courts, the government itself; all its departments and agencies, existed and operated in her name and under her authority. They served Her Majesty, as she expected and ensured; dutifully in service of the people.
Yet we knew she was human. She never endeavoured to suggest otherwise. All who met her spoke of her humility, warmth, interest and care. She engaged people and made them feel special. She was also as fallible as anyone else, a mother and wife; which only made her more relatable and inspiring.
She had no ambition to her status. It was never more than the heaviest weight upon her shoulders. She neither strove for power, nor did she wield power with any personal gratification or pursuit of self-interest.
We recognized the personal sacrifices she made out of sworn duty to us, her people; knowing that few of us could or would tolerate the same.
While she embodied an ancient aristocratic class system, it was her very nature and actions which taught us that nobility was truly a status of virtue, not an inheritance. If aspiration to nobility was the British dream, it was her example that showed us we were free to pursue it.
She was a positive constant in every facet our daily lives. So seemingly permanent and enduring that, inevitably, we took it for granted. We could never imagine her loss; even whilst knowing it was inevitable.
To hear the news of her passing yesterday was beyond immediate processing. It was not merely the stunned shock of upset surprise.
One had to first digest and appreciate what she had been to us.
As that slowly happens, a palpable sense of visceral emptiness and void grew inside. The depth of loss is spiritual, profoundly personal and indescribably fundamental. It only deepens as the hours pass.
If you see tears form in a Brit's eyes, know that they come from deep in the soul.
We grieve for the woman, but we mourn losing something far beyond just a beloved person.
And then???
Thus it hath pleased Almighty God to take out of this transitory life unto His Divine Mercy the late Most High, Most Mighty and Most Excellent Majesty Elizabeth the Second by the Grace of God, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Christopher and Nevis, Anguilla, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands, Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, Turks and Caicos Islands and of Her other Realms and Territories, Duke of Lancaster, Duke of Normandy of the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey, Lord of Mann, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, Head of State, Queen in Parliament, Fount of Justice, Supreme Governor of the Church of England, Head and Commander in Chief of the British Armed Forces, Sovereign of the Most Honourable Privy Council, Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Sovereign Head of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, Sovereign of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Sovereign of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick, Sovereign of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Sovereign of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Sovereign of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Sovereign of the Distinguished Service Order, Sovereign of the Imperial Service Order, Sovereign of the Order of Merit, Sovereign of the Royal Victorian Order, Sovereign of the Order of the Companions of Honour.
Okay nobody care
All these people. She never cared about them. She lived off them.