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Choices

by Rai15 

Posted: 04 May 2004
Word Count: 78


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Staring through the window,
watching the wind
violently beating the trees
I attempt to decipher
all the feelings inside of me.

The rights and wrongs
The should I, shouldn’t I?
The will it, won’t it?
One versus the other,
possibilities and probabilities,
hopes and dreams,
doubts and fears.

I know opinions shouldn’t matter
but even mine are confused.
As the window steams up
even though it fights,
so clouded.
The battle rages, and I’m finding it
so difficult.






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miffle at 16:27 on 05 May 2004  Report this post
Rai, 'beating' was the word that stood out for me here... Also, I don't think it is a coincidence that in literature the sea has so often been taken up as a metaphor for the imagination/ mind... Yes, i think mostly our minds are in a constant state of flux... 'Life is learning to live with uncertainties' (not sure who said that but it makes sense to me!)... An inner battle which no matter how it rages you have controlled and steadied in this poem and in the end as you half-suggest many things are ambiguous, not much is clear-cut and that is why i like the band name 'Blur' ! Write on, Miffle :-)

miffle at 16:30 on 05 May 2004  Report this post
Rai, 'Choices' - yep, I don't remember being taught much about 'making choices' at school but it's an imporant lifeskill for sure and no, not easy... Have you read 'The Road Not Taken' by Robert Frost (?)... 'Choices' - i tend to wonder which one makes me feel 'light' and also to remember that it is a privilege to have 'Choices' too... Miffle :-)

poemsgalore at 18:25 on 05 May 2004  Report this post
I like the reference to "watching the wind violently beating the trees", as though it represents the rage and turmoil going on inside you.



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