This Poem was Submitted By: Drenda D. Cooper On Date: 2001-06-15 12:21:01 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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REINCARNATION INSPIRATION (Revised)

The last time around was I woefully weak; Did I mourn in the back row, too fearful to speak? Was I lonely, frustrated, ashamed of myself.... Did I waste a whole lifetime on some dusty shelf? The last time around did I push, yell, and shove; Step all over others, put 'myself' above? Was I careless and cruel, or blind to the need Of those I might help with just one selfless deed? This time around have life's lessons been learned; Is my love freely given, or must still be earned? Will I need to return yet again to this Earth To suffer the pangs of a different birth? This time around have I channeled my source..... Steered straight ahead on my life's chosen course? Has the 'veil' hidden truth, kept the mystery deep; Has the time not arrived that I wake from this sleep? The next time around will I be allowed To remember the past, and all that I vowed...... The promises made in that far, yet near, place In the brilliance of light that is God's holy face?

Copyright © June 2001 Drenda D. Cooper

Additional Notes:
The original version of this one was (I am ashamed to say) published in Poetry's Elite by that other place Poetry.com--(however, this was long before I discovered The Poetic Link--I did not even have my computer yet then).


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