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leonard daranjo
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Awakened One
My illusion
melts away like wax
revealing a deep inner core –
a dark reality to which
I must awaken
Too long
and obliviously too
have I suckled the nipples of illusion
Once I have fortified myself I
will replace my vulnerability
with Impregnability
I shall be rooted in the knowledge:
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no matter which crack or cranny
the truth may creep in from
or whatever that truth may be
I shall be in a state of readiness
of the awakened one, who
after having plumbed
the length, the breath and the depth
of consciousness
disturbed wisdom
from its dogmatic slumber
Then,
I shall neither be beguiled
by the lure of happiness
nor shattered
by the onslaught of sorrow
I shall neither be elevated
on a wave of recognition nor
obliterated
by the shadow of oblivion
I shall neither curse
my ill fate nor
praise my luck
I shall neither live
in the life of a shadow
nor die in the shadow of life
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18 ThuAnniversary
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5 years of membership
- April 2010
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09 FriReceived a critique
on Awakened One from @panaella
"Lovely poem...one or two tweeks...but i'm not even going there... So good to see your style or writing on here again. I remember you from a year or two ago...and you were very encouraging when I started. Ells x" - March 2010
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27 SatReceived a critique
on Awakened One from @Candlewitch
"My favorite lines: Then, I shall neither be beguiled by the lure of happiness nor shattered by the onslaught of sorrow I find this so true. Now that I have quit the quest of finding happiness, I find happiness has found…" -
25 ThuReceived a critique
on Awakened One from @Seren
"Sigh ... and brought poetry as well as yourself ... a thousand sighs till tomorrow is this poem love JayCee (((huggles))) I have missed you ~!" -
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27 SatPosting milestone
100 poems posted
- May 2009
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18 MonAnniversary
One year of membership
- October 2008
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15 WedHighest posting month
October 2008 — 19 poems
- May 2008
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27 TueFirst critique offered
on "Nightmares" by @DarkinAZ
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22 ThuFirst publication
Lunar Mania
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18 SunJoined Neopoet
Membership begins
First poem published 4 days later.
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