Boundaries

We live within the boundaries
We’ve established for ourselves,
Which likely do not match
Where any other person delves.

For all of our parameters
Are special and unique
Tailored physically or mentally
To comforts that we seek.

The daring cross the borders
Where adventures may await
While most others rarely plunge
Beyond the confines they create.

It doesn’t pay to envy
Those whose boundaries are immense
For to violate our own might yield
A sorry consequence.

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Maurice Rigoler

November 12, 2017 at 12:24 PM

Wonderful! I try my best to live with your wisdom, Ilene. I've always been aware of my limitations, so rarely take on matters beyond my abilities. The few things I do well at I am happy. Your final stanza says it all for me. About the "Peanut". What was confusing about it? Was it the word itself, in particular the "pea"? My gut feeling is that it means "small or little." / M

Ilene Bauer

November 14, 2017 at 3:29 PM

thank you, maurice! much appreciated! as far as the peanut poem, i only meant that the word "peanut" (which you pointed out in your poem is not really a nut) could confuse people since the word "nut" is included as part of its name...