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rascalx
Senior Member

since 1999-08-25

Posts 590
Florence, SC, USA

0 posted 2004-10-04 02:52 AM

I'm walking through the fallow field
where my dreams and hopes used to grow
where I used to harvest happiness
I've planted the seeds of emptiness
If this crop is an indication
then it's true you reap what you sow

It's hard to stand tall in winds of adversity
when my roots don't run very deep
It's hard to encourage growth or maturity
when my vine bears nothing to keep

No green things here to be warmed by the sun
No flowers or fruit here to pick
Dark clouds gather over this barren plain
They thunder they lightning but refuse to rain
If nurturing the soul is healthy
then why is my heart's crop so sick?

Larry C

Member Patricius

since 2001-09-10

Posts 10286
United States

1 posted 2004-10-04 02:59 AM

Jeff,
Only a temporary drought, my friend. Endure and it will pass... Good write, I always enjoy analogies gleened from nature. Peace.

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

littlewing
Member Rara Avis

since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

2 posted 2004-10-04 08:01 PM

So very true, Larry.

It seems as if we go through such process to get where we are meant to be.

Hollow_Emptiness
Senior Member

since 2004-02-01

Posts 715
New Zealand

3 posted 2004-10-05 03:15 AM

Beautiful. Let's hope their is a cure then hey? Inspiring.

Hollow.
Courtney.

I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad. The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had. - Gary Jules, Mad World.

rascalx
Senior Member

since 1999-08-25

Posts 590
Florence, SC, USA

4 posted 2004-10-05 03:45 AM

Larry, littlewing, Hollow,
Thank you all for reading and commenting. The concern shown by my fellow PiPsters never fails to touch me. But for the record, this poem is not a reflection of my current mood. Actually, I'm rather happy these days

I agree wholeheartedly with littlewing though that it's necessary to go through the hardships to find your way to happiness. I did exactly that

Like Larry, I enjoy analogies that use nature. It was while driving through the newly harvested cornfields of Illinois that it occured to me how desolate and "empty" they looked without crops... thus this poem.

dgvarner
Member Elite

since 2000-05-13

Posts 3552
High Springs, Florida

5 posted 2006-01-17 01:13 AM

Just skippin' through the blue pages..found this

good to read you..

great write..

hugs, g

"We of the craft are all crazy...all are more or less touched." Lord Byron

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