I want to know I counted Somehow I want to think I mattered I want to know for my own peace Not Simply to be flattered
I'd like to think within my soul My times were not a waste Pretending wounds can't make me bleed And scars cannot be traced
I want the answers to the questions My lips would never ask Yet truth would prove a burden My soul broke from the task
I tell myself, it never was! Parole...my own....release! I walk away from questions When wonder defeats Peace I want to know I counted Somehow Did I ever matter? Was I an echo, on the wind Thrown away And scattered
Pax A 12/18/06
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Reviewed by Miss Pandora (Reader)
Reviewed on December 28, 2006
Powerful theme...and quite a life question here. What's it all for and what is my purpose in the grand scheme...one day I believe it all comes clear but one thing I truly believe we all count...we are all valid. Panda :)
Oh Anita, these are perfect thoughts I know I've had, too, but have been unable to put them to words. Excellent poem, my friend. You've so well captured the essence of the human being, the poet, the writer ... we all want to know that somehow we've made a difference by being here. Well done!
Love,
CJ
You matter immensely, when you produce such verse as this Anita. A superbly insightful and powerful write...Strange how I was listening to Paranoid By Black Sabbath when I read this Lol ;)
All the very best seasons blessings to You and your family
Merry Crim/yule lol
The world is forever changed simply by our presence here, Anita. You make a difference to me, everytime I read one of your poems. You make me smile, you make me cry and you make me think. You certainly are more than an echo on the wind. I think if we touch one soul in our lifetime, our time here is worthwhile.
Take care,
Sherry
What an artist you are, Anita! :)) This debate and soliloquy forever rages round the minds of the intensely creative, who are totally unaware from the right hand what the left hand is doing and whose brain fully functions in both its spheres... Paranoia, schizophrenia, supreme lack of self-awareness... all are traits of the truly remarkable who inhabit not one self but a being in multiples... In other words, a Poet to a T! I'll ask my other half what the answer to your question is...
I want to know I counted
Somehow
Did I ever matter?
Was I an echo, on the wind
Thrown away
And scattered
If the reason for us living could care for the little sparrows in the air, and the daffidols in the fields, then just think how much more He cares for us?
As the sun rises in the morning and the moon at night, you counted to many, and I count myself one of those who was glad I met you and got to read your words which always were special and unique.
Contraband Marriage, traveling along the hemline of loving after incarceration, is a love story written in lyric and free form, set in reality with a different ever after.
First Edition Translation of Teselas by Carmen Crespo X111 César Simón Poetry Prixe 2016 Translated from Spanish by Robin Ouzman Hislop and Amparo Arrospíde
Love,
CJ
thanks for sharing!!
Merry Christmas to you and yours!!
love Tinka
Need I say more? -- Jeff
All the very best seasons blessings to You and your family
Merry Crim/yule lol
Paul;-)
From title to opening statements~to the finale of this fine work
POWERFULLY WRITTEN,
From the Heart of an Artist Quiet Storm
With words in prayer
Ever thine.
Beautiful when quetioning in quiet....answers.
Love,
Susan
Take care,
Sherry
God Bless,
Lew
Somehow
Did I ever matter?
Was I an echo, on the wind
Thrown away
And scattered
If the reason for us living could care for the little sparrows in the air, and the daffidols in the fields, then just think how much more He cares for us?
Fee
Light and Wisdom ...
Richard Lloyd Cederberg