The things we do often reflect;
The trace of pleasure or regret.
The lure of false facts and knowledge;
Prove more dangerous than ignorance.
As long as we are kind and humble;
No loss on earth can make us stumble.
For light does shine at end of tunnel.
Our countless wounds that pay no debt;
How we remember – how we forget.
We tend to waste our lives in friction;
When it could turn into momentum.
To sensible men – each day’s of reckoning;
The storm is past – the rest is beckoning.
May there at length our hopes beget;
How we remember – how we forget.
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Form: Rondeau
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72 Responses
How true that false facts can prove to be more dangerous than ignorance ~ A lot of lives have been lost due to acting in those false facts~
A lovely rondeau Sanaa ~ I specially like the wisdom in these lines:
Our countless wounds that pay no debt;
How we remember β how we forget.
We tend to waste our lives in friction;
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Nice. I like the second stanza. The first two lines say much, how we get embroiled in friction and conflict, wasting valuable energy that could be put toward something more productive.
So true in how we get sucked into false facts as well, and form our opinions based on them.
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On this read I will say it is how enamored we are with false facts and knowledge the jumped out at me. We are in the information age – we trade in knowledge – and we accept what people put out there on the internet as gospel. Kinda scary.
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I love that repeated line.
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We are force-fed falsehoods, manipulated, other directed, & forced to capitulate by those same elected officials we endeavored, beyond our better judgement, to believe–one more time we sent a young politician into the halls of graft & pork & pharmaceuticals, & watched him get trained by the senior members on how to line his own pockets & still get re-elected.
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Beautifully penned ! π
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So true that false facts are more dangerous than ignorance; and there surely are a lot of false ‘facts’ floating around right now! I enjoyed your rondeau.
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How true, there’s always so much wasted on that friction .. Remembering what should be forgotten, forgetting or remembering the false facts…
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Good one!!!
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Oh.. wheels of light
dark circle ’round
body.. soul..
Oh.. times now..
time now.. present
now.. remember Light
Forget darkness
sinKing brighTest
Life challenge dead..
Remember Now
OnLY Time A head
heArt HAnd NOW..:)
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“We tend to waste our lives in friction;”
And almost always of our own making. So sad and regrettably so true. Excellent write.
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Form and rhyme work well for you here. Well done.
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A beautiful piece of wisdom.
“As long as we are kind and humble;
No loss on earth can make us stumble.”
We have the capability and it is simpler than we think to prevent sorrow and senselessness.
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a rhythm to help us remember… ~
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agreed, even in matters of grief, we are faced with choice
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A wise and brilliant ending line Sanaa – very well written
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“As long as we are kind and humble; / No loss on earth can make us stumble.”…so true…
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it’s interesting to see things we remember and how that changes..
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It doesn’t get any better as you grow older. Forgetfulness is a constant companion and memories will bring on tears.
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Wise words!
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I enjoyed the revisiting of your poem today, Sanaa! Sometimes the false facts are more abundant than truth; and sadly many do not see the difference. Always good to see you!
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PS: Always nice to see you too π
A second visit and reading. Again a pleasure to read this poem
Sunday smiles
Much love…
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You have made the hard truths of life written so wonderfully π π nice poem
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Very beautifully done. I especially like the repeated line…..
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I do wonder if we face more false facts in the present than we construct in memory? Truly, my memory brightens the goods and distorts the bads–it is very self-serving. And as you say, that can be more harmful than reality. I like that you made me think of that with the insistent refrain of this form.
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Always enjoy my reading here π
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Such lovely lines….’As long as we are kind and humble;
No loss on earth can make us stumble.’ Indeed and then we have little regret. Wise words to heed….work from kindness!
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The key words for me: “As long as we are kind and humble” – everything possible to correct and renew.
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cool work (as usual)
The repetition really pulls it all together.
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It’s so true Sanaa, we do waste too much time in friction. Then it’s hard to forget who hurt us.
There’s much wisdom in this.
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that’s scary – especially when the world is being fed with wrong information. i believe there will be chaos.
nice form and rhymes Sanaa.
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“No loss on earth can make us stumble.
ah, i like this. π
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The old memories we mis-remember but get us set off on some course are indeed distracting.
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We tend to waste our lives in friction;
When it could turn into momentum.
This is so very true.
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Yes, the false facts, the ‘spin’ put on almost everything. It becomes difficult to be a seeker after truth,
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As long as we are kind and humble … yes, those are great virtues indeed π
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