Clarity and Freedom.

Goldfinch60



As I looked back in my life,

Into my cup of life,

I found things that I had done,

Found things that I had believed in

That were not right for me,

Found beliefs forced on me,

Forced on me by others.

 

Came the time when I drained that cup,

That cup of materialism and self-obsession,

And those beliefs that others had put in that cup,

Until there were only the dregs left.

Then I saw clearly my new life,

My new life that showed clarity,

Clarity and freedom into my future.

  • Author: Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: September 9th, 2020 01:25
  • Comment from author about the poem: Just some more thoughts.
  • Category: Reflection
  • Views: 38
  • Users favorite of this poem: Trenz Pruca, AwHec8.
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Comments6

  • orchidee

    Good write Gold.

    • Goldfinch60

      Thanks Orchi.

      • orchidee

        Me late again - money matters!

      • AwHec8

        Wow! Goldfinch60 those are words of wisdom and action behind them too. Great Write. Don

        • Goldfinch60

          Thank you Don, much appreciated.

          Andy

        • dusk arising

          As Orchi would say - a fine write.

          It's amazing, all that clutter we think life needs before we really mature. And we really go for it amassing quite some quantity. But then something happens which takes the wind from our sails and we begin to see 'through a glass darkly'. But once we see through that glass, we see more and the darkness disappears. We are seeing the light.

          I glorify what i have seen in that light with my love of this life and faith in the afterlife, as i know you do.

          • Goldfinch60

            Than k you d a.

            Yes we are both of an age where the things that are meaningless in our lives have been dismissed and those that are left show us how are lives are now in the light.

            Andy

          • Michael Edwards

            Life holds only pain and strife
            within the many webs it weaves
            and in my fortune’s cup of life
            all that I see are tea leaves

            • Goldfinch60

              I hope those are tea leaves and not the dregs from some teabag Michael, those proper tea leaves are much more meaningful.

              Andy

            • Dove

              Glad you found your own light and way!

              • Goldfinch60

                Thank you Romantic. I am old enough to have found that way.

                Andy

              • L. B. Mek

                uplifting and insightful, a wonderful message to share

                • Goldfinch60

                  Thank you LB, most kind.

                  Andy



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