dVerse Poets – Open Link Night – 243
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To let it go
a wrench of the self
that old school book
an identity so dull now
so precious then,
is it that I yearn for what was,
all I could be,
or, is it that I am less settled now
in my certainty?
©Paul Vincent Cannon
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I like the sense of being less settled in certainty.
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Certainly true in my case, though that’s neither negative or positive, it just is, but sometimes really unsettling.
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Nice one there Paul! I really like the ending.
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Thanks so much Moira, yes came out deep reflection.
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The last two lines resonate …
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Ah, I suspect we are less settled, less certain.
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Part of the journey I suspect. And, I wouldn’t change a thing for quids! It is, what it is.
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Yes, no change, not worth it at al, it is indeed what it is.
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I’ve found acceptance is better than resignation.
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That is my experience too Dawn, I think the best way 😀
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This is such an excellent description of the feelings of letting go.
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It was tough despite the context, but raised a whole lot of other things.
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I think its both Paul, to some degree. The older we get the more we realize how little we know, and how foolish our belief we are somehow in control – the dominion falacy. For some it is unsettling, but it can be freeing to shed the false mantle of control. We need to adapt a stance of balabce, cooperation, going with tge fliw, humility in nature… need to find our place in tge great big world.
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So agree, it has been an amazing journey learning that and moving in that way. Thanks for sharing this.
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Ah the certainty of youth, there was something freeing about that, maybe it was naivete yet sometimes it would be nice to have that back…just sometimes…
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Yes, just sometimes, it was a great time.
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All part of our journey of discovering and learning ourself. I like the ending lines.
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Thank you so much Grace.
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A nostalgic gem. I feel that way myself. 🙂
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Many thanks Mark 🙂
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You’re welcome.
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Letting go helps us to settle in uncertainity.
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It sure does Rupali, it sure does.
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Once it was easy… you only had to read the books… now I find contradictions everywhere….
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O indeed Bjorn, like circles within circles even.
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I sense it is all part of a process that we go through, where we have to go through the times of certainty to experience how that does or doesn’t work for us, then maybe reach a conclusion that we don’t know much at or, or if we do, it’s not that important. I think I don’t want to let loose of it because it is what grounds me, even if that ground is shaky. Thank you for your thought provoking poem.
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Many thanks for reflecting openly on this Jade, wonderful to have your comment as part of my reflecting too.
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You are very welcome.
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Just nine concise lines to say so much…This is my new favorite poem to ponder. Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you so much, that is so kind.
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Yes I resonate with this poem
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I see, glad that it connects.
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This is lovely
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Thank you so much for that.
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