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Things Everlasting |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! 
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Things Everlasting Pale sunlight on a broken wall dances with the shadows in this place the forest now reclaims, among these ruined hills that time has forgotten and through the grand, solemn calm and stillness just beyond the twilight dawn, where Spring slips by silently without a thought or care. One must wonder who lived and died here and what was the meaning and purpose of their brief-candle lives, much of which were likely spent in laying stone on stone upon stone. Let us hope that they and we have 'built' some things far less tangible but perhaps ever- lasting with compassion, tolerance, acts of random kindness, and most of all unconditional Love. --- b. e. adams (5/31/2014) |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
hello, secondhanddreamer, this makes me consider ruins (even roman ones) as temporary artefacts, in comparison of the vasteness and eternity of nature, so people must see beyond their human constructions and cooperate with mother nature,the essence of poetry means that too, I hope i didn't misconduct my reading neither far beyond the beauty of the poem yann |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
no ... yours was a MOST excellent reply and perspective on this 'write' ... thank you! |
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wordancer Senior Member
since 2000-07-30
Posts 809VA |
Ah, the impermanence of all that is built. There is no real meaning but the kind hand that we leave on each other. A thoughtful write. |
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Redstart Senior Member
since 2014-05-16
Posts 535 |
The laying of stones will always be our legacy, but if the less-tangible bequests that you mention can rise above their antonyms, they will tell more about us to future generations than archaeology ever could. |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
let us hope they can indeed "rise above their antonyms" as you so aptly put it ! |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
thanks so much to each of you for your most kind comment/reply posts on this 'write!' |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
a pleasure to read...James |
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amk377 Member
since 2009-08-11
Posts 58South Carolina |
Sensational writing?? "If you can dream it, you can achieve it" |
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