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We Never Know Our Place
by John Herlihy → (All Poetry by John Herlihy)
Thursday, January 5, 2023 Rated "G" by the Author.

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-- We May Never Know Our Place -- John Herlihy We may never know our place, The world wears a thankless face. One moment in the here and now, Then, oh yes then, gone somehow. Does the flower know the bloom Its petals there on ground strewn? Do summer leaves know fall’s chill When its burnished heart lies still? Days of happiness wear a smile, Behind the smile lies the frown. Whatever we do ends up a pile, Only after we die, then renown. We claim that we live for today, Placing our hopes in tomorrow. In our choices come what may, Living our lives as if on borrow. Does time know the fleeting hour, While it ticks along its merry way. When in the past, gone it power, Only the future will have its say. We will never know our place, Until we take our leave, gone. Sweet memory shows its face, And of us sings its lilting song. - - - - - - Copyright © John Herlihy Sunday 25 December 2022

Reviewed by Jms Bell

Reviewed on January 9, 2023

EVERY PLACE OUR JOURNEY HAS TAKEN US, EVERY PLACE WE HAVE LIT UPON ON THE FACE OF THIS EARTH OR TOUCHED IN ANY WAY, FROM FIRST BREATH, UNTIL THE LAST...IS OUR PLACE. WONDERFUL! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Rebecca McKeehan

Reviewed on January 8, 2023

Back in the 70s, the signature number from the play, "Pippin," contained a line that went "sometimes I feel I don't fit in anywhere I go." Unless we are extremely fortunate I don't think any of us feel we've found our place to fit in without doing a lot of adjustments. But if we make those adjustments, are they made in such a way that we remain true to ourselves and therefore in our true place?

Rebecca

Reviewed by Odin odin@aflx.com

Reviewed on January 5, 2023

In inspirational share, that leaves the conscious thinking deeper into the review of life lived up til now. Thank you for posting.

Reviewed by JoAnne Cromp (Reader)

So deeply in spirit and wisdom John

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Very thoughtful and introspective. I guess our place, our legacy, is what others think of us when we are gone. In the meantime, we just trudge on and on.

Ron

Reviewed by Richard Cederberg

There's a big difference between 'We Never Know Our Place' and We May Never Know Our Place.' There was a time in my younger years, when I became aware of who I was, and what I was supposed to do. My biggest struggle was always finding where I fit in. In certain aspects, that remains to this day. There is a kind of thoughtful sadness in these thoughts that touched me, John. Thanks for sharing. Peace.... r