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Across the valley of your mind,
You trail a loneliness that everyone fears.
The sharpness of thought
Is blunted by the gathering twilight
And the shadows that once knew their place
Are bold to come upon the green pasture of memory,
Slowly, surely, alienating you from everything and everyone.
Today increasingly confuses you with its simplicity
And soon you will slip into the comforting arms
Of a long ago day
When time held no fear and fear had no meaning.
And as you ebb and flow on the advancing tide of uncertainty,
You will make laughter sound heavy,
The heaviness of the cruel burden you have to carry.
And as the sun seeks a deeper setting
Your eyes will be dulled by sadness, retreating to a haunted
Desperate landscape where only you will dwell.
And I ask, what can we do? For we too must carry a burden,
A cruel certainty,
The certainty of decline and the declining certainty
Of who you are.
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Declining Certainty.

Contributed by cashfan1 on Monday, 2nd August 2010 @ 09:59:05 AM in AEST
Topic: Lifepoems

Now that the sun is setting
Across the valley of your mind,
You trail a loneliness that everyone fears.
The sharpness of thought
Is blunted by the gathering twilight
And the shadows that once knew their place
Are bold to come upon the green pasture of memory,
Slowly, surely, alienating you from everything and everyone.
Today increasingly confuses you with its simplicity
And soon you will slip into the comforting arms
Of a long ago day
When time held no fear and fear had no meaning.
And as you ebb and flow on the advancing tide of uncertainty,
You will make laughter sound heavy,
The heaviness of the cruel burden you have to carry.
And as the sun seeks a deeper setting
Your eyes will be dulled by sadness, retreating to a haunted
Desperate landscape where only you will dwell.
And I ask, what can we do? For we too must carry a burden,
A cruel certainty,
The certainty of decline and the declining certainty
Of who you are.

Copyright © cashfan1 ... [ 2010-08-02 09:59:05]
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Re: Declining Certainty. (User Rating: 1 )
by polaris773 on Monday, 2nd August 2010 @ 11:26:11 AM AEST
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sorry to hear about your mom in law. But the poem you wrote about her ill be in my memory for a long time thanks

Re: Declining Certainty. (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Monday, 2nd August 2010 @ 11:53:54 AM AEST
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You have written on a subject that I am all too familiar with and anything I say, I feel, will not make you feel better. My brain overflows with thoughts on the subject.

As for poetry, you did a very good job. You definitely invoked emotion in this reader's heart!!!!

Re: Declining Certainty. (User Rating: 1 )
by losthergreeneyes on Monday, 2nd August 2010 @ 12:38:42 PM AEST
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This is an amazing poem, and it really hit me hard. I have gone through something along the same lines. I really loved your poem.

Re: Declining Certainty. (User Rating: 1 )
by GinSoakedBoy on Monday, 2nd August 2010 @ 03:16:56 PM AEST
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A very beautiful poem.

Re: Declining Certainty. (User Rating: 1 )
by andrewjones12 on Tuesday, 3rd August 2010 @ 07:02:50 AM AEST
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DENNIS! this was amaing, i felt your every last word, with such deep meaning inside of you as in me. i am sorry dear friend, my grandmother who helped raise me, suffered this horrible nature...and it saddens me to hear your heart. but always remeber, we are constanly forgetting, but never forgotten. best of wishes dennis, and blessings.

-may your day be filled with happiness, and a side dish of bliss-=)
much love,
-andrew.

Re: Declining Certainty. (User Rating: 1 )
by lovingcritters on Tuesday, 3rd August 2010 @ 08:25:33 AM AEST
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My heart drips of saddness and tears for you and Caren, Dennis, for my mother had the dreaded disease, and your poem was so like her slow decline! But, take heart for before my mother slipped deeper into her abyss she told me it was nice in a way, for it was all the bad that she did not miss.
A cruel certainty knowing there's not much anyone can do, I looked for all the good and found a few.
She was in no pain, physically, she could still walk with a cain, Look for the blessings that remain.
Please know how very sorry I am for Caren, you and she too!
Warm love
consue

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