Bridges
Charles Fields II 1955 (Fort Bragg, NC)
We came for whatever cause or purposes
Our hearts and minds may have entertained
Our motivations, whether sure or not, so much so
Created a path from which we launched our dream
Even when clouded with uncertainty.
We made Choices.
Taking our every known and unknown
To a higher plain responding to our inner voices
As patterns of reason, might suggest
Baring our hearts, our being expressed/exposed
in hopes that our efforts will bring
Some sense of satisfaction and hopes
Our resources are not wasted or taken, in vain
We dream when our spirits are pure
We see our life Like a clear day
Where we can see far beyond ourselves
Feeling in another way a happiness
we do not own
Enabled/share, build confidence sense,
not alone
How can we ever hope to remain Unchanged?
When, the realization begins to materialize
We want something more,
than just a shallow feeling of being self-satisfied
that may be why we aspire to focus
within our hearts/our minds
To build bridges within we extend our emotions
even though, it may bring a loss
To cross to another side of what we are
To merge our consciousness, identity
Freely and fully, blending the will and intent
Of our courses with others even as the love
That's flourishes inside strives to be made whole
By means of small sacrifices, to show cause
As we live and we grow with each earnest desire
As we aspire to climb
to whatever sense of heaven
Our heart beats for
we build, trust in each particle
Of energy expended towards our goals
Our spirits flow a step further,
seeking to be complete.
Although, we may not know, for sure
How each gesture may be received
We each, make our presence known
As shown, with a gravity displayed in subtle ways,
Shown, even when we choose to remain anonymous
Without much doubt our hearts have spoken
Familiar yet, each one, unique if we approach each other impartially, as another sovereign entity
Hoping to make a statement
to complement, as opposed to merely compete
To build from within
passages that are reaching
To the other side to bring us hope.
Even, as these Circumstances
allow sorrow to remain
we use faith
As we build, from our intentions
and receive inspiration in parallels,
of patterns we recognize.
To find our gain
viewing the whole
our new horizons
Even if, just a silhouette is what remains
Once the river is crossed
C2
Copyright©2023 CEF2
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Written on 2020
Submitted by Charles2 on August 21, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 2,394 |
Words | 471 |
Stanzas | 32 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 3, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 2, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 4, 3, 2 |
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