Shadow Lines

You may look without seeing
And see without looking
You may hear without listening
And listen without hearing
You may touch without feeling
And feel without touching
You may speak without communicating
And communicate without speaking
You may grieve without crying
And cry without grieving
You may travel without arriving
And arrive without travelling
You may act without thinking
And think without acting
You may care without expressing
And express without caring
You may understand without reading
And read without understanding
You may kill without injuring
And injure without killing
You may love without expressing
And express without loving
You may take without giving
And give without taking
You may die without living
And live without dying

— leonard daranjo, May 24, 2008

Critiques

poewriter58

18 years ago

Leonard

Welcome to neo Poet! Your poem took some thought and made all the sense in the world to me. I wouldn't think of changing a word of it and there are no errors to correct So, I guess this is just to tell you I liked what I read Chrys

DarkinAZ

18 years ago

and you may pray without believing

and not believe to whom you pray, yea! this could get deep Man! I love it! Sincerely, Mark

pinksheep

18 years ago

I

like this poem it has brutal honesty and is written good-

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