For George, Julie and the other LIFE GUARDS out there...

Thank you, Gordon. Poetry sometimes eloquently speaks from the heart which prose can not.

Here is a poem I wrote last October. Actually, the words flowed from my pencil to my pad without me thinking them at all. I tweaked a little here and there but thats it.

This poem has framed my life since then, and now adorns refrigerators and journals around the country.

Enjoy.....

Now Begin
(c) 2000
Julie Jordan Scott

Beneath the degrees, titles, accomplishments,
What is inside, to be discovered at your core?
What is your unique and special spark?
Buried deep, neglected, chosen to ignore

Seeking to please whomever
Drowning out pure longings of your heart
Struggling, freezing, suffocating
Until finally, you choose to start

Whispers from the spirit
Souls songs from deep within
After dancing, stranger among strangers,
Claim it! Your life! Now begin!




Passion, Purpose, Poetry........