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[title] => These Days
[time] => 2005-03-19 21:08:55
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[bodytext] => These days march past me
Each of them bringing meanings
Many of them blessed.
But tonight I look back
To times not long passed
Hard days with difficult themes
That I could seldom understand.
I wonder if the darkness I faced
Could have been avoided
Could have been my own making -
Might I have left it behind me
Lost it on lonely paths
If I had told my heart to dwell
On brighter facets of day?
But answer comes back:
I could not have commanded so much.
Strong forces bind our days -
What is a human heart, after all
In the flood tide of life’s ways?
Those waves can always conquer
Could crush such slender walls,
If they were to flow unguided, unchecked.
In some Other’s hand is such dispensation
Made with other plans, perhaps
Other things valued somewhere higher
Than the inclinations of the untaught heart.
I cannot comprehend the plan
By which my days are meted out.
Those trials seem strain to me
And the blessings unexpected
For I cannot foretell futures
Nor see what outcomes these days bring
But one thing I understand -
I am shaped by a wisdom
Far beyond my own
And for that I am thankful.
© MMV ADL
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These Days
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fionndruinne
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Saturday, 19th March 2005 @ 09:08:55 PM in AEST
Topic:
Lifepoems
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These days march past me
Each of them bringing meanings
Many of them blessed.
But tonight I look back
To times not long passed
Hard days with difficult themes
That I could seldom understand.
I wonder if the darkness I faced
Could have been avoided
Could have been my own making -
Might I have left it behind me
Lost it on lonely paths
If I had told my heart to dwell
On brighter facets of day?
But answer comes back:
I could not have commanded so much.
Strong forces bind our days -
What is a human heart, after all
In the flood tide of life’s ways?
Those waves can always conquer
Could crush such slender walls,
If they were to flow unguided, unchecked.
In some Other’s hand is such dispensation
Made with other plans, perhaps
Other things valued somewhere higher
Than the inclinations of the untaught heart.
I cannot comprehend the plan
By which my days are meted out.
Those trials seem strain to me
And the blessings unexpected
For I cannot foretell futures
Nor see what outcomes these days bring
But one thing I understand -
I am shaped by a wisdom
Far beyond my own
And for that I am thankful.
© MMV ADL
Copyright ©
fionndruinne
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2005-03-19 21:08:55]
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Re: These Days
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by Nazmythian on
Saturday, 19th March 2005 @ 10:35:33 PM AEST
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Andrew ... It is my belief that the way we answer the call of the wisdom that shapes our future ... is what makes us who we are .... and ultimately, who we will be. And I believe that even though you may not understand the master plan ... you sing with an acceptance that says yours will be a voice of reckoning for times eternal. Well written my friend.
Nazzy ~
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by PhantomVampyress on
Saturday, 19th March 2005 @ 10:47:53 PM AEST
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wow this poem is very enlightening to read.. and i like the end especially.. that is so true as years go on and we go through things we get wiser and we survive.. I really liked this one.. it made me feel enlightened and inspired and a sense of hope.. Great JOB!!
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by faith_my_eyes on
Saturday, 19th March 2005 @ 10:49:30 PM AEST
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| What a beautiful treatise on God's sovereingn hand in our lives, teaching us, and how is wisdom is greater than ours. |
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Re: These Days
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by Essentially9 on
Saturday, 19th March 2005 @ 11:15:04 PM AEST
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| very well written andrew. there is always something in your poems that is impressing. maybe its the fact that you have so much more talent than many others. =] |
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by lostinmyself on
Sunday, 20th March 2005 @ 09:08:29 AM AEST
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I understand this so much Andrew, and like Jarred, I could probably ramble on about this poem for hours.
But I won't..
I'll just say I adore this, and hope you know what I think anyway.
*hugs8 Phil xxx |
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Re: These Days
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by Kie on
Sunday, 20th March 2005 @ 11:33:51 AM AEST
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It has been a long time since I have read your poetry. I must say that you write with such heart and so eloquent.
I thought this poem was perfect, flawless.
And, I thought of all the times i've pondered, wondered, and analyzed the before's, each step, my goals, my future only to be faced with the reality that here is now and now is here.
Wisdom is probably the greatest gift one can be given it is priceless.
Wonderful poem fionn.
