Open Poetry #14 |
This Entity |
MARK V SHELDON Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 3015In a corporeal internship... |
As complicated as a math equation Yet simpler than a child's smile More challenging to the intellect Than a judgement or a trial Much swifter than a current of tropical air Though at times, more fixed than a penetrating stare As predictable as old dynamite An explosion of data memorized in the Light With a mind all Its own, It decides what to do And Its legacy is what It puts us through Every day is a chapter of Wisdom unknown To be studied and remembered; applied and shown This Entity is so Divine -- It's yours and His And hers and mine For every wall There's an open door Beyond which lies Another floor This Entity is our test To correct our faults And to reach our best For all the work And the time put in Our reward is learning How to win Such a dynamic process of evolution With many different facts for each conclusion Emotional boundaries expanded through Mind The Spirit moves forward in order to find: A brand-new level of comprehension Attained by surmounting all aprehension A balance is struck between us all On a pedestal of Honesty, Respect cannot fall Pursuing the horizon, on a quest for Ideals Romanticism leading, with Truth on its heels A vision so real, it becomes Reality As everything falls into place, the way It's meant to be... This Entity is so Divine -- It's yours and His And hers and mine For every wall There's an open door Beyond which lies Another floor This Entity is our test To correct our faults And to reach our best For all the work And the time put in Our reward is learning How to win And It's all for the better Though It may not make much sense At the time that It happens -- There's Purpose in suspense Individuals together We constitute a part Of something so much deeper Than just a Sonic Art The Renaissance we've started Not so long ago Will catalyze more people's lives Than we could hope to know To contemplate these Thoughts, In all Their mystery Is to comprehend the Meaning Within "This Entity". (Copyright 1992 by: MARK V SHELDON) |
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Sunshine
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Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Sounds so very right for a Sunday's service...but well read on any day of the week. Well done! |
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MARK V SHELDON Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 3015In a corporeal internship... |
Thanks, Sunshine, however there's much more to this contemplation/poem than just a "Sunday Service" implication... "If you think you know it all, you have a lot to learn." |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
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I'm getting out my Tony Robbins tapes and listening to them again! I'm inspired "This rose has seen red, I have been blue |
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Sunshine
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Yes Mark, you are correct...and that is why I should have said, "and should be read [and pondered upon] any day of the week"... |
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MARK V SHELDON Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 3015In a corporeal internship... |
Thank you, Irish Rose -- I was hoping that this may indeed inspire others for whatever meanings they may derive from it... Sunshine, I hope you didn't take my reply the wrong way -- I'm simply saying that this poem had a very personal history to it at a time in my life when it all became integrated into this poem, and ironically, it had a more metaphysical meaning for me rather than literally "religious", but since you've mentioned it, I can completely see and appreciate that imagery as well... Thanks for the reply. -MVS "If you think you know it all, you have a lot to learn." |
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sodpossom Senior Member
since 2001-06-15
Posts 723N.C |
Very well done and inspiring!Enjoyed it! |
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MARK V SHELDON Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 3015In a corporeal internship... |
Thank you, Sodpossom -- to realize that one can inspire another is one of the highest compliments to be had... -MVS "If you think you know it all, you have a lot to learn." |
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Zinsser Senior Member
since 2001-02-27
Posts 1641Calif. |
Mark soul searching....never an end to understanding and the Wisdom that comes from that... being a part of everything and completely seperate also.... Life Power In Your Words Thanks for giving me the privilege... to read them... Thank You |
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MARK V SHELDON Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 3015In a corporeal internship... |
Alas, thank YOU, Connie, for having taken the time to read them and reply. Unless we seek, how can we really find? Hopefully, though, we'll understand what we've found, when we've found it (or for that matter, that we've even found anything!). -MVS "If you think you know it all, you have a lot to learn." |
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