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It Beckons

I sit pondering, wondering the meaning, what is happening finding it all baffling, without starting, without finishing. It just goes on never really getting on or yet arriving There is nothing to hear, see, or smell, but I have a yearning. That just beyond, hiding out of sight, something is watching or maybe, it is waiting, I stumble onwards, I am peering yet still I see nothing, just pitch black darkness awaiting. I creep fall wards, searching for what? Then it too is seeking. We are seeking together, neither knowing what. Only knowing that we are looking for something, anything not understanding. We keep turning, this way and that, never ever arriving Until Like a flashing light growing near we start understanding It is knowledge herself which we are seeking!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2023




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Date: 1/3/2024 1:53:00 PM
Whoa Shadow what an incredibly creative clever poem…..keeping the reader wondering!! Great wisdom and words! Debx
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Date: 1/4/2024 5:04:00 PM
ty deb nice to see you yes that was the intension hugs Shadow
Date: 1/2/2024 11:43:00 AM
I hope I find what I am seeking. A wonderful poem Shadow, if it’s knowledge I’m seeking I hope it soon comes a creeping… Belle
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Date: 1/4/2024 5:11:00 PM
hi Belle so do I we all can do with more along side with Wisdom hugs Shadow
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Date: 1/4/2024 5:08:00 PM
hi Belle so do I we all can do with more along side with Wisdom hugs Shadow
Date: 12/29/2023 3:00:00 PM
I found wisdom in your words and your lines, Shadow. It was as if in your questioning and turning you created a poem. Reminds me a bit of Rumi who says, "What you're seeking is seeking you." I have to fave this one! Happy New Year to a creative poetess. Hugs, Sara
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Date: 12/29/2023 4:30:00 PM
ahh Sara ty my friend I say look and you will find that gem that is a keeper and when you do new doors and ideas will follow. May you and Bill find everything you are looking for in the coming year hugs Shadow
Date: 12/29/2023 11:51:00 AM
and a poem is born... nice play with words here Shadow... words of wisdom in your lines, especially the lines about turning this way and that but never arriving... I hope you are well my friend and wish you all the best for the new year.. I hope all your hopes, dreams and aspirations come true..
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Date: 12/29/2023 4:18:00 PM
Well you know me and how I sometimes like to play with words I wanted to keep people wondering until the end what I was looking which was knowledge of which we can never have enough. As for you I return your greetings and also wish you the same but multiplied many times over. yes I am very happy I met my grand daughter for the first time today and she is gorgeous born on the 9th of November. The poem basically wrote itself hugs my dearest friend Shadow
Date: 12/29/2023 10:41:00 AM
That is very good. "We are seeking together, neither knowing what" begging you to join the quest, is a welcomed invitation.
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Date: 12/29/2023 10:57:00 AM
Ty Martin we spend most of our life searching for knowledge and then learning from it nice of you to visit hugs Shadow

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