It seems that the birth pains are being felt. An insightful and thought-provoking write. It's a pleasure being able to read your work again.
Chanti

Insightful poem

now, now, robert. you gotta wait your turn like everyone else ;-)
love the way you rattle our collective neurosis...
peace,
carolyn

Excellent!
I too am so sick of the wars,greed,insanity.
Our beautiful planet is being wrecked by humankind.
I think many of us are also wondering :
'what the f*** am I still doing here? '
I think we will not be here for much loner though ,
our mother Earth can't bear the toll we (humans) make her pay
and I think she will lose us very soon-she'll have to,to survive.
I too am anxious.
Love to you and yours always
from
Kay.

A great and thought provoking write!
B&R

I find your poem most thought-inciting, Jude; worthy of much more than a single reading. Thank you for sharing it. Love and peace to you,

Regis

Just outstanding poetry Jude you have a way of bringing the reader into your words. Sorry I haven't been around to read more lately as I have been in and out of the hospital.

"ditto Richards Comments" Jude, we all have a purpose!
If you believe as I do, as a Christian, that we are all here, amid the controversy of Good and Evil, before it is blotted for eternity by the creator, to make a choice which master we will serve, then you would think as I do, " this world is not my home, Im just a passing through....
If not, well, that's a personal choice..
ATB
Love
Ch'erie

introspective read

The question we all ask from time to time, and one that still has no answers.

I know I have been ready for a long time
To give birth to myself

So why am I still in vitro?

Perhaps I’m too anxious of being born?

I think when our time is right, we will know...we have to look beyond our current hubris or we will become as the great civilisations of long ago...nothing but memory. A superb write Jude.

Paul;-)
aka Sparky

I resonate totally to these words. What are we waiting for? Hm?

Now, that's a piece. Took us millions of years to crawl up out of muck and figure out how to use fire. In the last 10,000 or so we've let our lizard brains run our intelligence, resulting in conquering everything and accelerating our headlong rush to self destruction.

You've etched it on the universe. Who will understand?

Ron

How did Kate get here..lol. The Rain in Spain, I guess.

I get bewildered by such thoughts. Then I remember to read the powerful truth....

"And wonder what the fuck am I still doing here?
What’s keeping me attached to this womb?
I know I have been ready for a long time
To give birth to myself
So why am I still in vitro?
Perhaps I’m too anxious of being born?

Been asking this question so many times but I guess i am a chicken too!!

Love Tinka

This should be the eternal question.

You bless me dear Jude!

Searching is good, all should spend a lifetime searching for those things that edify and bless those around us. We should all be in a perpetual state of giving.

If one understands the creation in light of scripture, all humans are in vitro for a season, for the physical is passing into something much more permanent.

What the f*%& are you still doing here dear Jude?

You have not as yet accomplished your mission on earth, and have not yet embraced the One that put you here in the first place. Truth waits for you with open arms!

Embrace Him!

Richard

Perhaps we are not self-determining at all when it comes to such things, Jude. We are all part of the "creative design, the master blueprint" and have a role and a part to play whether we are aware of it consciously or not. Those who inhabit the tension of being aware they "have a role" and yet hungering after what truly lies ahead and what they actually "feel themselves to be" are those who agonise with questions of purpose and identity because they are actually inhabiting two worlds - while feeln"alien" often in the one and distanced from the other. I feel this tension very definitely, but being assured through an actual EXPERIENCE of what I believe to be ahead, then I am more relaxed about the whys, wherefores and whens of my transition. As the material loosens its hold on us, as it does near-death, then the spiritual certainly becomes more tangible and concrete. I feel I have already almost passed through that veil and am almost comfortable living as if "between the two", such is my confidence. Having already experienced loss through birth in this life, it is also not surprising that you hesitate to travel the path of rebirth again so soon... Besides, you´re not 60 yet and you know that is when you will come into your supremacy - no?! Souls and spirits such as yours are filters through which the waters of this troubled world are filtered and cleansed for the rest of humanity to drink well from... you have still much work to do, Amigo. LOL Kosta Kate xx

Good question that we should all maybe ask of ourselves, the answer might take us by surprize. Well said my friend.
Fee

Jude
Mars sounds a good bet to me in the near future...;)

Peter

Its resolve to destroy its own mother
More and more prevalent

Perhaps that really is our destiny. Another very thought provoking poem, Robert.

Methinks that in situations such as this, we fear our destiny. Although we pray for it, workd for it, speak out about it, when the nut-cracking comes, we are fearful and awed by its greatness. We secretly feel we do not deserve this pinnacle we strive for.

Sometimes we wish we could escape from the reality that surrounds us but we know that our presence leaves us to change what we can for the better.

Because deep inside you know your part of the changes........:-)

You continually amaze me with your excellent pen to which I bow and learn. Excellent write. Peace, and blessings. <Mikii>

Like some deranged alien
Rummaging on the surface of my own planet,
I am foraging for some continuum of sanity

these lines capture it so very well, Jude. we're caught between the now and the not yet. excellent poem. Dawn

Maybe it's fear of finding out our theories may not be all we hoped ,then what do we do? We are creatures of habit whether we admit it or not, and staying with what we know is easier than the risk of new birth. Sometimes we just have to,batten down the hatches, damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead. Excellent thought provoking write Jude! Life is moving towards ever greater conflicts and we have to be prepared.

Love,
Eileen

Wll done.........

Wow.......very deep
the endless loop of want and contemplation.......
maybe you can launch yourself in a temporary way
thru meditation.......

after all........you were born here, your soul choose this destination, this life, these lessons........

All is a learning experience, and the answers don't appear in black and white, some are feelings......recollections....anticipations

but I personally believe it all comes down to faith......
in whatever is our anchor

The anchor that keeps us here, keeps us sane.......and also acts as a tether to what lies beyond

its umbilical.....

a loop

ya think???

pax A

The womb of the mother is a comfort and one of nourishment and security. Once gone from there we become immortal's with fear.
You always satisfy with your pens.
Susan