• one free verse poem
• one haiku
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this journey has been one of wonder
joy, sadness, awe, and tears
it’s carried me ‘cross boundaries
borders
mass of lands
‘cross time and space
it’s shown me magic
marvels
the mystery of love
the best
the least
the good
the evil
it’s brought me pleasures
fame
and fortune
to claim them back
with no remorse
I’ve known satisfaction
adulation
a woman’s love
a child’s passing
it’s been true and faithful
genuine
just to turn away
and break my heart
it’s been fantasy
fact
and fiction
clear as light
then contradiction
I’ve been ignored
I’ve been betrayed
honored as a man of standing
then left behind
to cry alone
I’ve traveled light
I’ve traveled fast
I’ve stumbled
burdened
weighed with grief
I’ve lead and followed
lost my way
regained direction
just to go astray
I’ve walked hand in hand
with fear and death
stared down depression
to be consumed
then arose
to again go forth
without a clue my destination
with no regard for the fated outcome
and to my plight
no consideration
long ago I abandoned worry
having learned it’s of no use
I’ve realized despite our difference
at the core we’re all the same
this realm we enter all alone
from here we’ll leave alone again
but all of this is of no matter
foolish so to dwell upon
of no concern
of no regard
most certainly not worth the measure
because in reflection
one sees too late
it is this journey
that is the treasure
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no wind at feeders
suet and the black seeds swing
evidence of birds
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poem and haiku by: rob kistner © 2010
Marianne Faithfull – The Mystery Of Love
Bad Company – Fame and Fortune
Metallica – No Remorse
Finger Eleven – Lost My Way
