Questions

Is the duality of nature the cornerstone of our own conscience?

Granddaughter Payton and I pondering the truths of the universe.

Often I ponder the question

can one think too much for ones good

Until it becomes an obsession

on wondering if a man should

Why do I query my own mind

as sadly I prove myself right

The two halves becoming entwined

in tauntings that cause them to fight

Is this my own duality

with the conscience I hold so dear

Or do I taste mortality

with it's old friend mighty fear

I find myself set in my ways

unlike those nights back in my youth

When I was such a fire ablaze

who never questioned life or truth

Author's Note

The heights and depths of a poets life are filled with joys beyond compare and depths of despair. However I wouldn't trade that for a life of dull monotony.
One thing for sure we know Love. We know pain. They are two sides of the same coin. However they are the way we balance life leaping from one trial into another. We love with all our being and when disappointed we cry from the depths of the Heart.

Often I find my own mind is at odds with itself and I wonder if this is the duality of nature or the cornerstone of our own conscience?
I look at my granddaughter and all I see is absolutes.

Reviews

[Susan 🦋]

LOL where have you been my entire life!...words to fill the Spirit and question the soul!...ahhh choices and the on- going battle within..( that coming from an over-thinker myself) BUT, look at that child! There it is...perfection with endless possibilities.

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you Susan I dont know I suppose i was so busy racing horses that i didnt have time to put any of my ideas on paper till I was 47.

[Susan 🦋]

I know what you mean..lol I started writing a year ago.

[Tate Morgan]

Well I am now 58 I started writing at 47 and have published three books so far. Until then I was simply too busy living to write. But a divorce sparked the idea and hence the creations

[Kaylor Mason]

That is an interesting point. I have also noticed that in myself, as I crossed over age 30, I became much more philosophical and spent a great deal more time thinking about things--things that before never dawned on me. Before that, life was mainly action.

[Tate Morgan]

Good point life was a dragstrip for me till 30. After that I started thinking about a legacy. Wondering how I would spend the rest alone If I didn't have a child. Thank you

[Re-Pete]

youth is more for doing and trying as age is for thinking. is only natural that as we grow older we know what we want after having tried different things and ways. can very much relate to these very honest and open thoughts. hindsight is 20/20 whilst foresight can be clouded ... :)

[Tate Morgan]

Thanks Pete we all wonder what if

[Patricia Wedel]

Life is a slow dance where Romance finds a place to Rest as we "Age"...
Be still and listen to your Heart... softly, Pat

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you Pat

[carl]

much to contemplate here in your personal contemplation. I can relate very well to "Is this my own duality with the conscience I hold so dear Or do I taste mortality with it's old friend mighty fear." Mortality and fear are very present fiends in a time of trouble. Thanks for the thoughtful prodding. -carl

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you Carl sorry I missed reading this

[JE Falcon]

Humor based poems I am partial to, tis a fact, and that may be why I liked this one.
But as soon as I got to the Yen & Yang of your poem, I concluded that you may be a Gemini and that is why you feel; ("The two halves becoming entwined --- in taunting's that cause them to fight")
However, if you are not born in June, then you may have the same problem the rest of us do. ;) Thanks for the fun read.

[Tate Morgan]

Lol I am a Gemini born in the end of May. And I fit the bill

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you for commenting on this poem. I have no idea where I get my ideas from they just seem to appear

[JE Falcon]

Same here, I think the little people have something to do with it. :)

[Renée]

Yep Thinkers always in a tussle, hand in the air all my life, and your style recognizable,and tastefully done Taters.

[Tate Morgan]

Hi Renee sorry I didnt comment on this . I have been absent minded of late and engaged at home with pressing affairs I simply lost track. Thank you for commenting on this

[Write Cat]

I was totally blown away by this piece... You have thought in a way that inspires everyone...

[Tate Morgan]

Why thank you I have always thought in ways that seem strange to
Many

[mou]

oh!! such a soothing tone in your voice..it inspires a 24-year girl! and very cute picture it's.. thank you T.M for sharing such a wonderful journey..I must shelve it to my favorite rack..
mou.

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you Mou Im honored

[mou]

my pleasure

[Levi Levin]

I think most poets are natural philosopher's. I think you definitely meet the mold. I don't have the ability to write in these depths as you and others, but someone has to. Great job!

[Tate Morgan]

Hi Levi thank you friend I hope you are well

[Karen Redburn]

You have amazed yet again! How perfectly you address what goes on in the mind, when it is in that dual state. I found myself nodding while reading the words. We do fight in our own minds and it is useless I find in the end. Thank you for sharing this!

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you Karen I talk out loud to myself often making my wife laugh I argue with myself the same way lol