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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2005-01-22 11:20 PM

Who gives way
and who goes through,
life’s dimly lit and barely seen
deadly four-way stop
when harassed on all sides
by conformity and lies
and pressurized to abide
the rules of one in tune
with unyielding surfaces
of a closed mind.

And emissions of disparagement
merge horizons into now
and take from you and me
our innate ability
to fly highways of the mind.

Left and right I turn
watching people learn
reliance on machines
and technology
while rolling hills and rivers
of a mind set free to be
ignored like an ant
in the cracks of existence.

But it’s all meant to be,
the earth needs human beings
to till and sow and reap
until they learn to weep
and pray again the absence
of snarled up traffic heaps
like the bars of ignorance
imprisoning a mind.

I look all ways; there is no sign
to say I’m right this time
and so I trundle merrily
along the surface of this life
wondering what lies out there
if I was free to fly!

icebox
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

1 posted 2005-01-22 11:30 PM

The mind, once set free, can not be contained.

Always, your words help me clarify my thoughts. Thank you.

MGROVES

Member Elite

since 2004-02-01

Posts 3802
california

2 posted 2005-01-23 12:57 PM

very wise and very good

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

3 posted 2005-01-23 02:29 AM

Thanks icebox and MGroves for the read - and, icebox, there must be a way to confine the mind or else ... what? ... insanity perhaps. Sigh!

Ericc
Member Elite

since 2003-01-31

Posts 4178

4 posted 2005-01-23 04:03 PM

Excellent write!

Eric

*Alli4000*

Member Elite

since 2004-03-21

Posts 3188
The World of Poetry

5 posted 2005-01-23 04:04 PM

Wow...nice write!

~Alli~

Happy 2005!

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

6 posted 2005-01-23 04:09 PM

But it’s all meant to be,
the earth needs human beings
to till and sow and reap
until they learn to weep
and pray again the absence
of snarled up traffic heaps
like the bars of ignorance
imprisoning a mind.

I'm thinking, if that means coming full circle, I might as well keep going.

Your insight is unsurpassed, and always leaves so much to ponder.

Hugs, Helen.

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