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Once I was a simple man
with simple aspirations.
Indebted to my quiet soul
for all life's revelations.

My mind would go a wandering
in places I created.
A newly minted lover or
adventure--I debated.

In solace, and in kindness did
I build my soaring spires.
A oneness with the Universe
is what I did desire.

But time did bring epiphanies
of my one true path.
My fate to be a simple man
it seems was not to last.

I took on many layers that
did complicate my life.
The things we call responsible,
the things that cause such strife.

My love can still encompass that
which now my life does hold.
Though life now so unsimplified
feels brash, and sharp….and cold.

These musings are acknowledgment
I never will return
To a life so simple and
Uncarried by concern.

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~bitybaby45 Jul 20, 2011  Hobbyist Writer
You have an elegant way with words. I especially loved the way it transformed from a simple poem to the realization that life will never be the way that it was. beautiful poem. :heart:
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Mood: Wow! ~Questingpoet Jul 20, 2011  Hobbyist Writer
Thank you. I wrote this one on a plane trip to Las Vegas!
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~bitybaby45 Jul 21, 2011  Hobbyist Writer
boredom brings out the best in some people. :)
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~Questingpoet Jul 21, 2011  Hobbyist Writer
I had just gotten my first laptop and was excited to try it out. Wrote three good poems that weekend!
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This flows so well,and displays the true and honest mind of someone looking for more beyond the obvious. You paint images with very fine words.
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~Questingpoet Jul 19, 2011  Hobbyist Writer
Thank you. I like that analogy very much. Painting images with words is what I strive for. Along with the other poem you just commented on (Acceptance), I think I've release two that are very personal to the wider world. Perhaps that's why I didn't do it sooner?
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*rlkirkland Sep 13, 2010  Hobbyist Writer
A lament for the cumbersome realities of life. Sigh...
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~Questingpoet Sep 13, 2010  Hobbyist Writer
that it is. thanks for reading!
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:iconlancelotprice:
"I never will return
To a life so simple and
Uncarried by concern."

There is a good chance that you can return to simplicity when you get old. Not entirely without concerns, but without most, and simple and satisfying. I'm lucky enough to have done it.
There may also be a chance to change life goals while still young, and to take a different and happier path than the crowd has done. I was able to partly do that. I drifted rather than careered. So don't despair.
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~Questingpoet Sep 13, 2010  Hobbyist Writer
thank you for the kind comments. sounds as if you understand very well. hope is always appreciated my friend!
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