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The Choice Not Known

Will my rock in the ocean float to my rescue, am I yet to choose ? Feathers sink like feathers as only feathers can. Thick, soft, gentle green grass and sands, or sands, charming, benevolent, clean as I recall, and waters, or waters, warm, cool, moving unseen, and winds, or winds, no longer would they sadden me. Cold, as if a blanket, no longer torment to my most naked extremity. My rock at ocean's bottom calmly bides its time, as if somehow I could choose. 24th October 2018

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Richard Lamoureux

Date: 10/31/2018 9:06:00 AM

Me too!

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 10/29/2018 9:01:00 AM

Having almost drowned I strangely relate to this one.

Lawrence Sharp
Date: 10/29/2018 2:23:00 PM

Glad you survived.

James Marshall Goff

Date: 10/26/2018 11:43:00 PM

Li f e's ambiguity....portends acceptance...nice! Lawrence...

Lawrence Sharp
Date: 10/27/2018 1:08:00 AM

Thanks for visit and comment, James, glad you liked it.

Eve Roper

Date: 10/25/2018 11:52:00 PM

Your distany is I think your choosing, but we try to take the hand that will reach for us. I drown sometimes then I try to comfort myself by changing my thoughts . I like your deep poem .. it's hard for me to figure thoughts since I see everything concrete..

Lawrence Sharp
Date: 10/26/2018 8:21:00 AM

Thanks for visiting, I'm glad you liked it. When you're drowning, may you have calm to find a way to swim... Peace, rest...

Vijay Pandit

Date: 10/24/2018 6:37:00 AM

So much of what we do is surrounded by uncertainty. Yet, we live as if we control our destiny. Your poem dwells into the unknown..pondering is always good..sometimes we find the answers. Well done, Lawrence.

Lawrence Sharp
Date: 10/24/2018 10:06:00 AM

Thank you Vijay, glad you liked it, and appreciative of your support, as always.

Robert Lindley

Date: 10/24/2018 6:12:00 AM

My great friend, your free verse creations always awe me with their beauty, depth and heart. Life- As IF - one can choose their own Fate in his malevolent world. Choosing happens but its usually just onto another path this dark world offers.. Exceptional poetry my friend.. A gem and a fav ..

Lawrence Sharp
Date: 10/24/2018 10:05:00 AM

Thanks Robert, always pleased by your kind comments.