douglas Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 if you make a choice or a decision and it rests heavily upon your heart let it go always follow the fresh flow of your soul let the life water of your energy move without resistance contemplate the waterfall how its stream gushes swiftly and effortlessly toward its edge along smooth rock with liquid grace years and years of cutting away and carving follow that course it is soft and true and gentle allowing a cascade of splendour and light to manifest if all water lived in fear and doubt it would remain stagnant and obscure in slimy pools never reaching the crashing sea which throws diamonds of joy in to the sky Quote To receive love, you have to give it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lake Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Hi douglas, Good avice. It's very spiritual. I find your recent three poems - Alone, Sitting Quietly and Flow - carry more or less the same train of thoughts, can be combined as a series of contemplation. I really enjoy it. Many thanks. Lake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dedalus Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 This poem creates an extremely positive feeling ... but I'm still trying to figure out what it means. Maybe that doesn't matter. It's like certain kinds of New Age music. dedalus Quote Drown your sorrows in drink, by all means, but the real sorrows can swim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 if you make a choiceor a decision and it rests heavily upon your heart let it go ... I probably have a few of those kicking around, Douglas. This part encourages one to move forward: if all water lived in fearand doubt it would remain stagnant and obscure in slimy pools never reaching the crashing sea which throws diamonds of joy in to the sky ... by assuaging doubts and fears. Thanks for the heartening read. Tony Quote Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenlangur Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Hi douglas, Another reflective poem. I love how you use water to symbolize the ebb and flow of life and experiences and how being in the moment and not dwelling on the past is the way forward. Both Hinduism and Buddhism use such analogies and one reads the same sense of reckoning and acceptance in your poem. This is one of my favourite passages: if all water lived in fearand doubt it would remain stagnant and obscure in slimy pools never reaching the crashing sea which throws diamonds of joy in to the sky Gentle wisdom. Quote goldenlangur Even a single enemy is too many and a thousand friends too few - Bhutanese saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleksandra Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Douglas, I loved reading your poems. In this one the last stanza is awesome. Nice imagery, expressions, feelings, poetical sound, all of it. Much enjoyed my friend. Aleksandra Quote The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth - Jean Cocteau History of Macedonia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douglas Posted November 5, 2009 Author Share Posted November 5, 2009 hello everyone. thank you very much for your responses. as always, they are greatly appreciated. thank you lake - yes there were all written within the same week with the same thoughts and feelings in my head. thank you dedalus - as golden spotted this is a kind of poetic meditation - i embrace zen as a way of life - and so this reflects aspects of what i embrace - namely present living, letting go of unnecessary attatchments to emotions and the past (or future for that matter) as all we have is the now, and that now can be so beautiful if only we chose to see the goodness/light rather than focusing on the darkness/bad. golden - thanks for your usual intuitive responses. i greatly appreciate your words and comments. tony - i am so happy that this moved you in a postive way alex - you are so sweet and kind - thanks for your feedback! Quote To receive love, you have to give it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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