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Sometimes I Like To Go Walking

Sometimes I like to go walking In search of a quiet place To free myself for a little while From the entanglements of this race. Occasionally, I find myself, running In circles of modern-day-dreams; Making ends meet in the fields or the streets Is indubitably more difficult than it seems. On the surface so simple and easy: Do your duty and follow the crowd; Be there on time and eventually you’ll find Success, if you’re lucky somehow. Sometimes I like to go walking In search of a quiet place Where trees grow high way up to the sky And the winds pass gentle on my face. Still looking Towards the illusively fading horizon ahead Outward bound beauty beyond Imagination’s Siren call I’m led. Into the streets past cars and buses Towards rivers wide with railroad trusses. Crossing over Shore to shoreline, present to past, Today, tomorrow, slow to fast. Following That still small voice within, sometimes I like to go walking now and then.

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M. Hussain Effendi

Date: 9/20/2011 1:20:00 AM

A remarkably lovely write this is dear friend Terry. I know this feeling as I used to go on similar walks, very very late at night around 1 AM or so, when the roads were less crowded. With my slippers off, I walked bare footed on the lush green grass on the footpath that seperated the the highway, taking the cool breeze head on. Obviously, I cant do that any more given the security situation in my country. But your poem rejuvenates that same feeling in me and makes me want to do it again. Thanks for sharing this one Terry. Nothing like a poem such as this to start your day here. thanks, Hussain

Elizabeth Wesley

Date: 9/19/2011 9:24:00 PM

This is like a waltz soaring and dipping through the atmosphere in a dream. I do this walk every day Terry and sometimes take my book along to catch the inspiration. I love where your mind takes me.