the road ,we take
to our dreams,
has byways,that steal
our, attention
away ,from set ,goals
by, heavens wish
and, it ever, seems
we trail on,misteps
not wanted
by, stars over, head
.but ,by,things
we dread,
imagined, lies,
from discontent
voices ,within
our childish ,bent
they come,not from
freedoms ,plan
who, wanted better
intents,
for our immortal ,soul
but,from cowards.fold
some pit, in hell
unnamed,
our betrayer,
unwelcomed ,host
Rhinovangogh
Wow. The self sabatoging alter ego? Interesting piece. Cheers, J
madvlad replied
i have met the in
no! me?n he is me, pogo-walt kelly-cartoon-but ,not funny,sad,but too true,amen,i battle each day with,my dark side,but so far, my lighter side gets me by, et tu?Joyce Dickens,...
Superb and yes, we all have a dark side Walt – some are just content with their blinders on and don’t recognize the other one….....such a beautiful and visual way you have with words my dear friend ….......and a beautiful warm spirit that will always outshine that darker one….thinking of you! JD
madvlad replied
amen, joyce most of us?or maybe i should only speak for my self, fight,our own, disapointments with them out side our selfs and then?our own expections,wished, for but never quite met,and they cause us to be two minded,and we have to fight for the light,no its not a all the time, thing-thank god-just often enough to know-we- are human, amen, nice to see you joyce, hope you are winning to day tomorrow and on,hugz
catherine walker
Love your poetry walt..so well done..wonderful words and deep thoughts!
madvlad replied
hello sweet kat,glad my poems have your,time,thank you kat,yes/deep thoughts/if you want to harvest,more then a chain of words,of play, our hearts if/we still have one, feels deeply its knocks and pushs,but we grow stronger,with resoulves need,i wish it was all, flowers and fields but it is also parched deserts too,but we are in the end, traveliers to?to?the unknown
Joyce Dickens,...
like you, an ongoing struggle with the other self .......today is ok, tomorrow??? – always head held high and one eye over the shoulder….. cheers my friend! JD
Anthea Slade
Beautiful poem Walt. Yes we all have a shadow side. Methinks it is about integrating, accepting and dancing with the shadow so that it does not consume us. The light side of you always shines through in your word, humour and your art.
madvlad replied
yes anthea only you know the collective pains, joys and insults you had to go through on your long voyage to adulthood, sadly we did have the means, to understand our forming world as kids of innocence,and we were programed to some good and bad idea,s and feelings,some time, along the way, we hada day where we said?hopefully?this is not working for me and we stopped in our path and said?is there a better way?to our selfs and from that moment we took?better control of our loves, although it was , long bettle from that?day to here, by your painting, i see,you struggle too, no you are not losing, you are fully in the game of life thank god,thanks for your words,take care of anthea pax walt hugz
sandra22
I kinda agree with the lovely Anthea (above) , well put.
A thoughtful poem Walt…sandra
madvlad replied
thank you sandra22,itsa not a cheery poem,its at real poem of how we are in a long self love affair, if we are smart?,we are pulled in all directions at times,some the wrong ones for us,but till we die,day by day we win this war of peace in side,thank you for taking time to read it sandra hugz from me.who hahah ever i am this second or?the next-to thine own self be true?amen, yee shall know the truth and the truth shall make you, free and some times?a .little scared? too
Barbara Cliff
How true! not just for you, but that’s being flawed and human, I guess. You recognise the shadowy self
-sometimes it takes me ages to wake up to some stupid thing I’ve done and you poem expresses it well-and I like- the truth shall make you free.madvlad replied
geez barb,we set out to win over mountains, but the damhills, trip us up along the way,but some how, here , we are,battered beat, worn out, but in this crazy game of pain, joy , suffering,and moments of , dam i am soo happy to be alive amen nice seeing you barb hugz
sarahhoffman
I am so sorry i missed this..too much time at the funny farm…its wonderful your words…
madvlad replied
well food comes before pleasure so work is necessary i guess this is how life is we are pulled so many ways sarah too many some times and we have to say nonono more and change our path take care love to you