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· Patience Waning

· Ladle Lines (A prosetry memory)

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· Gratitude

· A Sticky Conversation

· Blazing Now and Then

· Vulnerable Captivity

· The Kite That Would Not Bow

· Time


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· Truth is One


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· A Jungle-rain Pastorale

· Sediment Within the Soul

· Life's Enormous Green Chest

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When?

by Odin odin@aflx.com — Read all 3,869 poems by Odin odin@aflx.com

There are times when we all conjure up hypothesis as to how something happened, or why, where, and when did such an experience manifest and change our lives. (Image by Grace Jensen)

Monday, June 15, 2020


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When?

 

 

 

When came…

 

Hurt often without explanation

 Regret knowing not when it might end

Resentment of life’s unpredictable casualties

Revenge for feeling victimized

Suffering with no end in sight?

 

When vanished…

 

Reasoning as a sentient’s greatest defense

Rationality in judging right and wrong

Understanding when life doesn’t go one’s way

Forgiveness for transgressions not of one’s fault

Healing of pain that wants only recovery?

 

When might…

 

Humanity’s destiny right itself

Reality find a way to present itself more calmly

Dreaming continue as our hope and trust

Compassion restore our passion to connect with everyone

Acceptance become primary in our psychic awareness

And give the sigh that says

 

All is

As we have made it

My friends

 

Blame not?



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Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on June 16, 2020
Depending upon the injustice, it may be hard to forgive and let live. Emotions are the hardest to control and attitudes are the hardest to change. From my perspective, the good far outweighs the bad. The problem is that media, in order to even survive, must point out the bad. In doing so, we see the worst in people at work. It's only when the evildoers see it themselves that they change.

You have presented one of the paradoxes of life. We come from eons of revenge and killing. We even have a convention making killing legitimate… War. But your message is simply the one that Rodney King pleaded. "Can't we all just get along?" Acceptance.

Ron

Reviewed by John Herlihy
Reviewed on June 16, 2020
We live in an upside-down world. As you say, things came, things vanished, when might they return? It's a good question that we will have to have the patience to get an answer for. Your thrust at the end sinks deep.

Reviewed on June 16, 2020
Yes, Odin! "Acceptance" is the answer to most everyone's problems today. Your words are a dose of "Good orderly direction" and better than a trip to the "shrink"!! Write on!!

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed by Budd Nelson
Reviewed on June 16, 2020
when is the question now
budd


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