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Sunshine

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

0 posted 2001-01-06 07:58 AM

AfterMathing

I imagine, you, too,
have been there
done that
the very few
who haven't…
will

still

I hold all in perspective
and get reflective ~
was the aftermath
the projected?

hindsight is glorious
gets downright uproarious
thinking "if I could do it
again, what would I change
and when?"

taking up the
insight of one
who came completely undone
listened to hormones
instead of sense
now residing in
recompense

aftermathing pickup
going through motion in
slow-mo-time
arguing now with only self
the mind is a battlefield
occupied with mines…

the other boot has dropped
plopped
down into the mud
and you wonder
where did the good times go?

relating, relating….
knowing it's not as bad;
not like the survivors
of the Holocaust…
not like a mother
whose child she's lost…
not like the couple
who watch as the cost
of medical bills sweep them away…

aftermathing…
pickup cleanup brushup time
making rotten right
wrapping cotton tight
'round my arms
for even alone one needs warm

wisdom comes to
those who have aftermathed…
and have walked the path
feeling alone
where hundreds have gone
on before them…

resiliency sets in
feeling like a new-worn skin
a little taut
perhaps a little fraught
with tension
or animated suspension

won't want to repeat
an aftermath
but life is not quite
like that…
for there is an aftermath
in birth and death
even after paying taxes…

and in this resiliency
amidst the aftermathing moments
I had to smile…

because I needed that guile
to go that extra mile…
so I could take that road
that will lead me on to good whiles

and the trip?
the trip
starts now

01.06.01

Beverley
Member

since 2000-07-09

Posts 97
England

1 posted 2001-01-06 08:43 AM

What a beautiful poem I really like this one

Nan

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

2 posted 2001-01-06 09:24 AM

Wisdom does indeed come to us through aftermath... We're far too busy in midst of the throes to figure out what we've learned - We've plenty of time for reflection later... Well done, Sun...

Marsha

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-10

Posts 7423
Maidstone Kent England

3 posted 2001-01-06 09:36 AM

Kari love, Oh how well you've written this love, utterly true, utterly beautiful and utterly wise of you. Another sagacious piece from you love.
Take care love
Majestic (ish) Marsha

Take back the hope you gave,- I claim
Only a memory of the same
Robert Browning

hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius

since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

4 posted 2001-01-06 09:45 AM

Oh my dear friend...there is so much wisdom found here in your words. Yes, we have all AfterMathed and what can we do after the storm but gather up the pieces and begin again? Great write

Wilfred Yeats
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since 2000-08-04

Posts 2704
Wilmington, Delaware

5 posted 2001-01-06 11:41 AM

Would they could all be afterglows and no aftermaths - still - your strength in face of aftermaths shines - just one more reason why I enjoy reading your wonderful words.

Mark Bohannan
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-21

Posts 7269
In the winds of Cherokee song

6 posted 2001-01-06 12:39 PM

Wonderful piece of wisdom shown here as you have seen the others say. As long as the lessons are tossed to the side and something was learned then it is a lesson well worth it. Reflection on the other hand can hold either the good or the bad depending which mirror we choose to look at.

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