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The Shadows of My Inner Self

The shadows of my inner self 
containing gold of hidden wealth
of skills but dimly glimps’d within, 
the shadows. Of my inner self,
I wonder now, how to begin,
discovering what is held within
the shadows of my inner self,
containing gold of hidden wealth.

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Funom Makama

Date: 1/28/2016 8:45:00 AM

Words so gracious. Beauty so outspoken and creativity so explicit. I love this. Thanks for the beyond 7 share.

Skat A

Date: 11/14/2015 8:44:00 AM

David :) Congratulations on having your poem featured on the soups Home Page. ~SKAT LOVE~

Daver Austin

Date: 11/9/2015 10:34:00 AM

I would think everyone has a hidden wealth well worth exploring. Congrats, daver

Iris E. Sankey- Lewis

Date: 4/6/2015 9:48:00 PM

David, you have inspired me to triolet. your 'Shadow of...' sparks several ideas i'll look to. Thank you for sharing this thought provoking piece. Blessings.

David Furlong
Date: 4/7/2015 1:30:00 AM

Thanks for your kind comments Iris...I love reading your poetry and delighted if mine can inspire you and others also. :)

Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser

Date: 4/1/2015 5:58:00 AM

Hi David, :) triolet is one of my fave forms.. :) and you executed it so well with so much messaged within the lines.. Shadows connotes somehow on some dark side but here you portray shadows as somehow not always dark but of lights.. :)! and that's you.. :)! nice! but then don't with hold.. :)let those shadows shun.. :)!//olive eloisa

David Furlong
Date: 4/7/2015 1:28:00 AM

Hi Olive, thanks for your kind comments. I have just completed writing a book entitled Illuminating the Shadow, which looks at this theme from different perspectives. We need both light and shadow to provide meaning to life. :)

Funom Makama

Date: 3/3/2015 12:16:00 PM

your piece is gracious and so tender in the inside... Thank you for the lovely share

David Furlong
Date: 3/3/2015 4:50:00 PM

Thank you for your kind words Funon. I had to spend time working on this triolet, which is not a form I was used to. Bright blessings David

Janet Eaton

Date: 3/3/2015 5:20:00 AM

David, Very nice, never thought of our skills as gold to hidden wealth, but really they are. Great! Hugs Janet

David Furlong
Date: 3/3/2015 6:12:00 AM

Thanks Janet... I appreciate your thoughts. Blessings

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 2/28/2015 7:41:00 AM

Very profound and philosophically oriented poem that asks questions unable to be easily answered! My friend, David, first of all we have to shut our earthly eyes and open wide our soul's! Only then and in absolute silence the whisper of the divine will become a thunderous voice for us to hear! Having asked the questions though, you have already covered half the distance! Excellent write and a seven! Welcome my friend!

David Furlong
Date: 3/1/2015 1:29:00 AM

Thanks Demetrios....I have very much enjoyed your poems too. At the moment I'm on the last chapters of writing a book called 'Illuminating the Shadow', which is why my interest in this theme is so strong.