My Mind

O mind
My small ruminant
Chewing with your untiring teeth
Days gone by
Pulled out from the pages of a book that no one reads anymore 
What are you looking for there? 
It's just a pointless routine 
Or like an ancient gold miner
Sifting the sands in the streams 
Are you looking for some precious radiance? 
It's all in vain my darling
Because everything in this world is worthless in its own way
The great principles are often rainbows beyond reach
Where the day's substitutes are hanging
Driven by lust for money and short-lived passions 
Nothing from the past can be returned to me
In my remaining days 
And the nature of the world won't have advanced 
Even a single step 
If when I reach the end of my days
The child in me is far better 
Than the crazy man writing the poem
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Anderson Avatar
January 8, 2011 at 5:33 PM
Very nice poem....Jimmy
Kendrick Avatar
January 8, 2011 at 1:44 PM
Interesting work that you have penned...Sara
Gorelick Avatar
January 8, 2011 at 1:34 PM
The crazy man writing this poem has a way with words.. We havent met..I like your work..some wonderful phrase in this one. BG Where are you from?
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