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Contemplation of Reality

March 23, 2011
By gonzaleztd GOLD, Clearwater, Florida
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gonzaleztd GOLD, Clearwater, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. ~Henry Ward Beecher

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Society thinks
So differently
Since we are in love
With technology

We've become paranoid
Over the little things
That botherless swing
Of the pendulum's ring

Where is that time
So long ago
Where our tongues
Could stick out?
And catch a glimpse of snow?

Where are the moments
We tried to capture?
Have they become part
Of the endless rapture

As I contemplate reality
I am led to believe
That all the magic's faded

...faded in the breeze

The author's comments:
Facebook inspired me to write this poem, because Facebook has become a powerful symbol of an open society and the its problems. I want people to read this and think about those little things
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