By All Means

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.

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

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

[Dahlia Phoenix]

Completely realistic. You blew my mind with this and you're right. We look back on what our lives were and how foolish it looks with the image being everywhere. Sometimes it can be very odd to face it but it changes a lot of things in one's perspective. Good poem.

[TL Boehm]

a psalm...a prayer...eloquent words.

[SilentDreamer]

I like how it rhymes, flowing smoothly. Also the last line of the last stanza ends it well, sort of closing it off and making you think.

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you for the poem I wrestle with these ideas a bit and know no man who can answer them with more than an opinion . The problem when we find out it follows us to the grave

[lynne]

I love the way your poems sound in my head. I always end up reading them out loud to myself to make them even better. Not that there not great already :) This poem was very well written. Thank you for sharing, and please continue to share your poetry with us :)

[Jenni-Chan]

yea. that's how people think.

[Poetic Beauty]

This has an old world feel to it. Searching for God and for answers from Him is a life long journey. This was done with great spirituality and great insight.

[Serenity]

Wow thats really good I like it alot. I love the way you used some shakespearean speech/modernized old english.

[Lessa Kylara Johnson]

This poem is amazing!

[Audrey Howitt]

Well penned Adam!