I live my life
Aware of the veil ahead
That I cannot see beyond
When I change perspective
And ponder my beginnings
I brush against another veil
Neither veil affords a view
To what came before
Or what will come after
The veils do not trap me
But simply define my present
Birth to death
Both veils are inviting
From my current perspective
An entrance and an exit
Not inviting to leave
But inviting to stay
To explore, learn and grow.
Explore this existence
It's privileges and mysteries
It's beauty and contrast
It's light and dark
Warm and cold
Strong and weak
Learn it's meaning and hope
It's individuality and sociality
It's love and hate
It's peace and chaos
Loneliness and longing
Freedom and duty
Grow to love and be loved
To respect and be respectable
To trust and be trustworthy
To know joy and be joyful
Care and be compassionate
Value others and be kind
Both veils bid me to be.
To become
Until I am
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| copyright 2011 by Dallas, Dad, Big D & I |
You wrote that dad?!? How cool!! I really like it :) I think it is comforting :)
ReplyDeleteI like it too. I always love your poems; I like to think about what was going on in your life/mind that prompted those feelings :) Way to be!
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