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cannot comprehendFeeling
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and when put to
the Test
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the Best
who watchfair-weather hearts
shrink back
when their pathturns to
rocky track
Author notes
"If your Nerve, deny you —
Go above your Nerve —
He can lean against the Grave,
If he fear to swerve — "
~ Emily Dickinson
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Your greatest gift lies beyond a door named fear.
~ Sufi saying
Written May 17th, 2004
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Thank you, Muddy!
I appreciate your appreciation. 
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I have been reading a few of your pieces to get a sense of your style. It seems an understanding lies in most of what I've read. That is something that easily escapes us, especially with written word. This piece found a bit of that for me, and I love the Emily poem in your comments...parallel inspiration
Thank you for the understanding
Peace Muddy -
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Hey.. actually i had to read this poem a few times to get the ray... and now i think i got it... i loved the suife statement in the author's comment too... ... well. you are some excellent poetess and the poems that i have read are the proof of it
take cares and have a nice time my dear friend.. just keep it up... your humble little friend...
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.... ... - vic ( who else? )
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Stunning Beautifully Penned
A dance within the sun
A feeling in which we all can be one
As we take the test
To share and give our best
Simply life is feeling within our inner beings
Feeling your lullaby flying free
In the dawn of freedoms melodies
Oh you’re so light in your soul precious seeds of being
Its time to sing for feeling and inner healing
Bypass the state of radioactive
Its time for the precious feelings in which our heartstrings live
For I’ve been on the rocky track
And now its time to feel laugh and sing in the aftermath
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Yes, Mike, well said. Khalil Gibran wrote similar thoughts about 'giving' in 'The Prophet'. I think you would appreciate it.
~ G
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so many give when they have enough, but would they still give when they do not?!
somewhere i pondered that hmmm sometime i felt enlightened to write something small. .
found it
there is more energy than we can ever use up, not ours alone . . but in sharing u get more -
Thank you! I'm in the post-migraine-how-come-I-feel-so-weak low! The migraine came from stressing about uncertainty and helplessness. The little picture gets me down, and I need a good kick once in a while to see the big picture. Converting the fear - it's going to turn out the same whether I'm afraid or not. I'll be much healthier and happier if I go lightly over the heavy ground.
"a cheerful heart wins i am never cast down for long"
Thank you for your understanding! And the push!
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You know, M, no true hero of any battle was ever without fear. The trick is, not to fight that natural fear, but to use it as the propulsive energy it is. Not resist it, but convert it.
Now, go kick butt!
~ G
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People aren't as good as they think they are. Neither am I!
Knowing one's tendency to cowardice and standing up to it is true heroism. I'm taking encouragement from this today!
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sad, and true. But we all do our best. Most of us anyway.
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Yet again Chris has said it all. Another great write though...another great poem to ponder...well done....we must go on whatever the case may be....how ever dark the times....we were choosen to live...it is our choice what we do with the time that is given to us...who will sustain the will...but all this you know....and you know also there is much more to it....keep up the great work
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Thank you, Duana. It's just 'my style'
~ G
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Thank you, shamik. The line breaks and typesetting are designed to provide the "punctuations" by suggestion. The reader is free to infer the breaks (punctuation) as seems appropriate...it is an interpretive clue for subtle minds.
~ G
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Your words ring so very true. Watch out for those fair weather friends. When the going gets tough the tough get going.
Regards,
Leo Long -
Very nicely written, and I like the image you put with the poem- the poem wouldn't have had the same effect without it. Can I ask you what type of poem it is? Or is it just freestyle?
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The last two lines are very nice. Good but I wish you were better with your punctuations.
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Thank you Chris I always appreciate your thoughtful comments. You have an admirable propensity for deep introspection and inquiry.
~ G
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When tests commence in one blow blessing can turn into curses - this is the difficult part of it. I've seen people being destroyed, detroy themselves and some with or without help fight and slowly recover, invariably re-emerging as someone else, someone who only resembles on the outside the person we knew before. Then some curses turn out to be blessings again. Testing is perhaps the process of dramatic change that many of us must go through, changes that we are incapable or reluctant of creating ourselves. We should not look for the blame, but for the reasons behind the reasons and when and where possible and necessary not only look. There is an abundance crammed into so few words to ponder, which is the true nature of powerful, compassionate poetry. Thank you.
Chris -
A pretty sure footed mountain sheep, I'd say There's always a chance to turn and try again.
~ G
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Thought provoking
Well, I don't know if I'm a sheep or a goat!
I comfort myself that we are all acting out our nature and doing our best. Sometimes it takes a particularly trying experience for us to realise that we are not what we wish to be; then we can do something about it. Until then, we are all asleep.
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