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On the Edge, Determined - II

by Rula Shin


Still teetering on the edge of logic
Are those pesky emotional thoughts
Which, if left free to wander,
Will transform into misery of an ugly sort,
Bound by the laws

Oh! My mind wants to wander directionless
In that dark vortex of a labyrinth
I STOP, somehow
Determined to re-cross the line
I just crossed

What a surprise that I am winning
Remembering to remember
Applying the logic of logic
In the continuity of the moment

In those final excruciating moments
The door finally slams shut
And i begin to concentrate,
My mind and body relax

My goal is still afar,
When shall 'I' become my attention
Letting my external fall
Un-barricading my pathless path?

How wonderful these tiny victories feel
Against those entangling
Suicidal stream of thoughts
Destined to carry death on the back of NOW,
My precious elusive PRESENT

Oh! how wonderful I feel to
BE HERE JUST NOW!
How else can one ever GO anywhere?
How else can one say one is ALIVE!?

06/21/2005

Posted on 06/21/2005
Copyright © 2024 Rula Shin

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Felicia Aguilar on 06/22/05 at 07:27 PM

The title captures and describes this poem completely. I love the flow of this, and the ending is a powerful testament. Great work!

Posted by Michelle Angelini on 06/23/05 at 09:53 AM

Rula, your poem goes through a maze of uncertainty leading to a point where strength and survival are vital - no matter what the narrator must go through to get there. Your words are like riding in a slipstream, until the realization of self-strength. Your images are clear and shocking so that the reader can identify with the narrator.
~Chelle~

Posted by Ashok Sharda on 06/25/05 at 04:31 AM

Yes, we are all bound to the laws as all happenings, all events, all our moods, all our thoughts are. The paradox is that we can only defy these laws by using them. And this is what you seem to be doing all along these experiences, you have depicted here'On the Edge, Determined - II'', a continuity of your battle against the onslought of these laws which is bound to chase you to your imminent desinence, if you refuse to 'STOP'and defy these laws by using them to your own advantage. And when you do that theres a surprise-"'What a surprise that I am winning Remembering to remember Applying the logic of logic In the continuity of the moment'. There are six laws which predominantly effects our lives. The law of fate, accident,cause and effect,deviation,association and repetition.These are the laws which almost determines all the happening we foolishly treat as our doings.These are the laws which can be used to undetermine those happenings by undoing.Well, if one is determined to ' BE HERE JUST NOW!', if one is determined to 'STOP' the laws from taking its own course, One can attain one's goal which is still afar, When shall 'I' become my attention Letting my external fall Un-barricading my pathless path?' A determined battle is the only way and the only solace an impeccable warrior can draw.

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