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Question: Why do we wait!? Do we think we will have time in some unplanned future!?
We barter for the eternal evening
in afternoon's bent grass lull
restless for time
space
money
freedom
we steal from ourselves
and corrupt the dulled
candy-cane wishes of our children
sealing the salted wound forever
our faces like fists
we allow
time to spit laughter at our eyes
without stopping to tell us why!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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One of the most eloquent poems I have read about the fallacy of tomorrow!.

These lines hit hard and fast, they buckle my gut with the power and sorrow of their truth,
we steal from ourselves
and corrupt the dulled
candy-cane wishes of our children
sealing the salted wound forever

The surrealism of your avatar fits this time splitting request so well!.

Thank you for writing and posting this gratifying poem!.tWww@QuestionHome@Com

Wow, DPM, may I call you that!?
anyway, I loved this, I did not love the truth in it, which hurt to have to accept when presented so masterfully!.
We should not wait, we must not wait, but wait we all do!.

Perhaps our faces are like fists for all the times we've slapped ourselves for the stupidity of waiting!.!.!.!.

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Sometimes the most eternally sacrosanct moments in life are rendered thankless with our wishing for "some unplanned future"!. And in thanklessly passing the moments by, we fore go the chance to live!. Just live!. This is frightening and makes me determined to live in the moment!. Thank you!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

For me Dear Sir, I Wait in hope!.
Though in reality I know it will never happen!.
We all need something to hold on to, be it our youth, our hopes or dreams!. It is the letting go, that seems to be the hardest part, for that is reality that some can not cope with!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Now,
Not then,
I wonder,
When!?
The dried grass
Burnt by the sun
Is burnt again
Where's the fun!?
If there is laughter
I want to know
What I'm after
And why
Is it so slow!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Procrastination!.!.!.!.NOT my favorite "P" word!.
Action; one of my favorite "A" words!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

To find the center,
the wheels hub
and from that Now
survey eternity
without fear!.

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There's no time,
There's no time!.!.!.
Kiss me, kiss me, kiss me!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I don't know why we do the things we do to ourselves!. We make mistakes and very few learn from those mistakes!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

They stole my dreams
Slipped right between eyelashes!.!.
They gave me freedom, it seams,
To cleanup all their ashes !.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

There is no future!. We have only this moment!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I only wait!.!.!.
because i'm afraid!.!.!.
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That was!.!.!.melancholy!. I like your new pic, luv!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

We wait for !.!.!.signs!.!.!.!.go this way, go that way!.!.!.clues to help us reach some indeterminate goal !.!.!.the american dream!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

we hurry up to sit and waitWww@QuestionHome@Com