Full marks for your effort, and don't be put off by what others do - we are all equal on here - trying is what's most important along with the desire to.
Wow Had some time this morning to open the literature forum and my how you've all been busy.
Its a bit daunting though as you all seem to be very knowlegeble.
Will apologise now if grammer and spelling isn't correct but a side effect of being a carer is sieve brain!.
This doesn't have a title.
Why are they here,
What do they know,
Where are they going?
I do not know.
Now i've written this to show that we all can write something.We can either turn this into a type of song thread and see where it goes or give your interpretation of what it means to you.
Over to you guys and girls.
Never judge someone until you have walked two moons in their moccasins.
Native American Indian saying.
Full marks for your effort, and don't be put off by what others do - we are all equal on here - trying is what's most important along with the desire to.
"A family tree can wither if nobody tends it's roots"
I like. It surely deserves some kind of award even if not mentioned in Egon Ronay.
"A family tree can wither if nobody tends it's roots"
On Present Time.
And is there life beyond these wire topped walls,
A place where people live and love and die,
The plaintive voice of soaring seagulls call,
The song of home which makes me want to cry.
For crimes untold my fellow inmates rot,
Their freedom lost by man's unequal laws,
Like me they watch the ticking of the clock,
Which ticks so slow it seems that time has paused.
Each day goes by, one closer to the end,
The picture window fixed as seasons change,
When autumn leaves are blowing in the wind,
Once more I'll walk where only thoughts now range.
My sentence served and nothing will be gained,
There is no justice in a world that's gone insane.
In the image of God? You must be joking!
Now that's an interesting piece - I could almost think it was autobiographical. Details please, on something bigger than a postcard?
"A family tree can wither if nobody tends it's roots"
In the image of God? You must be joking!
Well I appreciate your sharing that piece as I will any further offerings.
I suppose I've created my own prison and am in for life.
"A family tree can wither if nobody tends it's roots"
As difficult as it is for me to say this, I may be starting to agree with you on the issue of experience being the teacher, the only teacher in some cases. I don't suggest going to prison as a means for all of us to learn about freedom. But I do appreciate what you have offered to us about your experience and how it parallels or mirrors things in our own lives.
Could you be referring to Tanhaiyan?
"A family tree can wither if nobody tends it's roots"
Tanhaiyan is one of my poems and was written during heavy depression - one other factor in my 'imprisonment'.
I had a critique of it done once a long time ago and the main comment was that they'd never read a more depressing piece of writing.
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"A family tree can wither if nobody tends it's roots"
And though I wrote it, and, in the past have read it a few times, I cannot bring myself to read it now - strange perhaps but I offer no reason for this, other than it does bring back unpleasant memories which in turn make me negative while I'm actually trying to be positive.
"A family tree can wither if nobody tends it's roots"
I've even been told "Stop feeling so sorry for yourself and get on with living".
Maybe that was good advice, maybe not - circumstances in my life following that caused another downturn.
"A family tree can wither if nobody tends it's roots"
"A family tree can wither if nobody tends it's roots"
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