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i am a child
so i see the world
beyond my prejudice

i am an old man
so i compare the worlds
that passed before my eyes

i am insane
so i still believe
humanity will arrive

i am sane
so i lost my hope
mankind could live

i am my contradiction
so i am one
with myself


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I'd dedicate this to partisan, but since he probably won't accept "excrement", I don't...

Tom

Very true Tom, but since you asked me to come in here and read it i did. It is actually rather good. I do hope this is not an example of "talent borrows, genius steals".

p.

tom,

Listen to your own heart. Negativity is something no one needs or deserves.

Coco -

I fully agree: no one deserves to be seen filtered through negative prejudices. Every person on this forum deserves to be seen unbiassed, and to be judged only by her/his submitted posts.

My only question is: why did you post this to this thread? Did you recognize any "negativity" in my poem?

partisan -

i guess you won't call it "borrowing" or "stealing" - but Neil Young wrote the songs "I am a child" and "Old Man"...

Tom

Tom, I see I did not choose my words very well. I meant instead that I hope you do not let negative criticism and insults disturb you or your efforts. Particularly from a certain someone. There was absolutely nothing "negative" in your poem. I understood its paradox. Thank you.

Thank you, Coco, for the word [paradox] that has been escaped to somewhere outside my vocabulary for at least a couple years ~ I've wanted to use it a number of times, but could just never quite come out with it and it stayed blurry in my mind's eye. I'd just find something else, and then forget about it. Until I saw it here .

Tom ~

I love the wisdom in your poem and the paradoxical way you've chosen to express it. It's beautiful with truths we come to know all the better as we grow older.

~ Elizabeth

Coco -

Your words had been very well chosen, but I - entangled in thoughts caused by the events that led to my incarceration and Witty's withdrawal (which hopefully is not for good) - was slightly oversensitive. Thank you for the appreciation and the clarification.

I'll try my very best not to let certain "someones" disencourage me - and this is very easy as long as there are those around that Witty called the "good souls"... Thank you for being one of them.

Elizabeth -

Thank you as well for your words of appreciation, and I know that I don't have to tell you that you belong to the good souls... I'll do it though, if it be just for the records...

Tom

~ Geez.....when I saw this thread highlighted, as having something on it un-read, I "noticed" your poem's title......guess I shoulda included ~ better yet, started with ~ you , in my thank you to Coco, for returning that word to my vocabulary . Ah well. Thanks for the inclusion, as well.