Kie |
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Re: These Days
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by blowfish_jane on
Monday, 21st March 2005 @ 06:15:02 AM AEST
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Andrew this was such a well writen peice, it's emotively done with so much thought to it.
I liked this a lot. Thanks for posting.
Jane |
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Re: These Days
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by Sagacious on
Wednesday, 23rd March 2005 @ 12:49:26 PM AEST
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Yours is the kind of musing which reminds us--regardless of the difficulties we face, the choices we make--that we are the result, though more than the sum, of our experience. As such, our lives (warts and all) are to be viewed as continuous creative processes, rather than as roads with specific destinations.
And, yet, there is something more. Occassionally, we seem to run into the right person at the right time (even if we don't recognize the encounter as such, immediately). At other moments, we learn that not being in the wrong place at the wrong time--when we might otherwise have been at that spot, under other circumstances--saved us. By design or not, the conincidences of daily life are near-inexplicable.
It is in the shadowy realm 'twixt reason and spirit that your poem resides, and from there that it derives it's magic. Good show! Sincerely, -KAC- |
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Re: These Days
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by Tanna on
Thursday, 24th March 2005 @ 05:36:16 PM AEST
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I have read each of your poems, and I am very impressed. You have an effortless ability to draw one in and transport them to another time, another place. I have to say, these are some of the most beautiful posts I've seen on this site. Very well thought out and extremely well written. Im looking foreward to reading more.
~T |
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Re: These Days
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by Overstated on
Tuesday, 29th March 2005 @ 06:31:15 PM AEST
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i agree with the poster who said this piece was flawless- it truely is!!
with lines such as 'Those waves can always conquer
Could crush such slender walls,'
excellent work! this poem really drew me in...
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Re: These Days
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by Former_Member on
Tuesday, 5th April 2005 @ 08:04:00 AM AEST
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An intricacy of detail...
“Hard days with difficult themes
That I could seldom understand.”
-How life is precisely that…seldomly construed!
“ Might I have left it behind me
Lost it on lonely paths”
-What mindfulness!
What figurativeness!
“If I had told my heart to dwell
On brighter facets of day?”
-If only it were a possibility… to transpose into lighter (yet much more difficult) emotions…
It is much easier to remain within darkness, than it is to emerge into the light.
“Strong forces bind our days -
What is a human heart, after all
In the flood tide of life’s ways?”
The significance of what we perceive to be one of the greatest attributions to man, may very well pale in significance to the notion as well as the physical and more-so tangible characteristics of life itself.
An unforgettable piece.
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Re: These Days
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by Former_Member on
Thursday, 21st April 2005 @ 04:27:50 AM AEST
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bloody hell you know how to pour it out!
you have an amazing mind my friend.
Johnny. |
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Re: These Days
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by Archie on
Saturday, 30th April 2005 @ 11:46:52 AM AEST
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| Great poem influenced no doubt by tremendous times you have been through. |
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by Wachumiri on
Monday, 2nd May 2005 @ 11:05:29 PM AEST
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These days could have been avoided if... we could have some pizza!!!!!
Sorry about all these dumb comments and all, but I'm hungry.
David (A hungry David) |
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Re: These Days
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by Spike on
Thursday, 13th October 2005 @ 09:59:40 PM AEST
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An understated but powerful reflection on life and fate, mystical in expression, realistic in meaning. Well expressed.
Spike |
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Re: These Days
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by Former_Member on
Tuesday, 28th February 2006 @ 07:56:26 PM AEST
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For I cannot foretell futures
Nor see what outcomes these days bring
But one thing I understand -
I am shaped by a wisdom
Far beyond my own
And for that I am thankful.
Amen
I like how you have the days going forward.. marching past you.. leader days, and days that you look back at.. that are bringing up the rear.. what a nice march here..its like eternity, always has been, always will be..this is highly spiritual, this poem...
Andrew, you ... ARE.. a... brilliant writer..
Your friend always,
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by Former_Member on
Tuesday, 28th February 2006 @ 07:58:03 PM AEST
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Oh yes, and I also liked how you asked a question of yourself, and answered it with wisdom..
raquelLeah |
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Re: These Days
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by needledancing on
Saturday, 17th March 2007 @ 05:52:30 AM AEST
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From deep thoughts come inner wisdoms and yes as versed....I am shaped by a wisdom Far beyond my own
And for that I am thankful.
Excellent piece. |
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