May 18, 2005

  • Time has come
    And come so soon
    So much sooner than expected
    Like those conversations
    Held with myself
    During many a long walk
    Or sleepless night
    What would I save
    If the house was burning?
    What would I do
    If something I thought would be
    No longer was?
    And now we must reach
    For a shoehorn
    To coax all we expected to receive
    Into the box we have been given
    Wrap it in moments of exquisite beauty
    And cherish it
    Until the time comes
    To offer it up

    Take care
    -J-

Comments (12)

  • Hey...great poem.
    How are you?

  • Oh, but now

    Every moment has an exquisite beauty

    Every soul is a scintillating star

    And the world crackles with meaning

    As though God has taken the wrappings off

    And let us escape into reality.

  • Offer it all up.

  • Time isn't always on our side... is it?

    I hope you are well, something in this tells me you have some heavy stuff going on in your life- whether it is in your head or really happening.

    Whatever the case me be, positive vibes sent your way.

    "When peace is hard to find, always calm your heart and ease your mind.." (a friend of mine who is no longer with us wrote this on the back of a portrait he painted of me... I always treasure these words when the struggle seems greater then the reward in life. )

    ...

    Is the house burning?

  • Nothing material is of much worth compared to the love in the soul of our families

  • hey..

    ya i kno..school is getting really tiring..sooo much hw soo little time.. lol many projects do next week but i think i can handle it.. lol anywyaz ya thanks...

    Rachiie

  • I really enjoyed that poem. Is it an original?

    What would I save if the house were burning? The family photo's. Those are things you can never replace, and we have some golden ones.

  • Hi Justin!
    Thank you for stopping by!
    I know what I would save... relationships...
    Life.
    Thank you for sharing your poems.
    Isabel

  • Some nice wordplay there...How are things working out for you these days?

  • When you came into the world, they probably needed a shoehorn to get you out. When you leave the world, they'll shoehorn you and your box into the ground. In between, take only what you can carry or will alongside of you, the rest will cause you grief in the end.

  • that's really nice

  • I tryed quize of "what world are you ? "  then I knew I'm existentialism...
    I felt similar with you..(not ?) ....this poem is nice.../N *

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