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MorningStar
Member

since 2009-10-26

Posts 290
Pittsburgh, Pa

0 posted 2013-03-13 01:42 PM

It may be a bitter pill to swallow
    As the truth sometimes is
But that won't change the facts

Although I tried to absolve myself
Saying,
    This isn't what I wanted
    I didn't choose this for myself

I liked to imagine myself at the whim
Of the cruelest of masters
    Chance and circumstance

Saying to myself
This was thrust upon me
    By those with the power
    And the right
    To make these types of decisions

The justifications
    And the whitewashing
Continued for quite some time

But in truth,
    In all truth
When my time came
    As everyone's always does

I didn't choose anything else

And even though
I would have liked to tell myself otherwise
    In order to maintain my illusion of
    nonaccountability

Not choosing
Is a choice
    In and of itself

"I'll tell you how the sun rose
A ribbon at a time..." - Emily Dickinson

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2013-03-13 02:06 PM

When you said this . . .

quote:
Not choosing
Is a choice
In and of itself

. . . you put the power of choosing or not choosing into your own hands.

I so liked this poem. You played with words the way words are supposed to be played with. Congratulations on a fine poem.

~*~ If they give you ruled paper write sideways . . . ~*~

MorningStar
Member

since 2009-10-26

Posts 290
Pittsburgh, Pa

2 posted 2013-03-13 10:15 PM

Thank you Jerry! Just trying out a new brutal honesty and self reflection. We'll see how it goes...

"I'll tell you how the sun rose
A ribbon at a time..." - Emily Dickinson

MorningStar
Member

since 2009-10-26

Posts 290
Pittsburgh, Pa

3 posted 2013-03-13 10:18 PM

Thank you Jerry! Just trying out a new brutal honesty and self reflection. We'll see how it goes...

"I'll tell you how the sun rose
A ribbon at a time..." - Emily Dickinson

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

4 posted 2013-03-13 11:58 PM

Enjoyed the thoughts here...James

Victoria

Member Ascendant

since 2000-08-12

Posts 5869

5 posted 2013-03-14 08:51 AM

Nicely done MorningStar and I read some of your other poems in the archives as I have never read you before...I enjoyed them all.

~Victoria

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

6 posted 2013-03-15 12:08 PM

Very nicely done on an old and well used saying, my friend... enjoyed your piece.

j.

MorningStar
Member

since 2009-10-26

Posts 290
Pittsburgh, Pa

7 posted 2013-03-15 02:36 PM

Thank you both very much!

"I'll tell you how the sun rose
A ribbon at a time..." - Emily Dickinson

Lighthousebob
Member Elite

since 2000-06-14

Posts 4725
California

8 posted 2013-03-15 05:49 PM

Some things are very very difficult to wrap our heads around and really do take extra concentration and time to sink in before they become, um, "reality" and, um, yeah, whew, especially those things we're "expected" to be accountable for. I liked your transparency here.

MorningStar
Member

since 2009-10-26

Posts 290
Pittsburgh, Pa

9 posted 2013-03-15 11:22 PM

Lighthousebob - I certainly took my sweet time... But I think I may yet get it right! Thank you

[This message has been edited by MorningStar (03-16-2013 12:03 AM).]

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