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Richy
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 3050

0 posted 2012-10-12 05:09 PM

The train rails tried, to tie down
progression

Across a scape of land
and lush

But sometimes the farther
forward we go
the closer the
ward
of our state goes
back

Tracks of our mind
always have two
sides

The beauty of choice
is being able to,
decide

We should always be able to
come
or to go

To stops where honesty
is unpopular,
but safe

Where the standing
of our body
is immune, of limitation

Under blue skies
clear
of confinement

Shining on diversity
safe,
from servitude

All across,
our notion

And the leeway and latitudes
where reign,
is free

Where we can hear harmony
of our own, accord

And where the math of justice
always equals,
equality

A declared nation in dependence
of liberties

Let that
be prerogative and let that,
be so

As this is the oxygen,
a just spirit,
must breathe

When sometimes the only thing left,
is our rights

No one can be loose
when another’s,
held down

And so I continue under shades of
uncertainty

The beauty of naked hope
glistening,
in my wake

Draped behind curtains
of my calling,
to live free

Tethered by cloud I keep high,
above me

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2012-10-12 05:14 PM

Can't say that I followed everything you opined, Richy, but one thing came out loud and clear and that I agree with . . . "to live free."

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Richy
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 3050

2 posted 2012-10-12 05:19 PM

who doesnt want that right

thanks buddy for your time and comments

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

3 posted 2012-10-12 08:54 PM

living free...It means so many different things to so many different people. For me it is feeling like I always have a choice and a say so and someone else's choice and say so can't take advantage of me.

I enjoyed your poem and picture very much

lori

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

4 posted 2012-10-13 03:05 AM

So true, Richy.

latearrival
Member Ascendant

since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

5 posted 2012-10-13 03:13 AM

I have been reading you lately.I think you took a leave of absence for a while.Good write as only you can do it. thanks.

Tethered to a Star

When I was young, I sometimes felt
that I was tethered to a star,
that did not seem to wander far.

I visioned one day I'd be free,
and wonderd of my destiny
with my luck, stuck in some tree.
Still tethered!

jo perry /latearrival March 14 2006

Richy
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 3050

6 posted 2012-10-13 01:10 PM

thank you Lori for dropping in.. always glad to hear from you...

Richy
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 3050

7 posted 2012-10-13 01:12 PM

glad you payed a visit Diana and left a comment.. i thank you

Richy
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 3050

8 posted 2012-10-13 01:16 PM

hi Jo.. yes im one of those wandering poet types.. soon enough ill be on my way again.. but the farther i travel the road always does seem to lead me back here..

loved your poem.. it makes me think that you dreamt that you were a kite perhaps or maybe a seed adrift from a dandelion getting caught up in a branch..

thanks for your friendship, its always great to hear from you again

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

9 posted 2012-10-20 01:57 PM

quite a lot to ponder

I am most curious about the positioning of your commas

would you mind enlightening me

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

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