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.

[i am simply complex]

this is very interesting. i enjoy reading your writing. it made me think, which if you knew me you would agree that in itself is amazing because my views hardly ever change and new concepts usually go right out the door with me. keep writing :]

[Pratibha]

yes, this indeed made me THINK....Am I doing what I am supposed to do as a mother, as a wife, as a professional...as ME, JUST ME....
I guess many times yes and many times NO....but indeed after my son's birth, I have become so sensitive towards small things also...because small loopholes become so large someday.

[Lizanne]

Deep and intriguing. Very insighted. A talent that certainly surpasses any small writing gift that I might claim.

[Beatrice Boyle (Grandm..]

You are quite the philosopher Ms Legacy...I've been struck by how introspective ALL your poems are...searching for the meaning of life...YOUR life!

This is an age old excercise...indeed since the dawn of man, we have been trying to answer this profound question of "Who am I!" Some wiser than I seem to have found it...or are at peace with who they are...but I...like you are still searching!

Good luck in the journey!

Beatrice Boyle (Grandma Bea)

[Bregelic]

love your work :-)

[sheerpoetry]

People are not here for thir names to stay, thats the biggest problem

[Brjden (Bridge-Den) Cre..]

Great peace. Mystically inspiring and motivational. I enjoyed the flow and subtle rhythm with this...

"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? "

Dope stanza and incredible wordplay.

[Goodkey]

Wow - this poem has touch so many spots in my life right now - Thank you
"Life has a path "to each his own" his own" is especially hitting a note with me.

[Captain Ugly]

Cool and inventive way to put it out there. I like it.
Just Me.
Captain Ugly.

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The question is not whether love and compassion exist, it's whether their are others out there capable of living them. The answer? Not too many, just a handful over the world. And so our planet burns.

When will we learn? Probably not ever.

Thought-provoking piece. Thanks.