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secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

0 posted 2012-04-19 02:15 PM

    leaps of faith
  (what a 'poet'
   must 'believe')

Despite all the sham,
cynicism, and broken
dreams of the past,
I must simply trust
that all cynics become
‘believers,’
when, by the magic
of happenstance
or accidental miracles,
they find someone or
something to ‘believe in.’
Such a man and a women
together in new love ...
become fully 'real'
  and limitless.

          ---      b. e. adams  4/19/2012
                   (in defense of love,
                      Romanticism, and
                      'taking chances')

[This message has been edited by secondhanddreampoet (04-19-2012 09:46 PM).]

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2012-04-19 02:29 PM

I was that cynic, Bruce, but it happened to me. Better late than never as they say. This is a profound undertaking you have given us with this latest gem of a poem.

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

Nicole
Senior Member

since 1999-06-23

Posts 1835
Florida

2 posted 2012-04-19 03:21 PM

Despite all things, there must still be hope. I know that I take the simplest, yet most profound, things for granted in light of the daily hum drum - but it is reminders like these that allow people the opportunity to readjust their priorities.

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

3 posted 2012-04-19 03:26 PM

I think all poets are dreamers. We sense the magick. What would life be without hope.
Ida

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

4 posted 2012-04-19 07:33 PM

I can't imagine not hoping or dreaming, even after being slapped in the face so hard, your cheeks switch sides.

Now, if we were to qualify hope --- it's an awfully wide gamute; from eternal life, to death, so everyone can have hope --- but what one is hoping for . . . well, another subject I guess...

j.

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

5 posted 2012-04-22 07:10 AM

quote:
Such a man and a woman
together in new love ...
become fully 'real'
and limitless.

Beautifully said. The magic waits all the time right around the corner of our doubts.

Margherita

Startime1955
Senior Member

since 2012-04-22

Posts 1072
Alberta, Canada

6 posted 2012-04-24 02:44 PM

BRAVO!!! You never know what the future holds that might strike that spark of love...well written

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

7 posted 2012-04-25 04:27 AM

Wonderful write, Bruce. I actually don't believe in "accidental" miracles but sometimes it does seem like that. You've got me thinking about many things like what is real and what is not and what is limitless and what is not but ... round and round I go.

Helen

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

8 posted 2012-06-08 01:09 PM

I'm still waiting... but still hoping, too. *S*

Enjoyed this!!

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