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1slick_lady
Member Ascendant

since 2000-12-22

Posts 6088
standing on a shadow's lace

0 posted 2001-10-10 08:22 PM

Wish I Had a Crystal Ball

I wish that I had
a crystal ball
I could look into
and tell me all
lived my past
that I don’t need to know
future bliss is what
I’d like it to show

wonder what is
the future of me
would I like
what I could see
will it foretell
of things I miss
or the forthcoming
of more of this

or shall it switch directionally
to adventure so complex
I have no patience
of what is next
my past shall lend me
things I can borrow
developing with me
my future of tomorrow

and with no crystal fortune
I’ll have to wait
formation of an event
is within create
just as the ticking of
the tock reaches chime
I approach my future
if I give it time

"...the rest is silence" (Hamlet) Shakespeare

The Lady of Shallot
Senior Member

since 2001-10-03

Posts 818
USA

1 posted 2001-10-10 10:57 PM

Helen, we write each moment as they pass don't we? And we live every syllable. This is very nice.

-befriend yourself and you will never be alone-

SEA

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Member Seraphic

since 2000-01-18

Posts 22676
with you

2 posted 2001-10-10 11:12 PM

I'm too afraid to know what I'm going to do LOL I have enough with dealing with the things I've done

ok, seriously, I liked this very much.....I have no patience and ususally am in a hurry, a crystal ball would come in handy!

"One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you
can't utter". ~James Earl Jones

Larry C

Member Patricius

since 2001-09-10

Posts 10286
United States

3 posted 2001-10-11 01:09 AM

Helen,
I really enjoyed this poem, especially the words:

my past shall lend me
things I can borrow
developing with me
my future of tomorrow

Awesome write. Thanks.

SmittenKitten
Senior Member

since 2001-06-20

Posts 1131
where the sky and horizon meet

4 posted 2001-10-11 01:15 AM

Helen~ You've definitely got me pondering!

I don't know if I'd like a crystal ball...hmmm

Hugs,
~Krista

Your beautiful words & creativity allow me to connect with the same in myself.
Thank you for having the courage to share yourself so that I can too

cottage
Member

since 2001-06-21

Posts 138

5 posted 2001-10-11 01:37 AM

i sometimes feel like that too...

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

6 posted 2001-10-11 03:27 AM

I have, you know, a crystal ball...
I looked within and saw it all.
I saw a sky grow dark with cloud...
the wisps of ends in weave of shroud.

I saw a storm come rolling in...
tumbling dice of snake eye'd sin.
and I forsook the serpernt's tooth
this vision, then, I did rebuke.

I saw a tiny gleam in night
a crystal in refracted light...
a tiny dot that yearned to grow
it burst the clouds--became the snow.

And all the darkness was released--
sun in rise--a storm's relief.
And everything I once believed?
Became the things I used to know.

For you, Miss Helen...with smiles...hope ya like!

LngJhnAg
Member Elite

since 1999-07-23

Posts 3508
Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion

7 posted 2001-10-11 07:13 AM

Helen - Terrific poem, with so much longing in it. So sad in a way.

Serenity - That is very sweet response to a fine lady. Good for you! One of the things I will never cease to marvel is the supportive loving so many of you give so freely. Your poem and accompanying message is one of the finer examples.

jonmcm
Member

since 2000-10-11

Posts 222
England

8 posted 2001-10-11 04:36 PM

A nice poem, but I'm still wondering what tomorrow will be

'just as the ticking of
the tock reaches chime
I approach my future
if I give it time'

A lesson I have to learn

Cheers!
Jon

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

9 posted 2001-10-11 04:41 PM

This was a wonderful weave of wisdom in your words and a great poem for pondering. However, I live second to second, and never worry about the future at all, because that way I can't fully enjoy the present!

~I always have time to listen to someone talking from their heart~

The Lady of Shallot
Senior Member

since 2001-10-03

Posts 818
USA

10 posted 2001-10-11 08:12 PM

I read this again and Serenity, that is beautiful as well!

-befriend yourself and you will never be alone-

1slick_lady
Member Ascendant

since 2000-12-22

Posts 6088
standing on a shadow's lace

11 posted 2001-10-11 08:24 PM

yes Lady we do...so glad you liked

LOL sea...you don't need a crystal ball...i see more romance in your future

Larry...Thanks for the awesome

Krista...honestly sometimes i'd kinda like to know...sometimes not

cottage...think we all do

Serenity...do i like??? NO ...i LOVE!!!...THANK YOU

LngJhn...glad you liked...thank you

jon...this is a lesson i'm TRING to learn myself

Mysteria...love your way of thinking...can you teach me???

WOW...Lady...i'm flattered (thanks)

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