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Geremia
Geremia
May 06, 2010 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

THE WARRIOR

THE WARRIOR I ‘ve burned all bridges
Crossed
Scorched the earth
Behind
Nothing left for the Enemy
To feed on
Nor easy to  find I’ve won each battle
But
At a cost
This warrior
Is beaten and lost
In retreat
Nothing left inside of me
Waiting for  war’s end
My inevitability Warrior
By necessity
Not valor, courage, bravery
Attacked we all fight back
Until
The final blowI ‘m hunkered down
Into myself
Two feet on  reality’s ground
Surrounded by the weapons
My mind has forged for me
I’ve built my walls strong
Impenetrable
To shield my sanity
Not easy
To face alone
The mysteries ahead
No army at hand
When the Beast comes
Again
To strikeAndSteal its victoryNo honorTo take
 
— Geremia, May 06, 2010

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chumfin

chumfin

16 years 1 month ago

GREAT WRITE AND VERY DEEP TOO!

THIS IS INDEED A GREAT PIECE OF POEM , THE TITLE CAUGHT MY EYES. BUT THE MESSAGE WAS GREAT TOO. SIR YOU ARE INDEED A FINE POET BY ALL MEANS, I WILL COME BACK FOR SOME MORE ANOTHER DAY. BEST REGARDS CHUMFIN
Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

16 years 1 month ago

You already know what I think of this masterpiece!

Ann of Norway No need to embroider on what I have already said, and that was all praise as it rightfully deserves. The flow and sound of it the content and the meaning all terrific, just wonderful dear friend, awesome. Annucccia
Geremia

Geremia

16 years 1 month ago

True my friend, yet....

J.B. Longo-Geremia Ecclesiastes OR, THE PREACHER 3 A Time for Everything 1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 5 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 6 a time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; 7 a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; 8 a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
M

magics02

16 years 1 month ago

Lovely Longo

Great pome Longo and I also have these words above printed in my house. Thanks for bringing them back to life here. Magnifico Vivere my friend Mona TIME well spent is TIME well lived
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 1 month ago

Turn! Turn!

Turn! Turn! Turn! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHvf20Y6eoM The Warrior's Spirit knows the seasons of his/her heart intimately. ~A "The plain man is familiar with blindness and deafness, and knows from his everyday experience that the look of things is influenced by his senses, but it never occurs to him to regard the whole world as a creation of his senses." ~ Ernst Mach
Seren

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dear Joe

Sigh wonderful poetry my friend ... bigger sighs love and hugs your Jayne-Chloe x x x x ("Quote:-For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.-Ivan Panin")