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Entreprenurial Existential Crisis

by Elisabeth Barstowe — Read all 441 poems by Elisabeth Barstowe

Friday, October 29, 2010

Work 'til I bleed
bleed 'til I dry.
Harvester of hours
harbinger of loss (No!).
Can't find the time
nor the cash flow.

Existential purgatory
work grind enslaves the mind,
no joy, no joy
anymore...

Before..
Joy, pride, achievment.
All gone...
Where's it gone?
Hours that passed made sense
write it down to diligence.
Pride..?

Family?
Yes. When I have time...

Now...
Where's my me?
Oh my...
My life?
Where has it ever been?

A paradise, Eden I've seen.
A place of peace, contentment,
at ease, serene.

But now..
No time, no balance,
only sacrifice.
To suffice
and exist...

This is my choice, my will.
Dismantle, sell off,
it's NOT worth the cost;
The loss of life..

 

 

 



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Reviewed by Jon Willey
Reviewed on November 2, 2010
An exercise in the evaluation of personal credos. It is always in the balance where the challenge is most formidable Elisabeth. Ego, id and super-ego on the balance beam of human existence. A fabulous journey full of rewards and peril. You have managed so ably to describe this process we endure and challenge ourselves with. I am very fond of, "now... where's my me? oh my... my life? - where has it ever been?". The poignant inquiries to self are gravelly difficult but necessary. Love and peace to you my dear friend. Jon Michael

Reviewed by Christine Tsen
Reviewed on October 29, 2010
I enjoyed your inter-active style so much in this one Elisabeth ~
Best Wishes,
Christine

Reviewed by Andy Turner
Reviewed on October 29, 2010
Masterful!

Reviewed by John Flanagan
Reviewed on October 29, 2010
Yes, this is grim and real, Elisabeth, and the controlled pithy language is so right in the context...but there is, too, a strong realisation of self and of self-worth and that is always a saving grace.
Well expressed.

John


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