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John Yaws
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 860
Texas

0 posted 2000-09-30 01:56 AM

I tried to live a fantasy.
My mind roved wild and free.
I found those lies were quick to bind,
Like prison bars you see?

The world I love has long since flown…
Those days are gone forever…
To pursue dreams one can’t attain-
I fear is not so clever.

When youth is gone, accept it…
And responsibility.
It’s only after duty’s done,
A man is really free.

Be yourself, and stand up tall-
Accept reality-
For life is what it is, my friend.
Not what it ought to be.

just_another_fe
Member

since 2000-02-05

Posts 483
MICHIGAN

1 posted 2000-09-30 02:40 AM

very good and very true keep up the good work ~Angie

Don't fear failure so
much that you refuse to
try new things. The
saddest summary of a
life contains three
descriptions:
could have,
might have,
and should have.
--Louis Boone

WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

2 posted 2000-09-30 07:55 AM

Hey GS! Excellent verse as always!

Be yourself, and stand up tall-
Accept reality-
For life is what it is, my friend.
Not what it ought to be.

I agree with this in part. Life is what it is, but it can be what we want it to be as well! When we set goals too high they are hard to attain, so maybe lower them a bit.

Life can be what we make it!

I so love your verse GS!

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I know not what the future holds,
but I know Who holds the future.

Denise

Moderator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

3 posted 2000-10-01 07:40 PM

Excellent message and poem, John. Life is seldom what we think it ought to be. It truly is what it is. Well done!

Denise

Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

4 posted 2000-10-02 05:20 AM

Excellent work GS, But life ought to include more that joy through duty.

"It is the image in the mind that links us to lost treasures;
but it is the loss that shapes the image,
gathers the flowers weaves the garland."-

vlraynes
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-25

Posts 8229
Somewhere... out there...

5 posted 2000-10-03 03:35 AM

Gunslinger-
WOW! I really like this alot. Much truth
in this...very good message.

-vicky

"...until you have read the verse on his
heart, you have not truely met the poet."
-vlraynes

dgvarner
Member Elite

since 2000-05-13

Posts 3552
High Springs, Florida

6 posted 2000-10-23 03:36 AM

great message..i love this

something i ought to read more often! lol

hugs, dg

my soul is painted like the wings of butterflies...fairytales of yesterday will grow but never die...i can fly--my friends -Queen

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