At dVerse Linda is hosting Open Link Night, where we are invited to post a poem of our own choosing.
“We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.” May Sarton
Even When The diversity of my parts are not the sum of me, but merely the complexity of possibilities, I am not my body's disparate functionality divorced nor captive to its parts dogmatised by loud voices from the past as if they are flags of virtue, I am not an acronym to be sung as a standard, never a diagnosis or an expectation to be pinned, roled, or approved as part of some myopic, narrow definition; I am not that, I am myself as I find myself at any given moment, even when I am a stranger to myself. Copyright 2022 ©Paul Vincent Cannon All Rights Reserved ®
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Indeed, Paul. I consider myself, and everybody else, to be a unique convergence of the 10,000 things. Wonderful opening quote.
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Wonderful, yes me too – thank you Lisa 🙂
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Paul, you’re very welcome.
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Wonderful prose Paul. No way we can be condensed and simplified even if others try
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Thank you very much indeed Harold, much appreciated and so agree.
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I like that you are gentle on yourself. Enjoyed.
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It has taken me some time to get there 🙂 – thank you very much.
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Great opening line. Lovely poem Paul.
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Thank you so much
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One of a kind describes you for sure! We are all special at each moment we live! I like that.
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Yes indeed Dwight – and thank you so much.
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You are welcome!
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Paul, this lovely poem tells us that the human experience is a kaleidoscope of endless possibilities. I like the last line especially, “I am myself as I find myself at any given moment, even when I am a stranger to myself.”
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I wonder that we are pushed too hard in society nowadays, if only the young could just ‘be’
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So good…I could borrow it to define myself, Paul.
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Wow, well that is high praise, thank you Punam.
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Your words almost always resonate, Paul. My pleasure. 😊
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I love this, Paul.
❤
David
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Those are the lines that most resonated with me as well, David!
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Thank you Liz.
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You’re welcome, Paul.
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David – thank you indeed.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Thank you for your constant support Chuck.
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Well put, Sir!
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Thank you very much Inchy
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Deserved, Sir!
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🙂
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This is exquisitely drawn, Paul! We humans are complex beings and yes I agree, “I am not an acronym to be sung as a standard.”💝💝
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We go together then 🙂
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Thank you so much.
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Lovely poem Paul.
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Many thanks Linda
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Close to a sonnet in meter and rhyme. I often (in the middle of the night) feel a stranger to myself.
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Yes, in the middle of the night or some inopportune moment it comes – thank you so much for sharing.
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You aced it with this one!
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Many thanks Patricia 🙂
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This poem reminds me of sitting in the ICU day after day waiting for the doctors to deliver their latest clinical pronouncement.
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O, that sounds awful, but sitting with someone I assume?
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Yes, my husband. I couldn’t have gotten through those days without him.
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Yes, we need another don’t we. You got through.
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Yes, thankfully.
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Beautifully written, loved it🙂
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Thank you for sharing how this affected you, much appreciated.
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Yes we are complex. Lovely!
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We sure are, thank you Rupali
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Yes, and so creative if only all could see it 🙂
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Amazing poem
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Thank you 🙂
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