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Simon1985
Member since March 16, 2024
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The gift of pain
They say wisdom is the gift of pain,
The lesson learned from what has been lost or gained.
The knowledge of the path that's a person once lead.
The thoughts engraved like a chisel to stone. Laying deep within our head.
My knowledge, experience my wisdom was once for told,
He knew before it did, But I felt it through my body right down to the tips of my toes.
Like a surge of electricity the thought came to me. "Don't travel this journey"
But in my heart I needed to be free.
I felt I grew up in prison, with so many tales that are yet untold
I didn't be a man, I was treated like a child even when I grew old.
But I think my father knew my truth before it happened to me.
I was destined to make mistakes because desperation made me need to feel free.
Freedom is word that many use but don't comprehend.
It's used in vain, with hate, with rules that many like to bend,
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So lost in the music of life and fake gifts, little did that I know karma would have such twists
Left with my experience and understanding now what I gained
I learnt to appreciate that wisdom is only won by those who deserve their pain.
But alas this is not about pity or redemption for me, this is about truth
and to rejoice how that honesty can set you free.
So I acknowledge my failure and i am proud to admit
that if I had only trusted my instinct my future I would never have to forfeit
So go on, carry I truly hope you achieve what your all here to do, but trust me when I say, if the quick route you take your dreams may never come.
But to finish the verse with good smiles and intent, never forget your dreams because when there gone it's easy to see where they went.
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- March 2026
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- March 2024
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21 Thu
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20 WedReceived a critique
on To live and fall from @Candlewitch
"first of all... welcome to Neopoet, we are glad to have your membership! I echo Lady Lavender's words in all she has spoken. I enjoyed your poem, but would have enjoyed it more had it been more easy on the eyes. Lavende…" -
19 TueReceived a critique
on To live and fall from @Lavender
"Hello, Simon, Welcome to Neopoet! Wonderful title that incorporates the entire theme of the poem. Very nice. My suggestion to make this a bit easier on the eyes for the reader would be to make the lines of the same leng…" -
16 SatFirst publication
To live and fall
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About Me
About me
Trained as an actor but only found writing a few years ago it sort of fell out of me one night when in a bad place and been doing it ever since, it genuinely cleans my soul, a lot of my work is miserable but it helps
Location: England, UK Penkridge, GBR
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