What if loyalty purchased this house
and commitment co-signed?
We’d take out a mortgage
based on love – interest only.
What if our foundation was spiritual,
our walls cornerstones of faith?
We’d furnish our home with joy,
leave room for wonder.
Imagine the possibilities
if we dedicated life to service,
if we made union the hub
found a reason for being
The ingredients are all here –
so where’s the hesitation?
Let’s turn off the screens
and tune into what can be.
I enjoy the essence of your poem, and the last stanza is my sort of scene(screen)
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Thanks Ivor!
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Ooh, I love this one V.J.! Hope you’re staying safe and well. We’re hunkered down and enjoying our time at home.
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You, like me, are adept at this staying home thing, I think. Thanks Terri!
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back to fundamentals of living, great poem V.J!
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Thanks Gina. This is good time to remember those fundamentals.
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These times certainly bring introspection. I wonder if it will change anything in the long run…Great reflective poem!
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Thanks Heather. I hope we gain something in terms of our humanity.
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Me too, you are welcome
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Such a thoughtful poem. Imagining the what-ifs as a way forward rather than regretting parts of the past.
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Thanks. Something to aspire to.
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You’re welcome.
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Well said.
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Thanks.
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Welcome!
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Thanks Liz
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I really love this 🙂
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Thank you Janet!
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This poem is so powerful, full of truth and wisdom! You continually blossom as a poet with a heart of love! ❤
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Thanks so much Deborah. You’re words lift me up.
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I agree!
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A masterpiece – the metaphors effortlessly connecting – the wisdom as solid as those stone walls – and all in a golden glow. A keeper!
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Thanks so much, Jazz.
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Well put: the wisdom as solid as those stone walls.
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Thanks Liz!
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Beautiful. Let’s make it possible.
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Oh, let’s! Thank you!
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Love, love, love! Thank you!
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Thanks so much Julie!
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a wise recipe for a meaningful life … keep spreading the calm wisdom, screens dumb us down!
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Thanks Kate!
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my pleasure VJ
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Yes, they do–although for me, it’s more of a numbing than a dumbing.
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yes, a better choice of word!
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🙂
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Just wonderful…a new favorite poem!!
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Thank you so much. High praise
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Thoughtful. Well-written. So much of our life is made up of possibility; we cannot go onward without it.
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Well said. Thank you!
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A very thought-provoking poem!
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Thanks Liz. I appreciate your feedback, always.
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My pleasure, V.J.!
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Truly enlightening, VJ. We can do this!
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Thanks Eugi. We can!
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Too many treat life as a materialistic reality show to achieve the American Dream.
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Yes, I think we all do at a certain point. Hopefully age and circumstance awaken us.
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