By all means, I need to ponder, of my life going yonder. But though I still long for truth, I long for those who's not uncouth. By all means, I carried out to wonder, when flesh and spirit sunder.
By All Means
By: Adam M. Snow
By all means, I need to ponder,
of my life going yonder.
But though I still long for truth,
I long for those who's not uncouth.
By all means, I carried out to wonder,
when flesh and spirit sunder.
But in a world such as this,
dost Thou be amiss?
But I seek what Thou has in stored;
that statement of the Lord.
By all means, I wonder to ponder,
of my life going yonder.
Misery held me 'gainst my woes,
as if my life cease to flow.
But if it be the answer of my eternal quest,
nor any Death-but lest;
I accept the truth from Thee,
to where the Strong assure me.
I wage my life upon thy altar,
ponder here a time of falter;
I live to serve only Thee.
We think that we must be-
gods upon this earth.
I believe we learn common sense. When we learn we are just a part of life. Need to be kind and help the next generation. Great wealth and power don't mean much when you are dead and gone. I like this poem. A lot of questions were open up by strong statements.
"Misery held me 'gainst my woes,
as if my life cease to flow.
But if it be the answer of my eternal quest,
nor any Death-but lest;"
Thank you for the amazing poetry.
Coyote
Hmmmm, simple within its meaning, yet complex in its language.
As I was reading, I liked this line, "But I still long for truth,/ I long for those who's not uncouth" because it makes me relate a bit like we all search for that balance of truth, do we not?
This line makes me think, "By all means, I carried out to wonder,/when flesh and spirit sunder" Flesh and spirit don't sunder until after death, or at least that's what I believe. Flesh and spirit are one until the flesh is stripped away and left to light for all the spirit truly is.
In the second stanza, I liked at the beginning how there is doubt, "But in a world such as this,/ dost thou be amiss?" and then it turns to trust of the Lord. I think we all have this question.
And the lines, "Misery held me 'gainst my woes,/as if my cease to flow" I think relates to the reader a lot because it is in our miseries or our misfortunes do we turn away.
In the final stanza I especially like the expands emphasis of this idea, "I wage my life upon thy altar" meaning that you chose to believe in the end or whatnot.
This was really interesting, I very much enjoyed reading it. "I wage my life upon thy altar, ponder here a time of falter, I live to serve only Thee." Very well written, loved it. :)
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