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.

[Logan Carryall]

I have my own to each. I do not agree mostly. But I am a different man.

[Oddpoet]

LOL! if that was a grocery list instead of the beautiful words you shared, I would be impressed! Outstanding structure!! knocked out!!!

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

WOW!! i am usually much more articulate but sometimes one must simply sit back and enjoy the show!
And one hell of a show it was!!!!!!!!

Oddpoet

[Dizzy-Izzy]

I want my name to stay... ... I want my children to tell stories about me, happy ones. They are the LEGACY that I will leave behind. Doing the best I can with them... ... I don't have to tell you that.

I am commenting on this piece as if someone I care about is trying to tell me something... I ... am... weird. Weird but harmless.

Did you lose your dreams? If so... why? Dream them again, you can you know. I do all the time, by the day... sometimes by the hour. I lose my way and I have to struggle to find it again... Struggle... it is all I ever do...hmmm, not true.... I do this, this is not a struggle. To communicate some strange thought or idea with someone far away, like you. This is the most pleasant and simplest activity of my day, ahhh... so satisfying. I can plug in and tune out... for a little while anyway.

Love and compassion do exist. I know because I have them inside me. I share with as many people as I can but, I suppose the effort could be considered futile. Too many people working against me, for a lot more pay....

"Not everything is an open book," wish I wasn't. I would like to be able to play games better. People are so much more successful at life when they are more skilled at the games we all play. I always end up on my a*s...

"What are we searching for?" Why, meaning in life... of course... ... ... isn't that what we all search for?

"We can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: (1) by doing a deed; (2) by experiencing a value; and (3) by suffering." - Viktor Frankl

"To be human is to suffer." - Buddha's First Noble Truth....

I have gone backwards in your piece, from bottom to top. That is so like me, I read magazines from back to front as well... must be some personality disorder or somethin!

I really like this. I wouldn't comment on it if it didn't speak to me in some way. I hope you find what you are looking for, I hope I do too!

Have a great night

Kristina

[lilfeather]

Wow..you have real talent. What a wonderful poem. Fantastic!

[El S. Palmer]

Reading this I see you have been through some things in your life. But what is most encouraging is that you "had" experiences and not just got through them. You learned many things and much of what you say in your piece I can relate to. I too want to be more than who I am at this point. I would not mind being immortal or great or my work becoming classics long after I'm gone. But although I want these things, I don't want them as bad as I once did. I was spending so much time concentrating on what I wanted in the future that I couldn't enjoy the "right now." At this point, although immortality seems wonderful, I ultimately want to be happy and content with whatever I have. That doesn't mean I won't stop pushing forward, but if I can be happy with the place that I am in right now, then I know that no matter what, I can leave this earth saying I lived a fullfilling life.

[Margaret Barton-Wahl]

WOW! Some very strong thoughts were expressed fluently. This piece caries with it a weight, depth and perspective all it's own. Fabulous! Margaret

[Anton Cancre]

This piece is interesting. In a way, it reminds me of "Questions my Son Asked, Answers I Never Gave Him." There is nothing like enigma hiding behind straight speech.

[Violeta]

that was great! I admire your stile and insight. I must admit that I struggle to answer most of them... patetic huh? One thing is for sure. I must keep reading your work.

[doreen cyr]

powerful, thought provoking and maybe controversal but very well written
doreen

[M.M.]

a very interesting poem,m.m.