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Lily B
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since 2000-03-31

Posts 91
Auburn, IN, US

0 posted 2000-12-17 02:35 AM

Choices

Looking back upon my years,
I see mistakes I've made
and marvel at their impact
on this mortal path I pave.
Each fork and turn is lined in thorns
with markers etched in stone,
forevermore reminding me
of choices that I own.
I dare not blame heredity, or
childhood traumas faced,
for bringing me to where I stand
with innocence misplaced.

I'd like to think I still have hope
of reaching my redemption,
but don't know if I trust myself
to learn from every lesson.
I cannot chart direction when
no master plan exists,
and time will not fold back for me
to replay what I've missed.
So I'll plod on, with good intent
and hoping for the best,
to blindly make my way through life
while God decides the rest.

~Julie A. Remke~
© December 16, 2000
All Rights Reserved.

ethome
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since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

1 posted 2000-12-17 02:38 AM

This an excellent poem about reflections on life and you have written it very well!! Good work Julie!!

Lily B
Member

since 2000-03-31

Posts 91
Auburn, IN, US

2 posted 2000-12-17 03:13 AM

THANK YOU so very much, Ethome!!

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

3 posted 2000-12-17 03:59 AM

LilyB~

A neat little package of life's lessons, tied up nicely.
Thanks for sharing.
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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shira
Member

since 2000-12-12

Posts 88
Hamburg, PA

4 posted 2000-12-17 08:30 AM

This is wonderful, and it really makes me think. I can relate well, as I am in the midst of rehashing my past and making some new decisions in my life. Very nice poem.

Irish Rose
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since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

5 posted 2000-12-17 08:58 AM

what a piece of work this is, it is outright and honest and speaks to me. Loved it.

"If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day,
so I never have to live without you."

Winnie the Pooh

Lily B
Member

since 2000-03-31

Posts 91
Auburn, IN, US

6 posted 2000-12-17 11:06 AM

Thanks to all of you for the kind words!

Dark Angel
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since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

7 posted 2000-12-17 08:17 PM

Oh I loved this, very well written indeed!

Maree

"If my words could blanket the skies
and fill every corner and crevice of
this earth, still this wouldn't be enough"
"Maree Russo"

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