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Ah Yes

by George Hoerner

i see you there
with your only love in life
and can only hope
you are always happy

for love like any dream
lives in a very thin
glass ball so fragile
that it need only hear
an off note or some high pitch
and the pieces shatter
as can life itself

and those i see
living in the moment
for seen or not
that may be all
there is

can you say
where you’ve been
and is there no clue
where you may
be going

or are you
like Odysseus trying
to get home
with little idea
how or maybe even
where it is

i see you living
in the heaven
of your smoke
or how you let
a needle
take you from
or to the edge
or into the abyss

are you content
do you question
anything but what
may distract you
from your contentment
your pleasures
what ever they may be

and i see you who lost
what you thought
was your only love
and now do you search
for recovery of this love
or wander wondering
where you might find
a replacement

do you live
for balance
the Greek myth
of the middle way
when life itself
may be as far
from the middle
as the abyss itself

will you spend the
rest of your existence
looking in that mirror
and crying poor me

all of you
flip the coin of life
and at least see
the other side
it is as real
as any meal
you’ve ever
eaten

the taste
may not be
to your liking
but don’t think
even for a moment
that taste alone
determines what
you eat

01/27/2010

Posted on 01/27/2010
Copyright © 2024 George Hoerner

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Ava Blu on 01/27/10 at 11:56 PM

I greatly enjoyed this.

Posted by Michael Smith on 01/28/10 at 01:37 AM

This... this is exquisite, George. As I was reading it, I was thinking "This is a great introduction to awakening folks" and "This is a great depiction of the issues that people might face if they drop their crutches" and then I thought "This is awesome, I'd like to see, not only this depiction but what to do after awareness..." and BOOM! I got to your last two stanzas and was still very impressed. I can't say enough about this write, George. Thank you for crafting it for everyone.

Posted by Mary Frances Spencer on 01/28/10 at 04:22 AM

YES! I really enjoyed this...feeling like having some dark chocolate right now! LOL! MFS

Posted by Joan Serratelli on 01/28/10 at 06:20 PM

A great piece- loved the images you painted. I loved it! Good write.

Posted by Clara Mae Gregory on 01/28/10 at 09:19 PM

Let me add my name to this list and add: George, you know how to write those "words of wisdom" poems better than any I know. This was great and very enjoyable to read.

Posted by Jim Benz on 01/28/10 at 10:36 PM

ah yes - beautifully put George, and very well written.

Posted by Charlie Morgan on 01/29/10 at 12:36 AM

...lovely write, how can i succinctify it, make it shorter sooooo i can say this to many i know...an undulating write, rising above the cresting waves to gasp, and try to reach shore.

Posted by Laurie Blum on 01/29/10 at 06:00 PM

So deep and moving...in a way it makes me thankful for all that I am! Beautifully written George.

Posted by Philip F De Pinto on 03/26/10 at 02:15 PM

love. what a snarl, what a trap. yet that is all we yearn for in this snarly world, all that is worth taking the trip for is love, sweet love though it endears itself not to us, still we love and when we stumble on that trip, we would trip forever, but then as with all tripping the tripping must end. Aye, cease forever it seems and leave us with an ache we cannot salve of our own devices, but then there are always endearing, Socratic voices like yours to help, to ease the hurt.

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