Perhaps I am that person that did march to a different drummer drumming.
Could I have walked differently, perhaps not because it is not within my nature to walk any other way.
For my soul is guided by something in which is it hard to explain.
He was always there, I believe from the time that I was born
deep inside me.
The soul of what I am, tarnished by sins of the past but polished like silver to be what I am today.
Did I walk any differently when I did not allow the keeper of my soul to show me?
Perhaps yes and perhaps no, but I just know that I made the choices that I did and therefore I live with them.
The walk that I did walk, no one can really do and we do not find that out until much later in life.
There is a lot to be said for youth and energy and the vitality of wanting to be the one to change things.
Yet there is valor in wisdom in knowing what went wrong, where it went wrong and what you did about it.
My soul could never contained in a box or some vessel that would only fail me.
As the master said, when did I ask you to build me a house?
The soul is the house, the soul feeds the faith, and therefore
the faith feeds the walk.
I would rather lose something on merit than to win on what is bought.
For I know that what can be bought can be sold, I am not that cheap.
You have here a mini portrait if you will of my soul, it never hurts to do a reality check on it.
Because this and only this helps with walking, but if you were to ask me again, would I walk any diffently?
I would tell you that you have to be the one that hears the drumbeat.
Author notes
These are just some of the thoughts that I am having right now. When you go through a death experience during Hospice, you do think about the end of life issues. You wonder just how you measure up really in the eyes of a higher power.
A contest entry
- Give Me the Best of You(show me your soul) by Deadmans Heart.
2000 points, ended May 18, 2008, 20 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
You must know how to die well in order to live well.
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Amazing
What a testimony of Faith, thank you for reading my writes as well. Blessings.
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WOW!!!This was really a very provoking write. It reached deep down to my soul. It helped me with some personal things I have been going through. Congratulations on the silver. Well deserved!!
Sam
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Beautifully done!!!
Profound & vulnerable, yet at the same time strong & brutally honest...
To contemplate ones mortality & be able to say 'Yes, I have lived a good life' would be divine but delusional. Fore it is in our regrets & deeds that we shall be judged, and also in our deeds we shall be remembered...
Another fantastic & thought provoking write you have here...
Well penned, Well said, Well done!!!
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Maybe now my comment will go through. You and I think so much alike. OUr bodies house our souls, and we each march to the beat of a different drummer.Each choice we have made in life, has led us to where we are today. I believe that we are where we are supposed to be at all times. No regrets. Lessons learned. You have exposed your soul in such a beautiful, strong way here. I certainly hope you win.
Much love,
Linda XO
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I loved this poem!
Such bold honesty and wise pearls for all us to chew
upon and enjoy.
Obviously this poetess has mighty strength of soul,
and more beauty then she could ever possibly behold!
ears/Seattle Feast of a poem!
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