christmas 1975
image by dsnake1
To begin the poetry on this blog for the new year, let me start with an old poem i wrote a long time ago.
I was young and angry then, being rejected in many job applications. Drifting in and out of odd jobs, I was generally wasting my time. Life seemed hopeless, I was wandering around with the wrong company. Trying to put things back on track, i wrote this little piece, a sort of a prayer, a promise that i will take stock of my life henceforth.
Please don't laugh, I know it's not too good. ( wrote it in under 10 minutes, almost no revisions). But it's very dear to me, I think my poetry improved after that....
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christmas 1975
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i ask you not
to chisel my image
in mountain rock
nor to brand my name
in the pages of history
forever
all i ask
is to let me lead
a life i need
to be what is me
to see
the truth that i seek.
christmas 1975
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posted by dsnake1 at 7:11 AM
7 Comments:
waaaaah! I'm very impressed by the fact that you were writing poems wy back in 1975 .... and that you still have them after all this time!!
Nothing to laugh at, dsnake. A reasonable and humble prayer for a world that never makes things easy and often confusing. (IMHO)
Sound a bit like Socrates. :)
a very valid plea from years ago
and one to which i suspect you still adhere (i do)
nice one
mr. wang,
yes, a long time ago! earlier ones are unprintable : angry rants, tirades. :)
liz,
have mellowed a lot, but my evil twin is always trying to break out. :)
jack milo,
glad you dropped by, keep visiting! :)
alson,
socrates? more like a desperado! :)
floots,
oh yes, life is much kinder now. :)
it hits a chord in me too... for this is often the plea i had towards my parents.... wishing that they will lead my own life instead of trying to fit me into their ideal mould.
kittyn,
glad the poem can inspires. :)
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