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MARK V SHELDON Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 3015In a corporeal internship... |
Don't search for meaning Where there's none to be found... Don't wait for lost love To come back around... Sometimes our expectations Crumble to the ground... Don't search for meaning Where there's none to be found... How can a pair of honest eyes Conceal the blatant Truth? How can the lips You loved to kiss Secure you with their lies? How can pure love be negated As if it was never there? How can bonds be severed And dreams untethered After all that had been shared? Don't search for meaning Where there's none to be found... Don't wait for lost love To come back around... Sometimes our expectations Crumble to the ground... Don't search for meaning Where there's none to be found... When did apathy Kill the passion dead? So much mystery Despite all that was said... Rapture turned to hurt... Trust transformed to doubt... Memories stained by the dirt... Is that what life's about? And there's no telling What the future holds... When you think you've got it figured out, Then a big surprise unfolds... Don't search for meaning Where there's none to be found... Don't wait for lost love To come back around... Sometimes our expectations Crumble to the ground... Don't search for meaning Where there's none to be found... (Copyright 2001 by: MARK V SHELDON) "If you think you know it all, you have a lot to learn." |
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Zinsser Senior Member
since 2001-02-27
Posts 1641Calif. |
"Don't search for meaning Where theres none to be found" Thats what drives me crazy.... There has to be meaning or all is for not and I can't (won't)live that way Can't seem to find the chapter that say's Connie this is just for you, here are all your answers and "your" meaning..... You and your darn words LOL Thank You |
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MARK V SHELDON Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 3015In a corporeal internship... |
Well... that may be one of the biggest questions of all: "Do things inherently have meaning in and of themselves, or do we as humans force meaning upon things?" I'll take the middle-of-the-road approach and say, "both". That's why every artistic piece is going to have a slightly different meaning to everyone who comes across it, which may or may not have anything at all to do with the creator's intent (this could be a pun if you capitalize the "C" in "creator"...), but that's also what makes art vehemently enjoyable and visceraly P.O.'ing. Anyways, regarding the chapter of which you speak... you know the old saying, "The book you can't find is the one you're meant to write"... GET TO IT!! ;-> -MVS "When you tell the Truth, you never have to remember what you just said." |
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catalinamoon
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
Mark, I think I will go with there is meaning in all of it. Just well hidden meaning in many cases. I can't help myself, I always have to search. Like this lots. Sandra |
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MARK V SHELDON Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 3015In a corporeal internship... |
Sandra: I believe "everything happens for a reason", but I question what percentage is our own focusing on a "self-created" reason rather than the bigger meaning which encapsulates our smaller ones... -MVS "When you tell the Truth, you never have to remember what you just said." |
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shadow974 Senior Member
since 2001-06-21
Posts 636Michigan |
I want to searh for meaning but there are so many possiblities that the meaning can not be found. Do not fear going forward slowly, |
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rascalx Senior Member
since 1999-08-25
Posts 590Florence, SC, USA |
I'm speechless! (and that is the highest compliment I can give lol) Have you ever been trying desperately to put what you're feeling about a particular subject (in this case, the aftermath of a broken relationship) into words, and despite all of your attempts, the poems just don't "do the trick"? Then you come across someone else's poem that says it PERFECTLY! That's what you have done here! Thank you for sharing this... now my muse will be quiet and find other things for me to write about! lol - Jeff |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Mark--people and circumstances change...it is good that life moves on and lessons are learned from it. Your poem sounded very lyrical to me..I could almost hum the tune. |
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Flutterwings Member
since 2001-07-10
Posts 288Maine |
Mark, I felt like I was on a very calm wave coming ashore. A gentle flow, but the voice was a bit angry and discouraged. Truth does that sometimes. A rhythmic read that I so much enjoyed. Loaded with wisdom and realism. Sometimes it is best not to know... and just go with the flow.. Great Write!!!!!!  Love and peace ((~.~)) |
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MARK V SHELDON Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 3015In a corporeal internship... |
Dan, the meaning actually can always be "found", but it's a matter of whether or not we are ready to acknowledge, understand, and accept it... We can only do our best at that point in time by having a pure heart and motives. Thanks for the read and thoughts. Wow, Jeff -- I am sincerely honored to have written something which can resonate with another than for whom it was intended. That is the magic and power of poetry and its "ripple-effect". I'm glad you enjoyed, though I feel for you in terms of having to relate to the feelings and experience I describe... May your muse guide you in positive directions. Hi Martie, thank you for your observations. This song is still in progress, but I'm happy to hear that the melody is "universal"! :-) Yes, as I've said before elsewhere, change is much easier when we learn to work with it, and I'm learning, but doesn't mean I always enjoy it, though... Thanks for the read and thoughts, Flutterwings. I don't mind "going with the flow", so long as I know it's not down a toilet or off the edge of a waterfall, but I guess that's half the adventure in life, right? Perspective is everything, I know, but sometimes it's good to simply acknowledge and express one's feelings in order to reflect on them and then procceed forward... -MVS "When you tell the Truth, you never have to remember what you just said." |
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