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Open Poetry #43

The Will to Be

scoff
Member

since 2008-07-04

Posts 71
Georgia

0 posted 2008-07-11 09:00 AM

I walk this lonely road
while far behind me,
lost in time's cryptic shadow,
are my fruitless dreams.

Cloud-darkened, storm-tossed,
a sullen, lowering sky
spurs my step along the path.
Silence reigns sublime
and speaks, eloquently,
of a long, quiet time
alone, the tears shed
alone, the dreams dead.

I walk this lonely road,
and softly, now,
my footfalls echo your leaving,
the hollow feeling
that remains.

Still my spirit yearns for peace,
for my mind to grant release,
the bliss of ignorance,
the stillness of nothingness
where limits hold not the will
To be, to be, to be....

Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even to the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Max Ehrmann

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

1 posted 2008-07-11 12:15 PM

quote:
Still my spirit yearns for peace,
for my mind to grant release,
the bliss of ignorance,
the stillness of nothingness
where limits hold not the will
To be, to be, to be....

Very deep and beautiful. Yes, just to BE is the secret.

Love,
Margherita

scoff
Member

since 2008-07-04

Posts 71
Georgia

2 posted 2008-07-11 05:22 PM

Thanks, Margherita.

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

3 posted 2008-07-14 10:38 PM

walk this lonely road,
and softly, now,
my footfalls echo your leaving,
the hollow feeling
that remains.

Still my spirit yearns for peace,
for my mind to grant release,
the bliss of ignorance,

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I'm understanding the feeling more than I care to.
Your poetry is very expressive and I like that,
even when it's sad, it's all good.

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