Within these walls memories are held,
love and pain from the past etching a place.
From deep within many paths lead me along
experiences learned have given some wisdom.
Been cherished beyond measure, blessed with heavenly union,
also bled dry from withering grief.
These two extremes and all in between,
have left both scars and sunlight in waves of recall.
This jewel box holds all that I have become,
fed by rivers flowing through so many mountains.
Enlightenment walks hand in hand along the path of knowledge,
this is my heart, in all things this is me.
Author notes
(10 - 20 lines)
The CONTEST PROMPT:
"My house says to me, "Do not leave me, for here dwells your past."
And the road says to me, "Come and follow me, for I am your future."
And I say to both my house and the road, "I have no past, nor have I a future. If I stay here, there is a going in my staying; and if I go there is a staying in my going. Only love and death will change all things."
Credit: Kahlil Gibran, from "Sand and Foam"
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A contest entry
- (PIF)~KAHLIL GIBRAN ~QUOTE PROMPT CONTEST #39 ~~15 poets/ 10-20 lines,`This is to PIF for the gold I won in Penmans contest by Roaddog Wolf.
650 points, ended March 28, 2008, 6 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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i loved this linee: Enlightenment walks hand in hand along the path of knowledge,
this is my heart, in all things this is me.
marvelous, wonderous, keep writing. you are brilliant.
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excellent write I can relate to your words totally, good flow and from what I can see a flawless penning
thank you for entering and good luck in the contest
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Wonderful!!
Love the words You have weaved and the Journey You take the reader on
Beautiful jewel box notation and
walk towards enlightenment
Keep that quill dancing...
Thank You for sharing Your Heart and Spirit~
Many blessings to You in the contest Sweet Soul
Best wishes too
and much love~ Desire~*~
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Brilliant
I just love the "Prophet" your words describe his prose beautifully
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