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Taking in.
By laya08
18 June 2006
Moments you spend thinking
Dreaming of success
Taking in what you have done wrong
Bringing out what needs to be done


We say life is unfair
We complain about what we need
But truly we have what we want
It’s all because of our greed.


Money, cash, moolah we call
wanting more and more
but we never realize the fall
The end point of if it all


We forget we all are blessed
Forgetting the whole purpose of living
Just taking in what we think is right
The way we want everything
The way we see the light

But we shall remember
Good things never last forever
Even our own dreams die
Knowing that from the start
But we still ask why


We question the reason
Wondering why we cant have it all
But soon letting it go 
The whole meaning of no

We have created a life of stress
 Turned our thoughts to mess
We want to start over you ask?
Can we give back?
But yet you open your eyes

Yet you still see the black.
 







 


Reviews
money money money
Written by Leo (573 comments posted) 18th June 2006
One thing cuts the pouplation down the middle; those who strive for money and need material trinkets, and those who are quite happy with their lot... what is it they say about the root of all evil? 
 
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Taking In.
Written by Buchan (42 comments posted) 19th June 2006
I could not agree more with your poem and it's concept.Money for some reason has become a God and the simple values seem to have gone. 
Liked the flow and structure of your poem. Thank you for writing and sharing such a good poem. 
Buchan.
So deep, so true...
Written by mishmish (389 comments posted) 22nd June 2006
Hi Laya 
 
You have touched on sentiments that resound so true. Just the title alone 'taking in' screams of how we are all obsessed with what we want, taking, taking, hardly ever giving... 
 
The verse: 
 
We forget we all are blessed 
Forgetting the whole purpose of living 
Just taking in what we think is right 
The way we want everything  
The way we see the light 
 
really says it all...We've forgotten why we're alive, forgotten the reason we're living. We all live in one direction, dictated by popular expression and media influence - 'the way we see the light'.  
 
Your last line is quite prolific...'Yet you still see the black.' 
Although our eyes are open, we are all blind. We see nothing. 
 
A truly fabulous poem...well done! 
 
best wishes 
 
mishmish

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