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As you sow so shall you reap

by William Teo

But where comes the seeds?
And who made the hoe?
But where is the field?
And how is the weather?
As I sow so shall I reap.
But am I ever one and all?

02/27/2008

Author's Note: Can anyone be truly, utterly, totally responsible for himself? I do not believe so.

Posted on 02/27/2008
Copyright © 2024 William Teo

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Nanette Bellman on 02/27/08 at 02:58 AM

Nice food for thought.

Posted by Charlie Morgan on 02/27/08 at 03:15 PM

...throeau would say resouhdingly YES!, at least at the turn of the century, he thought he had achieved it by moving to Walden's Pond, but nay, nay...we stll need others, thoreau was seeking "lone" to get away from the idiocy of leaders in government...that was 1890s-----we still have that dilemma...good write, peace, chaz

Posted by Alison McKenzie on 02/27/08 at 05:48 PM

What if the seeds came from the pocket of the coat you wore before you were born? What if the hoe was here long before you, but you agreed to be born near it? What if the field were just happenstance, but you knew it? For all the elements, once in the same life, make for the adventures by which we grow and thrive, despite the thorns.

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