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To Be…

Posted by on May 29th, 2010 and filed under Poem. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry

flower bee 300x168 To Be...
To be the judge

To be the jury
To be the executioner…

It was given to me to do these things in my life
To myself
For myself
Not them
I am uncensored
And I live in my skin comfortably
A women in every sense
Very much at peace with my past
Yet others will continue to deliberate
Moderate my sentencing to their own jail cells, their own mental hell…

As I walk a road that was paved on stones so unforgiving
I need not your absolution
Nor do I seek vindication
For in the end
I am the only maker that I have to seek for penance of my transgressions
My past made me who I am
A woman sensitive to others
A sexual being who walks freely in feeling with multiple options taken as opportunity did grant them

A mother
A lover of all
A soul ripe for harvest

A daughter
In the end
I will return to the dust
Only to be resurrected in another form

I walk not in shame for anything that I have done and need not atonement for that which is or has already been done

As it is that I have offended and transgressed against my fellow woman or man because I didn’t see the need to divulge what was plainly visible if you look and see, I can ask for forgiveness, but the only exoneration that will matter at the ending of this phrase will be mine to give or take.

So if it is that you have been burdened to be purged for allowing me in…consider the seasons and the reasons of the placement of people in our lives…remember that we are what we attract even on the most repressed levels of our personalities…good, bad, ugly or indifferent…I am still a multifaceted woman whose light will continue to draw in spite of my would be flaws

“To Be”~ Copyright © LaurieD. Hopkins 2007

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6 Responses for “To Be…”

  1. Jonathan Ishmael says:

    Hi from Patagonia! I found that remarkably interesting. Thanks for the post. I will be back to look for more tomorrow.

  2. Alec Ronsani says:

    the judge, the jury, the executioner, wow, this has enormous potential!!!

  3. Stefanie Wilder says:

    I have been here reading for about half an hour. I am a newbie but your post is valuable for me.

  4. Simon Pescatore says:

    Like it, will check your stuff.

  5. Louis Vega says:

    poem full of sensitive images

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I was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee and currently reside in Rochester, New York. I have always been intrigued by the expression of words. My interest in writing began at the age of 9 where I learned to channel my creative thought in ink form. Life experience in all its form have been my stepping stones to pursue my passion, which is poetry. My love of the “written word” holds the key to my ability to write inspirational pieces that I believe give people hope and faith when their world becomes bleak. I have 2 beautiful children that give further fuel for my work as I walk out my life in this realm.

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