Johndavisnearby
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WILL I STILL BE I
14 Sep 2016
WILL I
still be I
LIKE a brook
that babbles
I AM I AM I
GIVING BIRTH
2 tiny THINGS
and did I join
a hand or two
DIAMONDS IN WORTH THAT
never LIE
OH GO
once MORE
to the shine
YOU can still SEE
AND EXPLORE
TIME to dream
and time to change
from narrow suspicion
to a love and endless RANGE
OH let me
cut out a piece of SKY
AND build a landing
where a SOUL
can SIGH
and try
to clear a mind
and find
a TALKING WAY
WHERE adults wander
and WALKING STAY
TO LEARN THERE IS
A gentler and happier DAY
AND when they brush
clouds dark AWAY
PEACE COMES WITH LOVE
& HELPING the lonely
to have a SAY
AND DON’T FORGET
A book or two
READ from the moon
or inside a SHOE
FEET CAN LEARN
AS much as your HEAD
WALK as your ancestors
ancient ideas
are not DEAD
AND NOW TO the
QUESTION
WILL I BE I
WHEN I CLIMB
on a cloud
and look down
from the SKY?
OR THE WORLD
makes big changes
while I studied
A LONG WHILE
LEARN respect
for those around
you
then it become
EASIER TO SMILE
AND STILL
you or I
can keep on
Loving
a very long WHILE
WILL I STILL BE I
WHEN a world
can PLAY
and not worry
about the tomorrow
of TODAY
Powerful words you have written.
What a lovely poem
Thank you. At age 80 , young in mind, a fledgeling at photos, cn’t seem to make the pictures big enough to satisfy Verily, although no problem on Twitter, johnnearby on BingBing play , Tumbler etc. I have had two camera’s stolen from me and cannot afford another one. Verily is for the Elite, wealthy and not a Plebe like me.
Beautiful photos
How I do a great poem like this? Very well said
Thank you Charito. You do me great honor.
Your always welcome
Very nice poem
Very nice poem, well written
So nice post
“and not worry / about the tomorrow / of TODAY” – very clever play with time in the words themselves! Why do you use capitals? “Will I be I…” original, too. Thanks
Thank you for calling time clever. It out wits me most of the Time. I capitalize a small group of words to emphasize ” rhyme” or meaning of the phrase as in ” time will Raise us higher than “Now”.
Aloha John… great to see you here.. and always great to read your unique mind in words..
Are minds just a channel of words. Or are words like herds that stampede over the hills of life and the best ones rise into tomorrows skies?
Valuable diamonds that never lie, I love that part, regards
Words are like birds who sing and fly. The false ones die.