Symmetry60
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My little ode to poets. Thank you for the comment, my friend. I appreciate it.

Religion aside - if God is eternal, so too must be his essence. Where, therefore, can God dissipate to but the source of all things of which each is comprised of his essence. If God is love, then love cannot die but merely be "misplaced" by those occupying a lower fleshly vibration at a given moment.

A loss of love is simply falling out of vibration with what brought love about to begin with. These are primarily ego and/or esteem issues. If love is lost, then it is simply misplaced amid a schematic of egotism and/or faltering self-esteem. To say love dies, in my estimation, would be to say God dies. If God is love, then how can love die? It cannot. It can merely be displaced amid a plethora of human fallibility.

Consider the limitless faculty humans possess that in an instance, where love may seemingly die, it is readily rekindled and renewed when others require it.
If love dies, how then are we able to express love to others? A marriage ends due to a lack of love, yet we're able to love our mothers, fathers, sons and daughters despite one love having presumably "died?" We are extensions of God himself, limitless in our ability to summon love within as to outwardly express it.

No, I don't believe love ever dies, Susan. I believe love is eternal just like God himself. God tells us to love all others despite our fallible attributes. So, it isn't love that dies, but rather the fallibility of humans that fails to maintain it. What you think may die is simply the birth of human attribute that pushes love (and God) down and away from our ability to express it as God intended. You can't kill love because you can't kill the source of your own existence. Failure to love is simply an inability to uphold God's intention for our lives. The love doesn't die. We simply cordon it from our being due to our fallible natures. This is indicative of our necessity to grow further toward God's wisdom. Love is always there. It is we who fall short, not love or God. ;-)

This may be my favorite poem of yours. It is perfectly written with wisdom that requires a depth of thought that makes one really ponder the question. This is right up my alley, Miss Brumel. :-) more »

All phases of growth along our human journey. Love this piece - short, poignant and to the point. Thank you for sharing yourself. :-)

"As drums he tapped and songs he sung" -- Reminds me of myself having been a drummer of 20 years who loves to sing as well. What a beautiful tribute this is, Gisela. A great way to keep your brother's spirit alive. Bravo! more »

But for your vote, I told ya this piece would be ignored. I so need to open multiple fake accounts to start voting for myself. Hmmmffff!!!

Perfect poetry.

This is the writing I love. It's raw and real. I'll assume it's an old lover.

I've had dreams where, when I woke up, I'd wished the person was there with me. It's amazing the feelings we can derive from dreams. I recall a dream about a friend/old roommate where all we did was cuddle together in bed - nothing at all sexual, but when I woke up I had the greatest urge to actually lie in bed with her that same way. It was an emotional thing really. I never told her about it because there was no point. I never forgot it though.

I'll go a bit deeper about my ex-girlfriend Linda since the topic is kissing. Of all the amazing "encounters" she and I engaged in, the one I remember most was a single kiss we had one night that had to have lasted for 10 minutes straight. It was the deepest, most passionate kiss I had ever engaged in by far. We both completely lost ourselves for what seemed like an eternity. Nothing I've ever experienced comes close. To think it was only a kiss is really saying something. It was unbelievable to just lose yourself like that. It's like we were transported to a place we couldn't escape and didn't want to. That was 25-years ago and I still remember it like it was yesterday.

This is what poetry can invoke. This brought me back to these places. Was this a recent dream? more »

Such a bitter, vindictive broad you are. I knew I adored something about you.:-P

I hope you understand what this means to all of us, my friend. I didn't do this as much for myself as for my fellow members who all work hard to write some pretty inspiring poetry, as well as to be recognized for their labors. We all deserve an equal playing field just as we all deserve to be recognized for our efforts.

I've come to know several members on Poetry.com and, as a result, have procured some amazing friendships. I owe that to this site and you, Yigal, for having given us a place to meet and highlight our abilities, as well as to rub elbows with those of like interests. Bravo, good Sir, bravo!

For those new members who have been subject to my outspokenness, I sincerely apologize. My intention was of utmost concern for fellow members and the integrity of the site.

Let's all band together to assure we can continue our journeys as a community of likeminded, aspiring poets that deserve every accolade we work to attain.

Thanks, as well, to Jon Saviours for having brought it to our attention as well. Jon is a great person and a superior writer in his own right.

Peace, light and love to all. See you out and about. :-) more »

Hell, if I lost to poetry like this every month, I'd have no problem sucking it up, moving on down the pike and sharpening my skills to reach this level of competency. This is as good as anything I've ever read. For me this is 1st place material. No smoke being blown here, John. You're simply this good for real. more »

It's not childish when you've been on the losing end of the cheats. No one is saying you're cheating. We're saying there is a lot of ongoing, suspicious activity in light of recent events. It's not like everyone just up and decided to take aim at newcomers. It's been going on for months now as has been proven so on every occasion that the allegations have been geared toward. I put these messages out to let those who are cheating know that we will be monitoring everyone from here on out. It's just a general warning. The site owner agrees with us as he's iterated to me personally as do other members. If you didn't cheat, then there's no issue. Apologies for having to go about it like this. For the cheats, hunker in because everyone on the site is being made aware that they are among us, as will the site owners be investigating everyone so as to protect all of our interests, including yours. Peace... more »

Thank ya, Sir. I'm trying to make them a bit more simplistic with an aura of profundity to them. I want them to evoke a little something in people - nothing too trivial or mundane, but easy enough to decipher and engage. There's always that fine line between making them too elementary or too contrived and pretentious. I'm trying to find that gray area that more people can relate to. I may not have won a prize, but did procure two votes, so that's a plus. more »

Well, I've personally been in these contests where the cheats were outed by the site itself. So yes, please, I implore you, investigate to the same degree those of us who have been cheated firsthand have. Also, don't forget to hit the administrators and owners of the site up like several of us did before they confirmed our suspicions by rewarding those who'd been cheated. Good luck in the hunt. more »

Xenophobia is prejudicial. This is more fraudonomics. :-P Thanks for stepping aside so the site can conduct its investigation unimpeded.

Good job on the poem by the by. Excellent piece. We're only here to out the crooks, not the good guys. If you're a good guy, ignore. Peace... more »

Got nothing but respect for ya, Jon.