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(originally posted June 2013)
when time seals
shut my mind
and flesh flees
from my bone
will the mark
I leave behind
impress the
sand or stone
Impression
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I really like this, it’s something I often wonder; what do I leave behind?
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the older I get, the more often it comes to mind
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poetry is one thing you will leave behind 🙂
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I believe with your family and all your poetry you will leave behind much. I less so– no children. A question we all can ask and that I think of often and well-captured by your poem in few words.
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it’s a function of all the people we touch in our lives – family notwithstanding
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Reblogged this on Poesy plus Polemics.
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Reblogged this on Eagle Eye Network.
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thanks for sharing my poem with your readers
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Just wonderful. Great ending.
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I sincerely appreciate that
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Oh I dare say so, Paul.
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thank you dear friend
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What a way to question existence – guess I’ve got you marked down as both philosopher and poetic genius now!
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did my studies in philosophy and never quite stopped reading the “thinkers”
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this poem reminds me of this old song
Thanks for the reminder that our legacy is up to us.
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happy to be of service
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Wonderful as always
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thanks, Barb
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stones from pyramids
~
monumental
memorial
memory
meme
me
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appreciate your interpretation
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i love the visual representation of this wonderful post… Kudos!
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thank you most kindly, Eve
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You welcome Paul
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It has always been my dream to leave something behind, now I am happy to say I have in my writing, which hopefully family in years to come will know who I was and how I experienced life. I have no fear of passing over, my fear would be passing over before I have somehow made a mark! You my friend have left a huge mark. You should be proud.
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your comment touches me deeply – I have had all those very same feelings
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Well rest assured you have fulfilled your task 😉 I think it must be something we all ponder on as we get older and awaken more spiritually .
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Do we all wonder the same?
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it seems to be so
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Lovely & poignant, Paul. I wonder about this more and more.
Blessings ~ Wendy
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thanks kindly
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If yew go b4 eye, the sand and stone will remain very impressed! 🙂
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thanks kindly
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A wonderful and meaningful piece for me!! God Bless you, Paul!!! Bellissimo!!
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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