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catslair
Junior Member

since 2000-01-16

Posts 48

0 posted 2000-01-19 09:57 PM

THE ULTIMATE DENIAL

Our lives are held together by threads of hope
For what was, or for what could be
But not usually for what is
It’s by the grace of god that each day reaches it’s maturity
For there is a very thin skin
That shrouds the true fragility
Of our existence
In one second, one moment
It could all be gone
One step or turn in the wrong direction
Being in the wrong place at the wrong time
Being alive, itself is a sentence
For all that’s born will die
Yet, we pretend that it only happens to others
And blindly give faith to a sense of non-existent immunity
And in doing so waste our lives
Becoming kindred to the spirit of materialistic values
The pursuers of worthless acquisitions
And the collectors of empty experiences
It is all pretence
To cover up that we are no-where to complete
And that the reality of our mortality
Is our ultimate denial.

tulip
Member

since 1999-07-04

Posts 320
unknown

1 posted 2000-01-19 10:08 PM

I agree with you completely. We should live each day, each moment, as if our last...What a different world it would be if everyone did!

catslair
Junior Member

since 2000-01-16

Posts 48

2 posted 2000-01-19 10:25 PM

Thanks tulip for the response........yet even though I know what we should do..I still find it hard at times to practice....and yes what a different world it would be...

A Friend
New Member

since 2000-01-20

Posts 7

3 posted 2000-01-20 01:28 AM

I agree with tulip.
You have done a great job at wording this
and putting feeling into it.
keep up the good work

Severn
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-17

Posts 7704

4 posted 2000-01-20 06:43 AM

For there is a very thin skin
That shrouds the true fragility
Of our existence

Oh yes! Well said.
Very well written, catslair...

K

catslair
Junior Member

since 2000-01-16

Posts 48

5 posted 2000-01-20 09:31 AM

thanks guys for the response......for it makes the difference between reality and insanity........

hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius

since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

6 posted 2000-01-20 10:30 AM

Well said

Danny Holloway
Member Elite

since 2000-01-15

Posts 2034
Tulsa, OK

7 posted 2000-01-20 01:35 PM

Truth has been spoken! And in good form I might add. Carpe Diem revisited!
DH

Martie

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

8 posted 2000-01-20 01:57 PM

This is very well done.

In the dew of little things,
the heart finds its morning
and is refreshed.
(ee cummings)

devina
Member Elite

since 1999-10-28

Posts 3539
Cali

9 posted 2000-01-20 02:14 PM

This is a beautifully realistic poem!!

Open arms can be the most fragile in the world...

Denise

Moderator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

10 posted 2000-01-20 05:14 PM

Excellent poem! Well done! Our own mortality is a tough reality to embrace.

Denise

SEA

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Member Seraphic

since 2000-01-18

Posts 22676
with you

11 posted 2000-01-20 11:00 PM

Making your experience worthwhile, being kind ,having not a judgemental heart, loving without expectations.If only we all could.-SEA

tori
Senior Member

since 1999-06-18

Posts 520
Mechanicsville, Maryland, USA

12 posted 2000-01-20 11:41 PM

Very well said Cat... an so true..

catslair
Junior Member

since 2000-01-16

Posts 48

13 posted 2000-01-21 06:12 AM

Thanks everyone for the responses they were great!!!!
wendy

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