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t. reflexion
t. reflexion
Dec 03, 2008 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

ECHOES

ECHOES Echoes are the shadows of the pastLike ghost of lives in silent streetsIn events and episodes of historyWhich continue long after conclusions Echoes are the wars we have foughtLike thousand lives in twin towersWeeping in Afghanistan and IraqTerror begets terror in anti terrorism Echoes of earthquakes and tsunamisWashed in rising tons of sea waterInto the opened womb of the earthDrowned lives in tolls of thousands Echoes need not always be tragicSilent noble works echo from antiquityBy the custodians of the sacred lightWho interceded for all our wrongs Echoes are the refreshing facesOf human existence, through timeMay the future be better than the pastTill we all abide with eternal now



— t. reflexion, Dec 03, 2008

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Country/Region: NGA

Favorite Poets: Inspired by an article in an old manuscript , It reads:, AXIOMS OF PERFECTION, In the physical order – In the realization of the dream of beauty, In the moral order – In the realization of the dream of love, In the intellectual order – In the realization of dream of poetry, In the spiritual order – In the realization of the dream of the mystics

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akabeks

17 years 6 months ago

the last stanza.

Hello T. Actaually i followed the poem smoothly until the last stanza... "Echoes are the refreshing faces Of human existence, through time May the future be better than the past Till we all abide with eternal now" it seems something is missing here... akabeks
t. reflexion

t. reflexion

17 years 6 months ago

akabeks

Thank you for the reading and for the comment. The last stanza attempts to demonstrate the evolution of human personality through time and the wish for a better future from a bitter past, till one unites with God who is omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent, as well as ubiquitous referred to as Eternal now. May be something is still missing and a little suggestion will do. Best wishes. T.
t. reflexion

t. reflexion

17 years 4 months ago

Thanks D.

and so we have Afghanistan and Iraq amongst others. Best wishes. T.