Login
|
Join PoetrySoup
Home
Submit Poems
Login
Sign Up
Member Home
My Poems
My Quotes
My Profile & Settings
My Inboxes
My Outboxes
Soup Mail
Contest Results/Status
Contests
Poems
Poets
Famous Poems
Famous Poets
Dictionary
Types of Poems
Videos
Resources
Syllable Counter
Articles
Forum
Blogs
Poem of the Day
New Poems
Anthology
Grammar Check
Greeting Card Maker
Classifieds
Quotes
Short Stories
Member Area
Member Home
My Profile and Settings
My Poems
My Quotes
My Short Stories
My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder
Soup Social
Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us
Member Poems
Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Random
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread
Member Poets
Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest
Famous Poems
Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100
Famous Poets
Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War
Poetry Resources
Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Email Poem
Your IP Address: 3.12.198.162
Your Email Address:
Required
Email Address Not Valid.
To Email Address:
Email Address Not Valid.
Required
Subject
Required
Personal Note:
Poem Title:
Poem
(A lone voice whispers) As we stroll this Long Walk together On Boxing Day Someone's prayer reached out through the Ether and asked me Hey Are we all silently walking in a spiritual sense Do some like me walk blindly from A to B with no purpose or willful intent Do others have a planned route Painfully justified and organized, detailed, and meticulously unbent And do a few accept whatever happens So here's my answer for you if you're here The point simply is: we are all silently walking spiritually home Approaching bridges of challenges and uncertainty we must cross to find a new kind of renewal For by doing so We can find a form of poetic catharsis from which to grow To find ourselves and to really know The universes secrets linked to us as they flow And by encountering those many bridges we must cross alone in the mind, but guided by a family member or true friends We can help ourselves find a kind of salvation But like all things There is temptation A temptation to follow the crowd A temptation where You could lose too much to its identity cremation So always remember Every soul walks silently by day and by night And must tremble inwardly with exhilaration at the thought of achieving a degree of happiness’s touch Many old souls like me could tell you a secret if you inquired “A soul, which remains shackled within the chains of the opinion of others, and the fear of change. Will always be searching and could go wild since it’s too much.” To truly embrace and find happiness: you must be true to yourself. A life of hopelessness and meaninglessness could transpire if one does not find the courage to conquer and know oneself. For we all are silently walking in a spiritual sense: So, do you walk alone, with family members and true friends, or simply follow the crowd? A question layered with multiple outcomes which may lead to you being forever bowed So in closing You must always choose because you are always walking. Who do you walk with apart now with me at this moment? I think you sometimes need to walk alone, and sometimes, hand in hand with family and friends but within the crowd: You could lose your voice forever. Me. I walk alone after sometimes seeking advice from others For only I can truly walk my walk Free from the crowd It's what my Grandma always taught me So my soul doesn't feel shackled and goes wild (C) Copyright John Duffy
CAPTCHA Preview
Type the characters you see in the picture
Required