When I am living from one moment to the next,
how much in real life do I need to plan ahead?
When I come out thriving, only to fall again,
to live with ideals do I need a lot of strength?
When each soul is an alter ego of myself
how dauntless must I be to make a difference?
When previous night’s future becomes next morning’s past,
what eyes must I have to see in the present tense?
When a life here is cheaper than two Jackson greens,
how much can I dignify my own self-esteem?
When there is no place left for me to call a home,
how can I be lost in my savage wanderings?
When in the end it’s myself I cannot forgive,
how can I ever blame anyone else but me?
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* The last 4 lines are from Metallica’s The Unforgiven III.
Such a great poem, you have added electrifying feelings to the lines from Metallica!
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thank you… but are you sure that you are not being subjective about your comrade’s words?
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🙂 ha, is this a tricky question?
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I will never trick my comrade…
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🙂 hehehe, it is April’s fools – I was making a joke 🙂
Of course I am not only biased, I say it as it is!
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that my dear friend needs a new genre in the figures of speech section to be fully understood … that you are not only biased, you say it as it is … hats off! from what I have seen only poets like Walt Whitman and you are capable of such rhetorically potent phrases!
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I knew your super clever mind would catch that double entree there!
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that is not just a double, a quadruple at least! 🙂
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Grinning 😀 😀
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it needs a new name… but the hour’s hand has struck 2 am here and the overwhelming warmth nudges me early to my sleep!
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Sweet dreams my friend!!
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I will and I need to coin a new phrase too for thanking you just like those astronomers, who had to come up with the unit ‘light year’ when even billions of kilometers were way too little to express the real thing…
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😀 Faleminderit – that is Albanian
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Unë jam në borxh tuaj
… hopefully I did not say something wrong!
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Aww, so sweet of you to find this phrase 🙂 edhe une gjithashtu miku im 🙂
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Miku is friend, right? so sweet!
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Yes indeed! 🙂
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it always feels great to learn new words!
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😀
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the opening lines grabbed my eyes, the closing lines wrenched my heart. Well done!
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thank you and it has been kindly pointed out by a friend, the ending lacks originality… but you know how influenced I am by Metallica’s words!
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yes I know and that’s no bad thing 🙂
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thank you for your kindness!
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You’re welcome 🙂
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🙂
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A thoughtful and beautifully written piece, self examination is not pleasant but necessary ! 🙂
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yes it is and the more we do it the less unpleasant it becomes.
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These are all great questions, and the fact that you left them unanswered let’s readers try to do themselves. Very nice (even with the addition of the Metallica verse).
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thank you and I take it that you are not into Metallica 🙂
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No, quite the contrary. Though not many people will blend lyrics into their own work.
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I know that kind of hurts one’s originality … hopefully the next one will be more original!
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No worries. It was still enjoyable.
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you are being generous, again!
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Haha, I apologize. 😆😆
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😀
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