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Where In the World We

In a world, yeah this one...,
 where you think you exist
only as fresh as the newest song
on your spotify,
 songlist.

Well, listen up,
to your heart
it still knows best. 

Wanna go through life livin it YOLO?
careful there,
just might end up livin' it 
solo.  

For me, nah..
not the way to go..

There's always been us,
just us.. 
in the wide universe (don't ya see?)
we're starvin' for it..  
the gaunt,
and alone..

I'll tell it to you plain,
I hid from it too,
all the cruelty..
all the pain.

So what d'ya think..
oh world we?
What's it to ya..
the meaning 
life's shown..

We need each other, 
all of us..
maybe more
now..
than we've ever known.

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Ellen Gwaltney Bales Date: 3/13/2023 1:03:00 PM So very true and well expressed, thank you! Ellen Login to Reply Quoth Theraven Date: 3/19/2023 5:51:00 PM Hello Ellen, Thank you for this comment. By the way, I really enjoyed the two in the less-lonely room in your poem 'Is It Me'. -Richard

Panagiota Romios Date: 2/27/2023 10:03:00 AM Long time I have not been here, how are you? Your last paragraph packs a punch))) Connecting with people by one liners is not connecting. For me, it says nothing…example…” good one”, worse is “nice”. Unworthy of poets. I don’t blame the poets but the rush to be high on the comments board or community rank,set up by PS,. In the process, we get not to know each other at all. Comments are made like texting? Words thrown at you. It’s only my opinion. Panagiota Login to Reply Quoth Theraven Date: 3/19/2023 5:37:00 PM Hello Panagiota, Thanks for your comments and your opinions. You think with a fine mind and pen from a genuine heart., in bright, broad strokes. -Richard

Gary Radice Date: 2/5/2023 9:18:00 AM Great write / message I particularly like your third verse. YOLO = You only live once. (I had to look it up) :) Cheers - Gary Login to Reply Quoth Theraven Date: 2/20/2023 2:31:00 PM Gary, Thanks for that. I rather prefer WOLO, but don't hold to only one in belief. -Richard

Beata Agustin Date: 2/4/2023 3:44:00 AM Thanks for sharing this. It's my prayer that you are well by the grace of the Lord. God bless you. Login to Reply Quoth Theraven Date: 2/20/2023 2:29:00 PM Beata, Thanks for reading and commenting. So resilient in great works in write and in child caring deeds. -Richard

Andrea Dietrich Date: 1/16/2023 2:27:00 PM profound. I really enjoyed this, my friend Login to Reply Quoth Theraven Date: 2/20/2023 2:26:00 PM Andrea, Thank you friend and most favored poet. -Richard

Stephan McBride Date: 1/12/2023 4:16:00 PM Love your poem and style, Login to Reply Quoth Theraven Date: 2/20/2023 2:25:00 PM Stephen, Thank you. Perhaps must be young at heart to live to age. -Richard

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 1/9/2023 9:08:00 PM A lovely write, I believe we need each other, all of us as every single living thing on this planet, being a part of not apart from. But I’m a weirdo ;), xomo Login to Reply Quoth Theraven Date: 2/20/2023 2:23:00 PM Maureen, Thanks. We weirdos only appear so to those who claim to be sane. -Richard

Victor Buhagiar Date: 1/7/2023 11:26:00 AM A great meditation on life, We must be strong and be careful of our choices. Login to Reply Quoth Theraven Date: 2/20/2023 2:21:00 PM Thank you Victor. Message for millennials as well as second childers. -Richard