Life�s REVELATIONS

   

What are we searching for – where does our yearning lie?
I am not quite sure, I have the feeling I am destined for something bigger than I... (I know THIS - what I am becoming). I don’t intentionally provoke immorality... But why then, do I welcome it with open arms? Why do I enjoy it so? Why…, (What I have desired for so long) -A place I could feel safe, call home is anything ‘but’…

In life, there comes a time when we must ‘stand and recognize’!
I’d like to think I’ve earned this right, paid my dues if you will... I have managed to hold my own, infusing with-in - what is right and wrong... I know who I was and what I am becoming... Are others exempt?

Put your hands together as you look to the sky...
For years gone-by, more than I would like to remember ‘I have done just this’… Where have YOU been? Why do I feel YOU have forsaken me like the rest? I have believed in you when others have not. Have I been ‘dismissed’?

Auspicious signs will then reveal,
Hmm~… this indeed, they do. Beware though… not everything appears to be an open book.

Life is ambiguous… even-handed it is not!
Open to interpretation – how true is this! No apparent objective – it depends on how you view life. Unfair and cruel – THIS I am all too familiar with.

Don’t inspire with apprehension,
I do not have the luxury of encouraging fearful expectations.

We might have one – forcing its threshold...
I’ve had the drive to push forward for so long. Why now… am I giving in, giving up this fight? True is this - boundaries are only as we imagine them.

- Love and compassion a vital quality
Interesting traits… do they really exist?

Purity and Innocence, a distinguishing feature...
Forsaken me - these have done.

Life has a path ‘to each its own’.
To claim it as mine… this I do not choose.
Ours dreams lose their way, To say I’ve had them once – I guess in ‘goals’ I did.

Legacies ‘somewhere’ have become obscured...
Does such a word or belief still exist today?
For this is the 20th Century - People are not here for their names to stay...?

© 2007 Legacy

 

Reviews

[Gary H]

I have to say that I agree with Ms. Belsito after reading this. Indeed you have put together a very imaginative piece. I think the object seems to be more thought provoking that spontanous agreement of the masses. There are certainly parts that we can all debate upon and I think by writing this you have increased awareness of where we are all heading or at least could be.

[PureSyn]

Such a poignant write that touches the heart and soul of us all in some way. Life is full of complexities as well as simplistic treasures..yet the mystery of what is to come eludes us all. Life is viewed as a gift by some...a curse by others. A Thought provoking write!

[EFidelity]

After I read this piece, I thought, "Who do you say I am?" What do you say life is? Words are so powerful. Spirit knows no boundaries. Innocence lost or stolen can be found. Are we looking in the right place to find it? Within the chambers of our heart? Even an aborted life leaves a legacy when the child is named. Words are powerful. Interesting and thought-provoking piece. Thanks.

[Chiquita]

I found the way you made a statement and then commented on it from a personal view point very interesting. It gives the reader an idea where you are coming from but also engages them in thought. It causes them to examine their own ideas.

[Philip Franklin]

Hello Philip. I found this very moving. But may I tell you all is not lost for beyond pain suddenly when you least expect it, you fall in love again. I just have and oh I do not no what to do.

[RachelleB]

interesting and unique format...very involved and intelligent

[Daniel T. Hayes]

I liked the format of this poem, filled with punctuations and underlining galore.
In addition, it taps into a common complaint about democratic society: we are not allowed to be individuals. Although capitalism claims to encourage independence of thought through innovation, it is only a facade that covers the reality that money and power are the only idenities anyone recognizes and/or admires anymore.
I would like to see more specific lines from you on this subject. For instance, why is life ambiguous? Is it because whether you are a serial killer or a nun, you still have love and hate to conquer throughout your life? And why are Purity and Innocence distinguishing features? Perhaps because these qualities hinder humanity in the quest for earthly desires, and are abandoned after our youth when we realise that to be Impure is to understand, and to be Innocent is to be an outsider.
Mr. Hayes

[The Tao of Bri]

I like the set up of this.. Very orignal and interesting .. as well as thoughtprovoking!~B

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I am deeply attracted to this poem. It sounds like a dissonant conversation in one's own mind. It sounds like a conversation I have all the time. I think because my mind objectifies everything so much I like to see this kind of writing. Basically Legacy is writing what goes through the mind at any given time. Very daring in many ways. Keep pushing.

[Gemma Wiseman]

Adore the sideline wanders on this - so poetically "down to earth"! A lovely read!

Smiles and Light

[Thomas Philmore Jackson]

Beautiful and honest, true word that have not been spoken in such a way as I've seen. I agree with everyone, the layout is interesting and should be studied and used more. You maybe on to something with it. Great Read.