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Glancing Up
by Las Vegas Patti → (All Poetry by Las Vegas Patti)
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I’m begging you to change it now

Walk, run, swim, change it somehow
 
If you don’t try try try to do it
 
You'll stagnate, you'll die the same
You and I will remain no names
 
Please I beg you, take it to heart
Grab, scratch, claw at it, make a new start
 
You and I can either keep it the same
Or grasp a new direction for the change
 
Yes it would be nice to surprise others
My mom, my sister, our friends, your brother
 
Boy, what a surprise it would be to all
If we could take a chance and rise from this fall
 
No one expects it from us
At our age, they figure it's a bust
 
Imagine their surprise
If they behold it with their eyes
 
That we finally chose a different path
 
Utilized that which is ours
 
Our brains, our talents, our years of knowledge
Some learned from college, some from life
A portion the sadness which has been our strife
 
It's all good to reach out to others
But also be selfish and recoup yourself
 
A glint of something which is a glimmer inside
 
Reach out, Reach in, a desire to no longer hide
 
From a possibility of life, not lived on our knees

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 Reviews of "Glancing Up"
Reviewed by Barbara Henry
Reviewed on April 18, 2009
Patricia,what a great call to action for all of us who think that perhaps we have come to the final wall in our lives.
This is also encouraging since many believe that when we reach a certain point(age)we should just take what we have and relax.
Looking up ,I believe,is all about wanting to grow,move forward,and one of my favorite quotes is by Leonardo DaVinci;it says;"Ancora Imparo," I am still learning,still looking up.He was supposedly over eighty when he said these words.
Continued success
Barbara Henry


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