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Saturday 19 March 2016

Poem: This world is our playground




Wood creaks in the wind,
the cold sweeping
through the walls
blazing sunrays
painting the evening skies.
All the places your mind
wanders to in dreams,
staying with you like a reality
you once lived through.
All the scenarios you feed your mind;
unknowingly you change
the colours of your everyday emotions.
How much does the shadow weight?
Does it drag you down on the floor –
or does it lift you up?
What kind of messages did you store
when you were young?
What went through your head -
as you were searching
for that person you should be
as if the community knew,
as if it was written
somewhere for you to follow.
When all along, it has only been written in you.
Then you come to realize the freedom,
which at some point,
might have suffocated your mind.
You can't outrun
what happened; it follows you.
Which path you choose
is only up to you to decide.
There are two worlds -
we chase each other through.
One in which we act as mirrors
and walk towards whatever satisfies us.
Second, where we get lost
in reflections of the first one
in our minds.
And whatever we do, we die twice.
This world is our playground,
leave something meaningful,
make a change,
                before you exit.
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3 comments:

  1. I like the conclusion, Natasa. I agree very much with the sentiment...we should leave something meaningful before we exit. And since we don't know when our exit will be we definitely should start today!

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  2. You have shown the right face of all, what we are , and what we become, lots of thoughts to ponder.

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  3. You're a complete doll, dear, one which I'd looove to have on a shelf so I could stare at.

    Gotta lotta subliminal poe/try (Edgar Allen definitely succeeded) on our 22ish blogs. Find-out Who the Other Being is and wiseabove...

    God bless you

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