Duality

Your gift is your curse 
Used wrong things get worse 
Intentions unsure 
Motives unclear 
The evil behind is what you now fear 

Attribute or, handicap 
Your potential you tap 
Use only when needed 
Use at the right time 
Seldom will it become your crime 

Many will want your power 
Your innocence they will sour 
Closed off from yourself 
Open to many 
Becoming as common as a discarded penny 

Jaded you become 
Forgetting where you're from 
No one to trust 
No one to believe 
A world with problems is all you perceive 

Hope you now seek 
Prospects seem bleak 
Ideas in the horizon 
Almost hard to see 
Make the journey towards them to set yourself free.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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October 27, 2013 at 10:16 AM
ERIC< ... Congratulations with your featured poem of the week. It was nice seeing it on the Poetry Soup-- HOME PAGE. Always a poetry soup friend <3 = LINDA
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October 27, 2013 at 1:36 PM
Thank you!
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October 27, 2013 at 1:29 AM
Eric, CONGRATULATIONS ;) on having your poem featured................... LOVE SKAT
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October 27, 2013 at 1:36 PM
Thanks!
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October 9, 2013 at 10:58 AM
wow this is deep Eric, for a first poem..Love it... Your first poem on the soup is excellent for the readers!! Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. Wishing you the best when it comes to your poems. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here. Starting with me. SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you like. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND". Hugs* SKAT
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October 9, 2013 at 2:24 PM
Thanks!
A   Avatar
October 9, 2013 at 5:23 AM
good morning Eric, , I like your first poetic piece on the site ,, A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. Dropping by to invite you to my latest contest. You will find the contest page on the top left hand side* -Looking forward in following and reading your poetry. Hope to hear from you soon. You will enjoy the community, we are one big happy family. (Drama & Love. LOL) ~ Take Care!! From: your new poet friend @-> LINDA <-@"
Niehoff Avatar
October 9, 2013 at 2:24 PM
Thanks, It will take a while for me to get all my past work on to this site.
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October 9, 2013 at 3:49 AM
Welcome to P-Soup, Eric ! - Nice to read your first poem here. - Hope you will have much pleasure to be with us. - Wishing you good luck - have a nice day! - Comment on the poetry of others and they will comment on yours. - My first greeting to you from Norway / / / Anne-Lise :)
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October 9, 2013 at 2:23 PM
Thanks!
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