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Non sum qualis eram - in dubio by David Barger 2010-03-25 07:44:19 |
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Feelings are difficult to understand - Easy enough to be felt Like a finger cut by glass Leaving one open and hurt Awaiting the mend of tomorrow Ever wondering if a band-aid is enough To keep the wound’s sting from seeping For all the world to look with tilted heads. There are stories behind each measure Where timing is a barrier well known. Mixture of flour, and sugar, A little milk, and pinch of salt; Stir them together then a small decision How to equally pour the amounts Kindled by the passion from heat Which gathers a single cookie’s sweetness, Or the black hardening from being overcooked. Teeter on the thick coldness Where hate and revenge are frozen Kept with more layers of ice Never truly wanted by reason, But are there just the same Like a forgotten steak left to be freezer-burnt, And then at the end it is as it becomes A tasteless and unwilling waste. If nothing ever moved then no feelings Could be felt for each is only bloomed Through the action that was dealt Though never quite so simple If the hands were laid out in cards. No joker’s fool, no jack of spades, No king of diamonds, or queen of hearts; Forgiveness and compassion are related Rooted down by the underlines of kindness, But overall it is the mind that decides To deal and risk the wager gambled. Birds gamble each time they take flight And just believe that each wing will flap For none leave the ground without That final moment to declare action made, Taken, and above all followed through!
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