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A Poem by B


A wandering display
Devising a path of strength

Fear went into hiding
For closure would shy away

The aging years turned to youth
Once asked questions of wisdom

As you turn away from surrender
Revelations of the mind

The journeys that start
Those to end

As the idea of a yesterday
Ran into a silent village

Of dreams left on walls
Hands reaching for stars

Daring to stand in the face of dust
A ghost of fleeting moments

The memories of battles
Lost to be won

The concept of time
Would dance tonight

As pillars of history
Remained out of the shadow

Of all that was said
Hearts reviving light

Those starry eyes stood to stare
Gone is this idea of broken

As something came about
Unbroken

© 2019 B


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Thanks for the read request. The writing definitely gives a historical or fantasy feel to it, almost like trying to recall a distant memory or remnant of a story. What is really interesting is that if you read only the first lines or read only the second lines the feel like stand alone poems.

My only criticism is that sometimes the phrasing in a sentence feels...odd? I would imagine the could be by intention.

Overall I enjoyed the poem.

Posted 4 Years Ago


B

4 Years Ago

To make you stop to think - it is
Thank you for your review
I admit that I'm not good at understanding nuanced writing . . . with that said, your message brings to mind how, in "old times" there were battles & we could point to some tangible lessons & discrete battles . . . but nowadays, "war" has become a never-ending all-encompassing way of living around the globe & even in our domestic lives. What have we learned? What can we learn by looking back? This is unlike any war that's ever been fought. I think the bad guys are getting better at war & the good guys are stuck in a historical loop which you've depicted in your poem! (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

Posted 4 Years Ago


B

4 Years Ago

waw you hit the nail
Thanks for your review !
They always say history teaches us this.
The answers are in the past.
Now, you would think with all this information we would actually learn from it.
Yet strangely, we just repeat it.

Posted 4 Years Ago


B

4 Years Ago

Human nature is inevitable
Thanks paul
history is littered with the debris of what ifs and what happened. the passage of time shines a spotlight and puts things into perspective ... :)

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. To covet truth is a very distinguished passion." - George Santayana

Posted 4 Years Ago


B

4 Years Ago

Love the quote
Thanks
when I read ancient texts I often feel this way. That a culture that could produce such insight could crumble of it own might. But then I look at :modern" culture and see the same mistakes at play and in full display and wonder if furtherance will ever be obtained if art and life will ever be synonymous in the aspire or will the spires always fall top heavy from hope and wishes. Then I think that all we can do is just push and hope propel as much as we can. very nice set of lines you named yourself aptly in this write

Posted 4 Years Ago


B

4 Years Ago

Thank you bad bunny
I felt unresolved situations that remained broken history. But as we age and face the final curtain perhaps we see things with a different light. Maybe putting to bed past conflict. I may be well off the mark here, but that is the feeling your lines gave me. If my understanding is anywhere near correct, there has to be wisdom there.

Chris

Posted 4 Years Ago


B

4 Years Ago

You totally got it
And there is
Chris Shaw

4 Years Ago

Aw, so pleased I really understood you. There is so much wisdom in what you conveyed. :)
from the ashes the Phoenix will rise eh!? my thoughts go so many directions in reading this .. even just considering the title and the pic ..seems to encompass a lot of history, and conflict of philosophies ... and for me .. your poem adds some mysticism .. closing in hope .. which i, an optimist, appreciate ;)
E.

Posted 4 Years Ago


Einstein Noodle

4 Years Ago

i think you are dealing with history .. and how time can affect the perception of it ... much human .. read more
B

4 Years Ago

yes so true
you nailed it
Einstein Noodle

4 Years Ago

:) .....................

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