For we have thought the larger thoughts
And gone the shorter way.
And we have danced to devil's tunes,
Shivering home to pray;
To serve one master in the night,
Another in the day.
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Oh these are such unspoken truths, all can truly relate at some level.
~Pamela
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From guest DennisP1 (contact)
Duality, we all have seen this, from the pompous to the fools. And if we were honest, we could secretly admit its truth. -
From guest brittany (contact)
he has a certain talent for caputuring such deep thoughts into such short poems -
Dual thinking and actions nicely captured in six lines.
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Or that we don't live up to our aspirations. The good that I would, I do not. The bad that I would not, I do.
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it seems to me that this poem suggests that everyone has their own little secret life that they give into during the night or when no one else is around


