Have You Been Your Own Messiah?

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Do you ever Wonder

If I were to die Now

would I die stupid?

or

has my life been full

of giving a hand

listening to broken

hearts, the keening

of Geese, interspersed

with picking my nose

sharing my food, my drink

heeding the Call of Destiny?

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Did I Stand enough?

Balance those moments

when cowering, I Sat?

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Do you ever Wonder

who would I be Now

were I to die hit by a car

instantaneously?

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what have you done

for Yourself, Others

the Earth?

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You realize too

once the few

who know you Pass

no memory of your Time

Here remains

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Do you ever wonder

Have I been my own Messiah?

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Art Work by Yaron Rosner

Art Work by Yaron Rosner

                                                                                                                                           Für Meine Christina

The Rhododendron Lady

Your lips, Quiz

Art Work by Jessica Hengen

Art Work by Jessica Hengen

squinting, you peer

into our World

and Wonder

why did I come here?

 

Laced with heady Blossoms

Succulent leaves

always Verdant

you look at us

and Wonder

why so much Effort?

 

Embalmed with persuasive fragrance

you interrogate the substance

of our Lives

Wonder

why so much Pain?

 

Girdled by your Dark crown

caught between two worlds

you come forward

as we toil,

Inquire

what have I done?

 

with every question

another leaf,

sometimes a bloom,

As queen you bear

many names,

As one of us

an outsider

you give Solace

to Some

Annoyance to others

 

the ambiguity

of your presence

a reminder

how feeling discomfort

can be a blessing

in Disguise