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Virgil
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

0 posted 2001-01-07 09:53 PM


Where Are Those

There are those
Who through their own power and drive
Do choose their destiny and purpose
As well as put off all mortal desire.

There are those
Who strive to achieve such reveries;
With concentration so impenitent
That they adjourn every earthly longing.

There are those
Who manage to attain their goals;
And in so doing have invited into their life
Even more corporeal wants than before.

There are those
Who act upon this new-found temptation;
Having done so, they have lost all–
Their purpose and principles destroyed.

But! There are those
Who do refuse these lustful lures,
And do see such a loss beforehand;
In turn, they keep their values with their power!

...If only there were those...


© Copyright 2001 Joe Longpre - All Rights Reserved
jeremydraul
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since 2000-08-01
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State of Despair
1 posted 2001-01-07 10:52 PM


great thoughts you've written here
i really liked the ending...
keep writing
best wishes

~JDR

"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation." -Oscar Wilde

Allan Riverwood
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2 posted 2001-01-08 07:58 AM


I love it!  Keep up the good work!
Dopey Dope
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3 posted 2001-01-08 12:17 PM


Nice one here virgil. Wonderful thoughts. I liked it.


I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust.

I'm in love with my shadow
I admire it daily

Lakewalker
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since 2000-08-05
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4 posted 2001-01-08 05:41 PM


Great job of telling all of this, the poem is really good!

"Disagreements stimulate thought, thought stimulates action, and action stimulates life." --Lakewalker
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