Each Heart Is Called
Each heart is called
To reconcile
Life’s hurts
I have dealt with mine
And
My path now lies
In
Here and now
I will not put my hand
To the plough
Of
Self Justification
And turn the ugly clods
Of
Past’s resentments
I will not scatter
Seeds of accusation
To fall
In furrowed threats
I will not sit
Like a lording carrion crow
On judgment's fence
Ever returning
To pick over
The carcass of the past
Nor, will I sit down
And lick
Self pity’s wounds
Forgive,
Forget,
Move on!
My road
Is
Here and now
And
The future
Beckons me.
About this poem
In the course of this life we can all be 'hurt'. When that occurs we have a choice, as to how we will respond. Written in October 2004 this poem is a personal meditation of the determined choices that I made in a dificult season.
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Submitted by nfowke on September 29, 2023
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Scheme | xxa xBxxC xcDeaDx fexx xxxxfx xxx xxx xxCBfx |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 534 |
Words | 113 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 5, 7, 4, 6, 3, 3, 6 |
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