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Open Poetry #49

The Skin I'm In

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

0 posted 2016-04-29 12:41 PM

This skin I’m in,
this bag of flesh
that holds my soul
while I walk
the earth a while,
is mine by fate.
God only knows why
my soul doesn’t shine
through another’s eyes.
I often wonder
what it would be like
to walk a mile
in some other lives.
One cannot tell a book
by its cover,
you never know
what you’ll discover
inside someone else.
All things are relative
and by comparison
we evaluate our condition.
If I could spend some time
in skin happier than I’ve known,
I’d rejoice the sweet relief,
then try to find a way
to make those feelings my own.
If I find myself in skin of woe and grief,
then I will feel grateful
about the life I’ve known.
When comes the day
my body turns to dirt or ash
and my soul is free
to be an unencumbered me
I can join other souls in harmony.
I believe I will find
all that separates us left behind.
If only we would have the wisdom
of that vision now,
to see beyond our exteriors.
If only we could see
that what matters most
we have in common
is Divine.
But our flesh is weak,
carnal, greedy and blind.

LGR©4/29/16

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2016-04-29 12:58 PM

"my soul doesn’t shine
through another’s eyes"

I wouldn't be too sure of that, sha!

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

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