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Sven

Member Laureate

since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

0 posted 2003-05-20 12:59 PM

open again

yes, open again
and remember
that going back to the beginning
isn't always an end
and that home isn't always a destination
as much as it is a state of mind

seek the quiet

yes, seek the quiet
and know
that standing in the crowd
isn't always a bad thing
and that life isn't always silent
as much as it is peaceful

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Local Parasite

Member Elite

since 2001-11-05

Posts 2527
Transylconia, Winnipeg

1 posted 2003-05-20 01:05 PM

I needed to read this, Sven... I've found the quiet recently. It's difficult for me to appreciate it as being that, peacefulness, as you say... and I needed a little reminder of it.

I think I'll go for a walk sometime later today... I could use that. Maybe go read in a park or something.

I admire your optimism, as always...

Very nicely written, Sven. You expressed this well.

Parasite

Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.
~Percy Bysshe Shelley

Marilyn
Member Elite

since 1999-09-26

Posts 2621
Ontario, Canada

2 posted 2003-05-20 04:19 PM

I am glad to read this kind of poem from you my friend. I remember a time when all was turbulent, not only for you but for me as well. It is funny how life has it's cycles and how we come to accept and find peace, even after a very rocky road.

Marilyn.

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

3 posted 2003-05-20 04:33 PM

that going back to the beginning
isn't always an end
and that home isn't always a destination
as much as it is a state of mind

like these lines Sven... sometimes hard to remember these things but always worth trying to.

kaile

Member Ascendant

since 2000-02-06

Posts 5146
singapore

4 posted 2003-05-22 01:17 PM

going back to the beginning
isn't always an end
and that home isn't always a destination
as much as it is a state of mind

wow, a philosophical write from you, Sir Sven..i sure enjoyed putting my little grey cells to work, trying to derive interpretations from your lines

and that home isn't always a destination
as much as it is a state of mind

this is going to my library on the strength of these two profound beautiful lines

sea_of_okc
Senior Member

since 1999-06-15

Posts 568
Oklahoma City, OK, USA

5 posted 2003-05-22 02:42 PM

Deep poem Sven, had to read it several times and still not sure I absorbed it all. You said alot with very few words. Waxing all philosophical on me... you been in my stash again haven't you?

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