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Re: The Official Post Your Own Poetry Thread. [Re: jeffbreir]
    #12090915 - 02/24/10 06:38 PM (13 years, 10 months ago)

this is the first poem i've written since elementary school.

Poem for english class
by _____ _____

When given the choice i couldn’t buy in;
as appealing as the comforts sound,
everything i hear sounds like self-deceit;
too many hypocrites and too many conflicting stories
to become another sheep.
The path i started one new years eve
brings mystic tales and a renewed hope i might take the leap
and see beyond me
to my self.
i think i can,
but that’s the problem.

Now that i have these tales in mind,
perceived negating juxtapositions fade
to reveal the one tale, retold.
Now that i have this end in mind,
the question arises of the means.

As i yearn for unification, i can’t conceal the call of the cubes
but the stigma imposed compels me
to pass up all but ideal opportunities –
too few and far between.

So i sit with the trees or in the dark
and try to remain Present, but i remain
and try to turn my head to get a glimpse of the source of the shadows
dancing on my wall, my world
and try to shine a light on my shadow to discover what resides
and what it hides
and try to surrender personas and thought patterns
to recognize the ubiquitous transpersonal divine
but satori proves elusive… so far.

Modern appeals to so-called “higher” functions refute
archaic understandings and eternal truths.
As this new pervasive internal acceptance surfaces
and i find myself exploring new and old perspectives,
i’m impelled to seek guidance from those who came before.
But who might now the best path for me?
do i seek gurus and yogis? do i seek the Learys and Mckennas?
do i seek shamen and medicine men? do i seek those i denied those years ago?
or do i dare not ask and seek my own path?

“I embrace my desire to
feel the rhythm, to feel connected
enough to step aside and weep like a widow
to feel inspired, to fathom the power,
to witness the beauty, to bathe in the fountain,
to swing on the spiral
of our divinity and still be a human.”


___________________________________________________________________
this is the second.

The Poem Without a Title

This poem
has a title;
giggles.


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My words, too, are only an echo; but there is no reason why I should not repeat what I have heard.                    :zombie5:
-Socrates                                                                Let the rabbits wear glasses!
:gd_icon::trippycow::gd_icon:


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