This Poem was Submitted By: Stevie L Underwood On Date: 2000-07-23 11:58:52 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Of that I am

Of that I am     a polarity of inner mode. Forces of an inward state      seduce and taunt my wit. Where is the sustenance of my dreams     the communion with my beliefs? One mind, one body, one spirit-     struggling just to cope     discerning myth from reality. A host of apparitions staking claim     to residue of my worn sagacity. All hope yielding vain assumptions     of yesterday's intentions. Preceptions of the future     remain prisoners of tomorrow's greed. Voices from within cheer me onward     a pat on the back, a boost to my ego. Those same voices ridicule, scoff and criticize     at each and every failed attempt. Efforts to abstain from those things I do     show no evidence. I continue to do the things     I choose not. Where lies the answers      to those things I would? Drained of all emotion...my next step     this friction leaves me spent. Mental trivial of mere discernment     depletes all reserves. With the morning I'll press onward     toward the mark, of that I am.

Copyright © July 2000 Stevie L Underwood


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