Blinding Light

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    Blinding Light

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    “Blinding Light”

    Written by Robert J Hardy

     

     

    It is I that stands forward

    In this blinding light

    Breathing in the microscopic fibers

    Of yesterdays fight

    Turning back not once but twice

    To be reminded of broken dreams

    Taking into perspective of not what it is

    But for what it seems

    Forever at the podium

    Of distant early promise

    Waiting for the answers

    To show it’s flaring prowess

    Gazing into the sun

    Fading into the night

    For it is I that stands forward

    In this blinding light

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    kdarcy commented on Blinding Light

    06-07-2009

    As they say, light is truth ... like it or not, it can be blinding- does that only clear our future vision? A good read, I enjoyed that.
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    devaamido commented on Blinding Light

    06-06-2009

    Maybe, as with Lot's wife, looking back at past pleasurable temptations could be hazardous. Best to acknowledge that we all stand alone in the "blinding light". Amazingly penetrating words. I love it!
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    jademelissa74 commented on Blinding Light

    06-06-2009

    This is a great piece Robert! I like the content very much. You have managed to reach the reader and that is more rewarding than anything else. "Breathing in the microscopic fibers of yesterday's fight" is a line for days :)) Amazing! I love it! :)) I'm so glad you came aboard!
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    am2anangel commented on Blinding Light

    05-27-2009

    what I took from this poem was perhaps the idea that you sometimes wonder if you are even noticed if you exist. or are you obscured in a blinding light to others.
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    CreatorX1

    05/28/2009

    Thanks for reading my poem. I wrote it back in 2001 while I was going thru a divorce. The words just came out, didn't know what it meant at the time, but it sounded good so I kept it. Later as I would read it more and more, I gathered that it was about facing a major obstacle in life, or even everyday challenges but are not going to give up. Knowing things will get better if you just stick it out.

    The true philosopher and the true poet are one, and a beauty, which is truth, and a truth, which is beauty, is the aim of both.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet (1803-1882)

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