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

[B]

I miss your work
maybe its time to let go
and stop thinking
I love your words
and this picture is beautiful
and the music

[Tate Morgan]

Nisreen I forgot how enchanting you are to talk to lol So nice to hear from you it is always so boosting to my ego thank you

[B]

:)
I am glad

[Tate Morgan]

Ill wear the smile you put on my face today.

[B]

Have a great one sir :)

[Dani The Unreviewed]

Good question my friend. i think we can talk about it for hours on end. anyway, i love this poem.
favorite lines :

"Or do I taste mortality
with it's old friend mighty fear"

100 points.

[Tate Morgan]

Thanks Danny I guess this is one of those sleepless nights fraught with thoughts I'd rather forget.

[Dani The Unreviewed]

We all have those my friend. there are happier thoughts waiting for you tomorrow :)

[Tate Morgan]

I think you are right i am going to face this one with my head up

[Cassie]

I think it is the duality of nature, that would be my answer. We all go through the same phases and it is surprising that one time we are so happy then in like an instant something happens that overides the joy and we forget that joy that moment and focus on that sad feeling. I wish our minds would be able to sieve sad stuff and let the joyful stuff pass through so we enjoy the happy moments longer...

[Tate Morgan]

Hi Cassie I do so wish i could just put away the bad thoughts and only remember the good ones. it is strange what we choose to remember. I find often life is is a bit hard to manage i long to sleep through it.

[Cassie]

You will. Just a little while. This happens to all of us just like seasons change. Lucky for you, you can write. It will be well. Happy to see you write and read you

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you i seem to have just come to a point where I lost my inspiration But tonight i woke as i use to with a question to which i had to find the answer. Most of my works were written in the early morning hours half asleep