Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Blasted possibilities

Hope is a funny thing.
Existing even when we will it not to.
In spite of reason
Or obvious evidence pointing to the contrary,
It refuses to die.
it fools you into thinking
you are done with it
you cant feel or see it anymore.

Convinced that you’ve beaten it
buried it deep into the ground
even planted grass
to cover it’s optimistic head
you say to yourself
‘hope has breathed its final breath,
hope which dare not die …..is dead.’
Finally you can rest
After all, one need not worry about the dead!

You forget that hope is a funny thing.
Till you are struck
By a kicked-in-the-gut feeling
It catches you unaware...
a hard fast blow
that leaves you reeling in shock.
You realize that while it hid, it grew
It spread its roots in your very core.
It thrived in you and you never even knew.
           Blasted possibilities!

You’d tried to avoid this exact feeling,
of losing something that you know
never quite really was yours.
But hope is a funny funny thing,
and so are blasted possibilities!
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9 comments:

  1. L.A. LutaraNovember 10, 2009 at 3:08 AM

    blasted possibilities indeed...and thats hope for you...but is that really a bad thing? lose hope and you lose your humanity...of course thats in a general sense..when it comes to those "blasted possibilities" it CAN get a lil frustrating.

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  2. the emrysNovember 10, 2009 at 4:10 AM

    its funny looking at hope from this angle! i love it

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  3. Arlee BirdNovember 10, 2009 at 6:51 PM

    Hello,
    I wanted you to check out my posts for today and tomorrow. They are about a musician who you might enjoy hearing about since you enjoy Yanni.
    Check him out and let me know what you think:
    http://tossingitout.blogspot.com/

    In the future I will be doing interview features with others with interesting vocations, websites, or something else to promote that may be interesting to others. Upcoming soon will be an interview for up and coming New Jersey artist,Ada Jackson of collagepodge.com -- check out her work.

    Thanks
    Lee

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  4. PrincessNovember 10, 2009 at 7:43 PM

    ‘hope has breathed its final breath,
    hope which dare not die …..is dead.’

    You know you have me when you go all old school. And then somehow you have managed to wrap humour and irony up in a wonderful bundle of rhyme.

    I like this piece. I like it very much. Forget the part where it resonates with me very much. :)

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  5. ~ScotchBiscuits~November 10, 2009 at 9:05 PM

    Awesome poem you complicated little person!!

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  6. featherNovember 12, 2009 at 1:08 PM

    is this the result of your disgust for all things cute(i'm not sure if you used the word cute. keep writing)

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  7. islanderNovember 12, 2009 at 9:07 PM

    @L.A-i'm so glad somebody understands.

    emrys-thanx.i had no idea where i would end up when i started writing...

    arleebird-will check it out.

    princess- glad you like it...though i wish it didnt resonate for your sake..

    scotchie-not complicated my dear....just alive.

    feather- part of it....i guess you could say i'm all over the place.... you should write too....i miss reading you.

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  8. AmaguruNovember 17, 2009 at 2:26 PM

    :Hope is a funny thing.
    Existing even when we will it not to."

    the truth in that is almost too painful to acknowledge. kudos1

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  9. MisstariiNovember 25, 2009 at 2:45 AM

    and yet we still hope in spite of all reasons pointing to the contrary...
    I love this...at the end hope keeps us going.

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