"Philosophy 102..."

"...another day older..."

I found a "thought" on Life by Anxia

 

"Life"

 

That thought led to...

 

"Philosophy 102..."

 (senyru)

 

Your 'touch' filled my thoughts,

and the more I paused I found

...more to pause about.

 

Some make their own hells

from even the heavens found

- by being themselves.

 

Chris

 

Author's Note

Visit Anxia - good thoughts there.

feel free

Reviews

[Felicity's Eve]

I very much agree. Being yourself can bring great things, but also devastating situations as well. The world won't like who you are. There are bullies, and the media, and television and magazines all telling you to be something else. To be fake. And when you resist that, you become strong and confident and crate a heaven for yourself inside of your mind. It's wonderful, yet crushing at the same time.

Very nice poem :)

[Cool Handless Luke]

Rogue suggested I check your work out and I am glad she did. Our styles are very different like she said but this is a beautiful and yet dark poem. Loved it!

[Scytheriax]

Love it. Simplistic yet thought-provoking.
The use of the pause within the poem also helped to add emphasis to it...A clever idea!

[Rita L. Sev]

Heaven or hell, we must find ourselves and BE... I enjoyed the wording of these pieces, layers of the philosophy lesson we should all crave to learn.

[emmajoy]

Surely we can only be ourselves; whether or not we make changes, give more, take less, understand our own flaws, ignore others'. We make our own heaven and hell, we dilute both according to whims - In the process we create our own dreams or nightmares then, live or destroy them. Sad, but possibly probable.

[Peter H]

good write my friend i'm a fan of philosophy :)

[Ed Hart]

amen to what you say Chris...the biggest chance we ever take is to become who we are, and suffer the consequences, so we know which direction to grow in...of all the lines that have come my way in decades, the business of pausing and finding more to pause about is a beacon

[Chris]

we risk everything we are and have just by being us... that HAS to count...

[Ed Hart]

are we having a little fun this morning Chris...102? who ever graduated from 101?...oh well, no reason we can't pretend...you know, pretty soon they'll be ads on this site for 103 and 4 at cut rate prices...pour me another cup will ya

[Chris]

http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Ancient117331/772933/

"Philosophy 101 - Life From The Curb..."

[Chris]

and of course the Course Synopsis:

http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Ancient117331/942462/
"Philosophy From The Curb..."

[KAOlmsted]

A two-fer Senryu...nice.

It's like Locard's exchange...I always take some trace evidence away from your pieces, useful evidence, evidence which defines you more clearly than you were defined even 5 minutes ago, and I leave my own bit of trace behind, my appreciation for your work, my admiration for your written words.

Exceptional, as always, Chris.

[Baby Ricochet]

I love the last Stanza. Good one Chris