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The Walking Man

I am just the walking manComing or goingAnd cannot promise youThough I can, it’s uncertainFor there’re times in the seasonsThat I walk, coming to youAnd others, away from you Make your choiceTry your uncertain luckAnd then wait or goYou cannot trust the oaths we sworeFor to tell that which I am is difficultMaybe just one walking man or thingComing here or going there Just a walking manComing with dreams of something  and then stayOr away with the ghosts van of nothing          -those fruitless hopes of yesterday Myself, I do not what, who I am It’s like a rhetorical mystery And sometimes admit itThat I am just what, who I amThe walking man or thingComing or going 
— WonderGolly, Dec 19, 2008

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Region, Country: Volta / GH, GHA

Favorite Poets: Kofi Awoonor, Kofi Anyidoho, ... :(

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washing tears

17 years 5 months ago

this is a very good poem, an

this is a very good poem, an honest expulsion of the souls thoughts. "those frutless hopes of yesterday" is a great line and stuck with me after i read it. good job thanks washington fear
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WonderGolly

17 years 5 months ago

thanks

Washington for stopping by to read. I appreciate it a lot. thanks. "those fruitless hopes of yesterday" are the unfulfilled Dreams, Goals and Airations of of the past years. We just have to redefine their Definiteness of Purpose and watch them become Glorious reality in the comining day... Keep Dreaming Big. Looking forward to hearing from you again. ..."MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR"... Best wishes, Wonder.