Reflecting Poem by Perry Biggerstaff

Reflecting

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Reflecting…
on the man that I've become
battles lost and won...through tears and sweat

Reflecting…
on times I lost my way
things I couldn't say...and now regret

There was a time
I wasn't mine
allowed myself to be definded
by an angry tongue
by the very one
I was protecting

But half a life is no life at all
small minds want to keep you small
I found strength
and now find myself
…reflecting,

Reflecting…
on the life that I now live
able to forgive...and find release

Reflecting…
that I call my dreams my own
Never have I known this depth of peace

I'm...just...reflecting

Sunday, May 1, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: love and life
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Susan Williams 04 May 2016

You have just written The Book of Life in this poem. Oh, how it hurts our hearts, our souls, to think back and relive our awful, inexcusable, hateful, moments that we wish we could outrun. Yet since we cannot escape the frailties we've built into ourselves, it is our redemption that there is forgiveness. The hardest thing to do though is forgive ourselves, we can find it in us to forgive others for a multitude of wrongs without a whole lot of difficulty [except for a few of the violent offenses- those are hard to forgive]. But we crucify ourselves.... until we forgive ourselves and isn't it peaceful to then reflect how life can be so full of good, how we can be so full of good, how we are not defined by the wrongs we have done but by the wrongs we have cast out of our lives. Great piece. a 10 on the scale provided.

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Dr Antony Theodore 01 May 2016

Reflecting… on the life that I now live able to forgive and find release Reflecting… that I now call my dreams my own I have never know such love and peace..forgiving and forgetting brings peace and joy in ones life....... a great poem with a sublime theme. thank you dear poet. tony

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Lyn Paul 01 May 2016

It takes a long while to know what you want and also not want in life, climbing many mountains. It is a great stage to be at. Thank You

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