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5/27/2025 for Point of No Return Poetry Contest sponsored by Kai Michael Neumann

Point of No Return

When the time comes to go,
it doesn't matter what I know,
or what bridges I might burn
at the point of no return.

When I see her standing there,
don't talk "reason".  I don't care.
Don't think I'll ever learn.
I'm at the point of no return.

I'll think about it for a long time,
but those thoughts aren't worth a dime.
It doesn't matter what I discern.
I'm at the point of no return.

Scrutiny, my brain, the outside world -
all those things are quickly hurled.
A place inside now has its turn.
It's called the point of no return.
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Rodrigues Avatar
May 28, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Yes, at the point of no return, you think of only what is now. Well done
Crandall Avatar
May 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This is an actual depiction of how I make decisions. I think about it and do research for years, and then, out of the middle of nowhere, suddenly, I just do what I feel like, regardless of what the thinking and research told me.
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