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nakdthoughts
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Between the Lines

0 posted 2004-01-12 07:27 AM

Resolutions Un Made

Though hungry for the new,
Each day possesses for me
Resolutions unmade.

For the unexpected in life
Is drawn to me, no warnings,
Just unplanned, unintentional
Distractions

That repel my wants,
Suppress my desires,
Magnetizing what shouldn't
Staying me off course.

I was never good at navigating.
Why should life's direction
Be any different?

M

"Love is not blind - It sees more and not less, but because it sees more, it is willing to see less."
(Will Moss)

Sunshine

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1 posted 2004-01-12 10:12 AM

These are the thoughts
that remind me
why one must remain flexible
to all that comes to them.

Well done, Maureen.

EvocativeVerse2
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2 posted 2004-01-12 10:18 AM

Great one nakdthoughts. Love it. I love the ending you gave this piece. Bravo!

Remember, if you're not part of the future, you're history!

McLean
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state of marital bliss

3 posted 2004-01-12 10:25 AM

Makes me think of ADD. I crave organization, but rarely find it, and most resolutions with me are exactly that, "un made". I like the darting feeling I get from reading your words, about like what you are describing. Very good poet, you are.

~McLean

vandana

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4 posted 2004-01-12 10:28 AM

enjoyed

Seymour Tabin
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Tamarac Fla

5 posted 2004-01-12 10:29 AM

Maureen,
Well done, enjoyed the read.

Michelle_loves_Mike

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6 posted 2004-01-12 11:14 AM

Trying to steer thru life,,,is like trying to steer a car in the river,,,,,"ain't gonna happen"
good write
Michelle

I wish all could find the true happiness I have found,,in the eyes of Mike

nakdthoughts
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Between the Lines

7 posted 2004-01-12 11:30 AM

Thanks All..I was thinking of New Years Resolutions and how I don't make them anymore..not to say I don't make lists, which may have been my marital downfall...

he just never understood a list is just that..tackle one-at-a-time...scratch it off and go on to the next...no pressure...no order...just GET IT DONE...in less than 5 years....never happened...the end

M

VAS
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8 posted 2004-01-12 11:42 AM

Days can be like that...I am curious, though; the verb tenses change here, could you explain for me:

That repel my wants,
                        Suppress my desires,
                        Magnetizing what shouldn't
                        Staying me off course.

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

Professor Gloom
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of Depression

9 posted 2004-01-12 11:46 AM

The resolution made with such conviction
Often is cast aside
Made when blind in a celebratory time
So it’s truth does hide,
Best to just go striving
As you go through living
To enjoy the place you end
Happily lost again,

Gloom

Terrina
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10 posted 2004-01-12 11:53 AM

This is so true. Wow, what a gift these poems are each day.

passing shadows
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displaced

11 posted 2004-01-12 12:02 PM

I agree!

MARK V SHELDON
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12 posted 2004-01-12 12:19 PM

"Action--not distraction."

-MVS

You CAN make a difference:
http://educate-yourself.org/

nakdthoughts
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Between the Lines

13 posted 2004-01-12 12:44 PM

Virginia, not sure if this helps

Just unplanned, unintentional

(the)
Distractions

That repel my wants,
Suppress my desires,

Magnetizing what shouldn't (making what shouldn't be or happen...all *those things*)
Staying me off course.(keeping me off course)

just using my poetic license...

GG
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Lost in thought

14 posted 2004-01-12 09:02 PM

guess thats why the only thing close to resolutions I make are choices in a way to act...
more patience,
less anger,
that sort of thing.
The unspecific to make it through the unplanned.

I like this.

Always, Alyssa

He was a man of sorrows
...I am a girl of tears.

ambrya_nell
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15 posted 2004-01-12 10:47 PM

wow.. that's me in a nutshell right now. Thanx for sharing this one.. makes me not so alone

iliana
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16 posted 2004-01-12 10:58 PM

Yep, that's life for 'ya! Enjoyed this very much!

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