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[aid] => mick
[title] => Future Choice
[time] => 2006-06-13 19:59:20
[hometext] => How do we discern which is the best path to take in our lives?
[bodytext] => How many others may have traveled thus far
All have left their impression, and received life scars
Do I follow in their footsteps, including transgressions
Or do I forge my own direction and destination
For the domain of unforeseen experience lies ahead
I beseech thee Great One above
To protect me from harm in my uncharted journey of love
Looking to the heavens for some advice
Hoping to learn from others confessions, something concise
To determine what they discerned to be the best choice
Others frolicking and dancing carefree about
Don't seem to be concerned with sorting things out
I shout, where are you going and what did you find
No one answered or paid me any mind
It's as if they didn't notice me at all
I guess the challenge is all up to me
I hope and pray I find my destiny
Thought I could learn something from all who came before
But no one's wisdom was I able to absorb
So I proceed, naked within, with only my faith forevermore
[comments] => 7
[counter] => 233
[topic] => 62
[informant] => Willofree
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[score] => 20
[ratings] => 4
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Future Choice
Contributed by
Willofree
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Tuesday, 13th June 2006 @ 07:59:20 PM in AEST
Topic:
spiritual
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How many others may have traveled thus far
All have left their impression, and received life scars
Do I follow in their footsteps, including transgressions
Or do I forge my own direction and destination
For the domain of unforeseen experience lies ahead
I beseech thee Great One above
To protect me from harm in my uncharted journey of love
Looking to the heavens for some advice
Hoping to learn from others confessions, something concise
To determine what they discerned to be the best choice
Others frolicking and dancing carefree about
Don't seem to be concerned with sorting things out
I shout, where are you going and what did you find
No one answered or paid me any mind
It's as if they didn't notice me at all
I guess the challenge is all up to me
I hope and pray I find my destiny
Thought I could learn something from all who came before
But no one's wisdom was I able to absorb
So I proceed, naked within, with only my faith forevermore
Copyright ©
Willofree
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2006-06-13 19:59:20]
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Re: Future Choice
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by Former_Member on
Tuesday, 13th June 2006 @ 08:19:05 PM AEST
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Oh, Wil, an age-old question and one that prompts a quote from a Robert Frost poem..
"I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference"
Yeah, I am with Bobby on this one. lol Sure, we can learn much from others' paths, but
to forge our OWN, making mistakes and climbing enormous mountains on the way-
now THAT is to live, my friend. To find your way in a world where so many lost souls are
all too willing to 'guide' you is, in my very humble opinion, what it really means to be
alive rather than merely exist.
A very thought-provoking piece, (as is obvious! lol) Well done, Wil!
~Breezy
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Re: Future Choice
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by wizard on
Tuesday, 13th June 2006 @ 10:52:34 PM AEST
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never been quite sure myself which is the right path to take...but if you look around at others that are on the same path as you, and you like what you see, then you're probably there..
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Re: Future Choice
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by Nazmythian on
Wednesday, 14th June 2006 @ 12:56:35 AM AEST
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Good Lord, Terry ~
The best path for us to follow ? One that challenges us ... provokes us to learn, builds upon who we are inside. I don't recall who it was that said it ... but "when you stop learning ... you're dead".
We have watched you grow, and continue to see you evolve ... as a poet, a true poet. You just travel as you are ... it will all come together in the end ... I am certain of that. I truly am.
Another wonderful entry, Sir
Nazzy ~ |
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Re: Future Choice
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by emystar on
Wednesday, 14th June 2006 @ 06:53:02 AM AEST
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Good work friend.
huggs,
emy |
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Re: Future Choice
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by hauntedscorp on
Wednesday, 14th June 2006 @ 09:21:05 AM AEST
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Well...if you take the opposite path from me, you should do alright : )
All joking aside...I like the way this poem immediately makes the reader ponder your life, their life, life in general. Which, in turn, makes this a piece to remember, and a rather relatable one at that. Great job expressing your feelings here...I love that last line too btw...great parting words.
Scorp. |
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Re: Future Choice
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by Former_Member on
Monday, 19th June 2006 @ 10:57:38 AM AEST
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A very thoughtful piece. I tend to think that we need to go our own way and learn for ourselves...but it sure would be nice if we really could learn from others!
Great work here. |
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Re: Future Choice
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by lostinmyself on
Monday, 19th June 2006 @ 03:07:58 PM AEST
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Dearest Will...
It has been too long since I looked for your page.
Yet still, you do not disappoint. Again you show that you are truly a poet.
You know, I think, in the end, it is better that we live without anothers wisdom, in some instances, because some things need to be learnt for ourself.
A thoughtful write, my friend..
Good write,
*hugs*
Phil xxx |
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