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Position:Home>Poetry> Do we spend too much of our time waiting to get something back for what we haveQuestion: Do we spend too much of our time waiting to get something back for what we have given!? No wrath unfolds
no broken mouth begging from the gallery no none at all!. We seize the crowds gaze and they turn on us as a dog to an empty dish they bleed on us as a crisp sheath of water to a dying bush!. We spend our nights in wasted wonder reaching for reason and our guts fail us all in the end!. Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I have been reading a lot about technique and discipline lately!. WGAS!? This is good, all by itself!. Www@QuestionHome@Com My goal is to be able to drop expectations!. One is always disappointed!. I recognize that when one has no expectations of others, everything becomes a gift to you!.!.!.even bullsh*t!. Expectations always disappoint!. Www@QuestionHome@Com If I waited for something in return for what I gave, I would be waiting for ever!. Giving is the Nice Part, receiving is a bonus!. Your Words are very meaningful and strong!. Www@QuestionHome@Com nicely written!. i agree with everyone else!. i do not give something and expect something in return!. i get joy out of giving whether it's something material or of myself!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Well, giving isn't giving if you give with expectations, expectations ruin the gift!. Hey, DMag, that was REALLLLLLY deep, man!.Www@QuestionHome@Com The last stanza of your poem affects me in a way I hope you'll never understand!. Crank up the morphine, get peace, everlasting!. Good-bye, my loved one!. I don't have the guts, you'll suffer more!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Whoa! Well stated, but expectations are unreasonable--especially for poets!. With too much reason comes prose!.Www@QuestionHome@Com you can take all the craps you want, but you can never give them backWww@QuestionHome@Com Ya know, you've got to be the deepest fella I've never met! You can't ever expect something in return if you are honestly giving!Www@QuestionHome@Com Place your best out there expect nothing in return except wonderment at mankindWww@QuestionHome@Com Giving is the gift we give ourselves!.What goes around comes around!. btw,cool read!.Www@QuestionHome@Com or are we scared that we will bite the hand that feeds us!.!.!.!. dang I hate cliche's and you scare me just enough!.!.!.!. Www@QuestionHome@Com Very well written!.!.!. reminds me of the mood & tone set the day my brother died !Www@QuestionHome@Com hmm can you take me seriously with that wig or what!?Www@QuestionHome@Com |