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Open Poetry #36

Quandary - the return

OLIAS
Senior Member

since 2000-06-20

Posts 1090
Pearl city Iowa

0 posted 2005-08-17 02:42 PM

Quandary

To be sane in a world full of madness,
set adrift on a sea of sand,
to stand tall in a desolate forest,
to hear the applause from one hand,
to chose my own path up the mountain,
to weather life’s storm as a tree,
to worship the one god, whoever,
he or she turns out to be,
to offer my cheek in forgiveness,
to dispel that cloud in my eye,
to understand ripples in water,
to be one with the earth and the sky,
to soar with the hawk over cornfields,
following nature’s decree,
or perhaps it’s enough, in one lifetime,
to simply learn how to be me.

Sunshine

Administrator

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2005-08-17 03:27 PM

Sometimes, m'friend...
it's enough to just learn
to be.

Welcome home!

Startime55
Member Elite

since 2003-04-05

Posts 2148
Alberta, Canada

2 posted 2005-08-17 05:16 PM

Enough to be just ourselves but wonderful when our thoughts can help us to soar to such wonderful heights when reading these words...Well done...*big hugs*

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

3 posted 2005-08-17 06:06 PM

yes, it is enough

great piece here

Nightshade

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since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

4 posted 2005-08-17 06:20 PM

Awesome writing. Enjoyed. Chris

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
~Carl Sandburg

Gentle Spirit
Member Patricius

since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

5 posted 2005-08-17 06:22 PM

and being 'me' is always the best that we can be...true to ourselves.

I LOVED this. Welcome back.

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

6 posted 2005-08-17 10:19 PM

I am so glad I didn't miss this!
What a positively wonderful write!

OLIAS
Senior Member

since 2000-06-20

Posts 1090
Pearl city Iowa

7 posted 2005-08-18 03:32 AM

Thank you Everyone for your wonderful responses I will try to drop in as often as I can, although I am rusty and need a good polish.

Regards to everyone, be well
Olias.

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