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Contemplation

Today is a contemplative day. Not a day of joy but of thought. A wrestling of sorts within. I hope to find some clarity. What lies have I told to myself? What have I chosen to believe? Can there be escape from myself? I hope that the answer is yes. So I sit thinking of my days Into which cup I'm pouring life Is there time to hold something back Or have the sands blown away All the answers I thought I knew Now they seem like a cosmic joke Still there's a difference I can make All I need is courage to change

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Voahanitriniaina Rabary-Andriamanday

Date: 4/21/2013 9:44:00 AM

Yes, it all needs courage... Thanks to your poem, we won't feel alone, doing the job. This will be, it seems, a new anthem for everybody!:) Love, Hanitra

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 4/22/2013 7:52:00 PM

Thanks Hanitra

Timothy Hicks

Date: 4/21/2013 9:30:00 AM

I wish I had more of these contemplative days. I'm such a hopeless procrastinator! Perhaps I should get into meditation, no? Seriously though, this was very deep writing... I always feel a bit wiser and less stressed when I read your work.

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 4/22/2013 7:55:00 PM

Perhaps you can contemplate about procrastination *lol*

Eileen Manassian

Date: 4/20/2013 1:58:00 AM

We all need time to look inside and to contemplate the deeper things in life. Great write...my favorite lines: So I sit thinking of my days Into which cup I'm pouring life. Reminds me of one of my favorite verses: Psalm 139:16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 4/20/2013 6:48:00 AM

Great verse, there is some spectacular poetry in the bible.