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Returned...
by Ed Matlack → (All Poetry by Ed Matlack)
Monday, July 18, 2016    Rated "G" by the Author.
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Enlightenment is for what we strive...


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They go by,
In a blink of the eye,
We are not for long alive,
Enlightenment is for what we strive…

So short lived are our meager lives,
How many of us end up in archives,
In this life I’ve enjoyed going on drives,
Yes, driving for me has made me thrive…

For what in life do we derive,
Are we heading for a life ascended,
Hopefully we have in this life amended,
The sins of past lives before returned here, descended.
© 7/18/16 –ed-

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 Reviews of "Returned..."
Reviewed by Lewis Findley
Reviewed on July 19, 2016
Life is as a vapor, here one moment , gone the next, from The Bible

Reviewed by D. Vegas (Reader)
Reviewed on July 19, 2016
I have to get use to your philosophy poetry, seems you are growing up ED.
Love the picture!



Always,
Deborah

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on July 19, 2016
The problem with driving is everything goes by so fast. Unless we can slow down and, "smell the roses," so to speak, we really miss so much of this life. Like Tom below, I don't look forward to returning anywhere. Gotta make this one do it for me.



Ron

Reviewed on July 19, 2016
ED ... "Pushin' up Daisies" ...
That's what my Dad called Death.

As I rapidly approach Age 76 next month,
My beliefs in the Hereafter have changed drastically.
I no longer think there is One.

"Carpe Diem" ... Seize The Day!
"Eat, Drink, and be Merry...
For Tomorrow, Ye may Die!"

That's All She Wrote!
No Heaven... No Hell...
Nuttin' Honey!

No Deposit... No Return...
Zip... Zilch... Zero... Nada...

✌🏻️✌🏻✌🏻 Pax Tecum !

Reviewed on July 18, 2016
Your poem makes one want to be on the right page before dying and ultimately coming back. I really liked this poem, Ed. Write on!!

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on July 18, 2016
You provide substance to reflect upon, Ed. Thank you for sharing your philosophical perspective. Love and peace,

Regis

Reviewed by Michael Schafer
Reviewed on July 18, 2016
Drive on! Just remember to get your oil changed, and a lube job every 5,000 miles.

Michael D.

Reviewed by George Carroll
Reviewed on July 18, 2016
Always a good idea to clean up your act.

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton
Reviewed on July 18, 2016
Ahhh . . . Except for one thing . . . Reincarnation . . . I have absolutely given up on thoughts of tomorrow, worries about whether or not I will be archived, etc. We all have our ways to get our calmness satisfied. Yours is driving, mine is poetry. Every day. Not necessarily good poetry, but poetry. Every day!


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