The Courage to Be!

Posted on April 24, 2016 | 25 Comments

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Note: To be read as Anapestic Tetrameter –

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On occasional ambles down memory lane,
Precious moments of pleasure our thoughts can assail
Bringing comfort to hearts that are suffering pain,
And a smile to a face that is grim, without fail.

Many languishing souls are reluctant to dream
Of the days and the places they wandered afore,
Apprehensive past spectres to meet, it would seem,
Yet they know not that none there shall be to abhor.

Every moment of life from the present to pass
Is imbued with an aspect of who that we are,
So it ill-behoves any oneself to declasse,
For to be who we are is much better by far.

©Meanderings 2016

 

 

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25 responses to “The Courage to Be!”

  1. Kunal Thakore | April 24, 2016 at 14:03 | Reply

    Uncle, this is truly lovely!

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  3. DaisyWillows | April 24, 2016 at 16:27 | Reply

    Indeed to be what we are is better. I had to google what a A T is still not 100% sure. I loved it so I guess it doesn’t matter does it?

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  4. thelittlelai | April 24, 2016 at 22:49 | Reply

    Wow, it carries deep in my heart, deeply written and a good choice of words. It had such a profound impact on me. Thanks for writing this poem, keep writing!

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  6. Melinda Kucsera | April 26, 2016 at 01:20 | Reply

    and you’re sending me back to the dictionary again 🙂 this time to discover what anapestic tetrameter means 🙂 reading your poems is a delightful learning curve. I love the long flowing lines in this poem and its positive message, especially that first quatrain.

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  7. gill | April 26, 2016 at 11:05 | Reply

    Love that regular loping rhythm – and how much healthier we would all be, emotionally, if we were able to accept our pasts as a part of our identity, especially if we’ve received a measure of healing.

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    • Bushka | April 26, 2016 at 12:45 | Reply

      Thanks Gill. Yes….The key to emotional health and wholeness lies in ‘self-acceptance’ – warts and all. The Nazarene knew and encouraged it….. 😉 Hugs!

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  8. snowbird | April 26, 2016 at 22:48 | Reply

    I did enjoy this, and Gill’s comment.xxx

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  9. Gradmama2011 | April 27, 2016 at 15:02 | Reply

    golly…yep, I was among those who dragged out the dictionary! As a student of poetry still learning, I only recently learned that “pome” is not the correct pronounciation of “poem”. Love your photo of the sunset, and the perfect rhythm of the poem. 🙂

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  10. MichelleMarie | April 30, 2016 at 22:40 | Reply

    Wow I am lovin’ this! 💛💜❤️

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  11. Egypt English | September 9, 2016 at 18:48 | Reply

    !!! ^_^ !!! …♥Love!

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