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TOUCHED

By Sherry Sheaffer

Topics: Poetry Source: AllPoetry Original source

TOUCHED BY THOUGHT OR GHOST OR GHOST OF THOUGHT, WHO CAN SAY WHAT IS OR WHAT IS NOT? FOR IN TRUTH THERE IS TODAY WHAT, YESTERDAY THERE WAS NOT. TOUCHED OR MERELY GIFTED IN SIGHT, ABLE TO DISPEL THE VEIL OF NIGHT. SO MANY TIMES IN LIFE WE FAIL TO OBTAIN, REWARD FOR OUR LABOR, WHERE IS THE GAIN? HOW HAVE WE MISSED SO LOUD A CRY? ARE WE NO LONGER ABLE TO TRY? BODIES ARE WEAK, YET MINDS ARE NOT STRONG, TELL ME THEN, WHERE DO WE BELONG? DID SOME DISTANT PLANET LEAVE US BEHIND? TO WATCH OUR CHANGES, TO SEE OUR DECLINE? OR PERHAPS THE GREAT MOTHER GAVE US LIFE, TAUGHT US TO LIVE AS HUSBAND AND WIFE? AND WHAT OF THE CHRISTIAN GOD OF GODS, ISN'T IT HE WHO LAID DOWN THE LAWS? DID WE EVOLVE OR SOME HOW ARRIVE? WILL WE CONTINUE? CAN WE SURVIVE? ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS I HAVE HEARD ASKED, YOU CANNOT HAVE A FUTURE IF YOU DWELL IN THE PAST. FOLLOW WHATEVER GOD YOU WOULD CHOOSE, BEFORE TAKING THE GAIN, ASK WHAT YOU MAY LOOSE. HEAR EVERY SOUND, SEE EVERY SIGHT, WALK WITH THE SUNSHINE, HIDE NOT FROM THE NIGHT, ENJOY ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN AND ALWAYS REMEMBER, LIFE IS FOR LIVING.... Written August 20th, 2001 © on Aug 20 2001 01:17 PM PST   0 • 13

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