Sunday, May 26, 2013

Communion



Communion
By
Lisa A.Williams


Is this how we live
our lives-
only being half of who we are
and giving the rest away,
waiting for ourselves
to appear
in some epiphany
where a flood of
awakenings jolts us
out of our self denying apathy?

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28 comments:

  1. GraceMay 26, 2013 at 7:09 AM

    I think most of us move through our days, half awake or even asleep ~

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  2. AnonymousMay 26, 2013 at 7:28 AM

    Oh wow Lisa this is incredible, I can completely relate to this!

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    1. Lisa WilliamsMay 26, 2013 at 8:52 AM

      Sad to think of how much of our lives we try to be what others want and not who we truly are. Thank you for your comment, always appreciate hearing from you.

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  3. CharleenMay 26, 2013 at 8:38 AM

    No! No! No! Lets not live this way! Let us be who we are supposed to be-live a life with no regrets.

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    1. Lisa WilliamsMay 26, 2013 at 8:51 AM

      I agree, this is not how we should live our lives but many of us have until we realize it's not the way to self acceptance. Thank you for your comment.

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  4. LauraMay 26, 2013 at 8:51 AM

    So beautiful Lisa, so honest.

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  5. Audrey Howitt aka DivaloungerMay 26, 2013 at 9:41 AM

    What a profound question--and I feel this comes from deep inside Lisa--Let's hope this is not the state we must live in--smiles to you on this beautiful Sunday!

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  6. Brian MillerMay 26, 2013 at 10:46 AM

    a very interesting pondering...for me then the question becomes what s the part we hold onto still...and why is that...

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    1. Lisa WilliamsMay 26, 2013 at 2:13 PM

      I wonder the same thing. Thank you for your comment.

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  7. Sherry Blue SkyMay 26, 2013 at 11:16 AM

    Looking back to times like those written of in your poem, I can see the honing life gave me, to finally strip away to what my soul needed. Your poem took me back on this journey.

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    1. Lisa WilliamsMay 26, 2013 at 2:15 PM

      Life is certainly a journey, a rough one at times and I feel the same, how it shaped me and how freeing it is to learn what our souls truly need. Thank you for your comment, Sherry.

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  8. MaryMay 26, 2013 at 12:24 PM

    i do HOPE this is not true of all of us. Frightening thought.

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    1. Lisa WilliamsMay 26, 2013 at 2:16 PM

      For many it is, but hopefully we learn to be true to ourselves and give up living half lives.
      Thanks for your comment, Mary.

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  9. nanMay 26, 2013 at 1:42 PM

    I am willing to bet we see just a fraction of what is . . . and a life well lived allows us to blossom and see the lotus within. This poem implores us to embrace our own full potential!

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    1. Lisa WilliamsMay 26, 2013 at 2:18 PM

      We do need to embrace our full potential and be the person we were meant to be. Thank you for your comment.

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  10. PanchaliMay 26, 2013 at 1:57 PM

    Oh, it is sad, but, I guess, living with half-truths has become a way of life and it has began to express these feelings more and more...
    Beautifully penned, as always!

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  11. Lisa WilliamsMay 26, 2013 at 2:20 PM

    Unfortunately for many living half-truths has become the norm. Thankfully, poetry helps us to explore these things and be true to ourselves. Thank you for your comment, Panchali.

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  12. parentforward.blogspot.comMay 26, 2013 at 3:43 PM

    Another Way To Look At Relationship, I Like The Pacing In This Great Choice Of Words.

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  13. Vandana SharmaMay 26, 2013 at 10:33 PM

    Nice sentiments and applicable to all, true, why we always need something to shake us up, why can't we be just who we are....

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  14. dsnake1May 27, 2013 at 8:17 AM

    sometimes the real world will force us to deviate from what we believed and wanted to do. your lovely poem certainly gives us much to ponder. brief work, but powerful.

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  15. Jennifer WagnerMay 28, 2013 at 5:19 PM

    In so few words you reach the deep. Excellent, Lisa, masterful!

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  16. janetldMay 29, 2013 at 5:57 AM

    only being half of who we are
    and giving the rest away,

    strong, very relatable little poem!

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