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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2012-03-28 02:17 AM

I’m back from wherever I went
to be a pillar of strength
for the days of my life
but sometimes I do remember
I did it, I did it, I did.

So now I am into time and a half
for the reconstruction process
but the pay is below subsistence level
and the rewards number zero.

So when in the zone of the below
counting zeros from morning to night
perhaps it behoves us all
to relax into our memories.

What was done can be done again
and it’s not a question of strength
but simply to get to the place
of knowing and trusting the process.

It’s a process, you see, a long process
to build from the bottom up
and though pillars crumble again, again,
we still have the tools of construction!

Helen / 28 March 2012

ebonygirl
Member Elite

since 2011-07-14

Posts 2000
California U.S.A

1 posted 2012-03-28 02:48 AM

WONDERFUL POEM,
Reminds me of someone who said,
"Never give up, never ever give up!"
Churchill, would have loved your poem too.
Ms. E

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

2 posted 2012-03-28 03:28 AM

Thanks, Ms E! I don't suppose we ever really give up - just perhaps change what we focus on.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

3 posted 2012-03-28 05:59 AM

"What was done can be done again
and it’s not a question of strength
but simply to get to the place
of knowing and trusting the process."

Ab-so-lutely!!!!

You must have that attitude, or everything fails. Good for you.

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

Nicole
Senior Member

since 1999-06-23

Posts 1835
Florida

4 posted 2012-03-28 08:41 AM

we still have the tools of construction!

YES

It's so difficult sometimes to use those tools, but they are always there.

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

5 posted 2012-03-28 09:23 AM

Thanks Jerry and Nicole. Now where did I put "them there" tools?

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

6 posted 2012-03-28 09:43 AM

You make it seem so simple...

IT IS!

Enjoyed your write!!

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

7 posted 2012-03-28 11:00 AM

It is always good to welcome a Poet "home again...home again..."

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

8 posted 2012-03-30 12:08 PM

Nice...James

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

9 posted 2012-03-30 12:21 PM

Thanks for the read JL, Sunshine and James. Much appreciated.

aujussy wolf

Senior Member

since 2003-08-09

Posts 1215
Michigan

10 posted 2012-03-30 01:16 PM

Yes! Reconstruction after the towers crumble, and relaxing into memories. Some can never be replaced like the great pyramids and athens but they can be admired as for they were once almost unimaginable structures, powerful monuments once newly constructed themselves. Wonderful poem!
~Wolf

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