Gratefulness

To be absolutely certain To be firmly convicted in principle and belief Is the scariest feeling of all But, like all feelings, it never lasts The conviction stays, but the mind wanders Deep into the zones of ostensible comfort Where it rests merely to frenzy Into the streets of opposition Straight into the absolute wrong But the feeling never lasts It returns to the minute certainty The mind becomes determined in the conviction it has embraced And the best feeling rises above the initial fear: Gratefulness
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July 21, 2013 at 9:14 AM
You never cease to amaze--now an insight in to the mind. You are a modern poe-ette.
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July 14, 2013 at 8:11 PM
Hi Laura, i love the feeling, and the meaning of your poem. you did well on the wrongs and beliefs....... SKAT
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