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jiminycricket1 74M
5510 posts
6/8/2018 11:58 am
Love and Acceptance....


MAYBE SOME HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN IT
MAYBE OTHERS HAVE FIGURED IT OUT
IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO DO IT
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS POEM ABOUT

THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER
BEYOND THE HILLS, THERE IT “LIES”
THE SKY CAN NEVER FEEL “BLUE”
LIKE THE “BLUE” IN SOMEONE'S EYES

SUCCESS ISN'T MEASURED BY FAILURE
WHEN A MEASURE... IT SHOULDN'T BE
YET...IF MEASURING ONE'S SELF IS FAILURE
THEN FAILURE IS ALL THERE CAN BE

BEAUTY IS ONLY A COMPARISON
OF THE HAVE'S AND THE HAVE NOT'S
BUT IF BEAUTY IS ONLY A COMPARISON
THEN BEAUTY YOU HAVEN'T GOT

INTELLIGENCE MEAUSRED BY I.Q.
IS JUST A NUMBER IN YOUR HEAD
FOR COMMON SENSE IS ABOUT WHAT YOU DO
INTELLIGENCE DETERMINES.. WHERE IT'S LED.

JEALOUSLY AND EGOTISM
DON'T MAKE A GOOD PAIR
ONLY LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE
CAN GET YOU ANYWHERE

THE DECEPTION OF PERCEPTION
BETWEEN REALITY AND FANTASY
IF YOU DON'T ALREADY NEED WHAT YOU HAVE
YOU'LL NEVER BECOME.... WHAT YOU NEED TO BE

SO WHEN YOU THINK OF WHAT SHOULD BE
OR WHO YOU'D LIKE TO BE
WHEN THINK OF WHAT COULD BE
AND WHO YOU WANT TO BE

THINK THAT YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO REACH THAT FAR
FOR ALL IS IN YOUR FIGURE TIPS
IF YOU JUST...... BE WHO YOU ARE


jiminycricket1 74M
13732 posts
6/8/2018 1:32 pm

Love and Acceptance.... so easy to say.. so easy to think.

Yet.... it's impossible to really understand....I'm still working on it.

It's because we think of love and acceptance... as to loving and accepting others

but we NEVER think about loving and accepting ourselves.


jiminycricket1 74M
13732 posts
6/9/2018 12:00 am

    Quoting  :

Well since... you're never really funny, or facetious... and in this case just redundant.. because I am speaking for myself.. I got to take it serious..

Now, I know metaphors can be elusive and double meanings hard to understand..
but even so.. the poem is about love and acceptance..

And so in the scheme of these things.. You don't hate me... You hate yourself.