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WindWalker
Senior Member

since 2001-10-12

Posts 1218

0 posted 2008-05-13 11:10 AM

I sat on a bench in the sun,
a wise wanderer came to me and said:
"I take life as it comes, catch the flow.
Did you notice life’s like being in a big river:
you don't swim upstream or you’ll drown, friend,
take a lesson from a piece of driftwood.
No struggle, just going along for the ride and yet,
an artist on the shore,
paints the scene and there it is:
in a gallery for all to see, yet still floating,
caught in the magic of light and shadow
by the magician in paints.”

“Just by being who I AM in this sunshine
I can heal the world, I can change
the kaleidoscope of life around this town.

Even if I know no one here,
I know all things inside my mind
and this knowing brings me to the edge of time.”

He slowly drank the coffee I bought him
and with a smile, he disappeared.

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1 posted 2008-05-13 11:26 AM

WindWalker,

This is a wise poem well constructed.

Bobby

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

2 posted 2008-05-13 03:58 PM

just by being who I am in the sunshine
I can heal the world...
Very true and wise, great lesson of life...

thanks

yann

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

3 posted 2008-05-14 12:15 PM

When I go to the beach I tend to meet a whole different type of people than your stranger. Like the time, years ago, that my family and I met Charles Manson and a couple of his "girls" at Seal Beach in their birthday suits. They were all tiny little people. Hard to believe they could cause so much destruction. I haven't met a wise philosopher...ever.
Ida

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

4 posted 2008-05-14 01:59 PM

WW - I think the wise wanderer you met was none other than yourself - right? Yes, we can heal the word but how many of us can be who we really are in this world? Enjoyed!

Helen

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

5 posted 2008-05-14 08:25 PM

two vastly interesting points:

“Just by being who I AM in this sunshine
I can heal the world, I can change
the kaleidoscope of life..."

AND:

"I know all things inside my mind
and this knowing brings me to the edge of time.”

Applause for this 'penning!!'

shyvl
Senior Member

since 2008-04-11

Posts 531
texas, usa

6 posted 2008-05-14 11:56 PM

"“Just by being who I AM in this sunshine
I can heal the world, I can change
the kaleidoscope of life " So true, if we all concentrated on the perfect being inside, there would be no problems to solve. Wisdom in every line. Pleasure reading
sharyn

"God made you as you are
in order to use you
as He planned" J.C. Macauley

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

7 posted 2008-05-15 11:36 AM

"“Just by being who I AM in this sunshine
I can heal the world, I can change
the kaleidoscope of life around this town."

~ If every man, woman, and child were of the same mind, our global village would shine ever so brightly!

I do so love to read your poetry, One Who Walks with the Wind ~ and who goes with the flow!

Love & Light,
EA

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

8 posted 2008-05-23 10:46 PM

and yet,
an artist on the shore,
paints the scene and there it is:
in a gallery for all to see, yet still floating,
caught in the magic of light and shadow
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

An there you have it!! This is quite a sight to behold.

I so enjoyed every single brush stroke, WindWalker~

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