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Sunday, 7 April 2013

Life's meaning #NaPoWriMoDaySeven

We go through life
                    Searching
Day by day for
                    Meaning
Weeks and weeks
                    Merging
Year on year
                    Unrelenting

One day,
       perhaps,
              it comes to pass

That meaning's found
                       in what will last

Insight
             Shared
Creativity
             Inspired
Works
             Produced
                        
But then
           A blinding light of truth
It's not at all
           What we produce
But what
           We ARE
           Near and far
          
Love
             Undivided
Kindness
             Provided

These un-measurable gifts
Of ourselves, others lift
In their own memory
Across the century
Not knowing a name
There'll be no infamy or fame

But ...
On your bed
                    At the end
You might
                    Remember
That
                    For those men
You were
                    A saviour
Your deed
                    Greater than ten
                                           Right then
                   
Xxxx

This poem is inspired by Wordsworth's quote  “The best portion of a good man's life: his little, nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love.” and linked up at real toads.

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14 comments:

  1. Kerry O'Connor7 April 2013 at 17:58

    I love your approach to this poem Emma, with the sentence fragments dispersed over the page. Your last lines delivered a strong message.

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  2. Margaret7 April 2013 at 18:25

    There'll be no infamy or fame

    Life often forgets names, faces, but an act of kindness, compassion does make a difference and lives forever.

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  3. Jinksy7 April 2013 at 18:39

    Creativity and insight - great combination of talents to use...

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  4. Sherry Blue Sky7 April 2013 at 19:26

    This is very beautiful, and profoundly wise.........at the end, yes, it is those moments of kindness given that matter. Wonderful write!

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  5. Peggy7 April 2013 at 20:26

    I like this one very much and the idea it conveys!

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  6. Peggy7 April 2013 at 20:26

    I like this one very much and the idea it conveys!

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  7. Mary8 April 2013 at 00:14

    Your words express an important message, one definitely worth consideration.

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  8. Kay L. Davies8 April 2013 at 00:17

    I chose the same quotation, because it is such a truth to my way of thinking.
    I love the way you responded to it, Emma. I'm sure that you often have people telling you how much you have helped them without knowing it.
    K

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  9. Hannah8 April 2013 at 01:20

    I have to agree with Kerry here in your choice of form for expressing this poem... delivering us in the end with one of the great truths of life...well done. :)

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  10. Ella8 April 2013 at 01:49

    Very creative n' clever!
    I like how one idea cascades into another :D

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  11. Other Mary8 April 2013 at 04:26

    Love the structure here, it helps to bring home your point.

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  12. Sharp Little Pencil8 April 2013 at 06:37

    Emma, your choice of subject reinforces your mission statement. I, too, have that problem of ensuring people don't think I'm representing my church - my hub is the pastor - so I get that.

    Did not see that this would lead to Jesus, but then, most things do if one lives in that love. Peace, Amy

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  13. Panchali8 April 2013 at 09:33

    I loved the structure and message of this poem--outstanding!

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  14. Susie Clevenger17 April 2013 at 05:05

    Just in the way it is written it speaks of searching, and what a beautiful message it contains.

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