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Apr 06, 2020
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Ode to Solitude
Realities of life we all must face
down from Adam to Eve
to the end of human race.
world sides those by your side
only to them if you offer a ride
if you must want anyone
to share your grief
the association will be brief
so let the world praise you
for in solitude you find a sigh
I can't say why
the sadness that prevails today
will one day go away
loneliness in utter pain
must be borne by you alone
A doc can only inject in you
tolerate him will you
let solitude be your innate partner
who knows what will happen next
will you leave the rest or become bereft
About This Poem
Style/Type: Free verse
Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back
Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft
Comments
Rula
5 years 3 months ago
There is a proverb
In Arabic that goes with your piece...it says
"Laugh and the world shall laugh with you, cry, then you cry alone"
But you should know that in Neopoet's community you're never alone.
Stay safe
lovedly
5 years 3 months ago
Yes RULA this is based on SOLITUDE POEM BY A WTHIN 500 AUTHOR I
Laugh and the world( shall)xxxxx laughs with you,
cry,xxxxxxx
weep and you weep alone
then you cry alone"xxxxxxxxxx
GLAD YOU GOT THE ESSENCE
place is of no consequene
Rula
5 years 3 months ago
Yes
that's a better translation of the proverb.
Thank you
lovedly
5 years 3 months ago
iwill get try to
the original poem if I can do
lovedly
5 years 3 months ago
INSPIRATION BY POETESS
Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet. Her best-known work was Poems of Passion. Her most enduring work was " Solitude", which contains the lines:
"Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone"
Gracy
5 years 3 months ago
Good poem, lovedly. My mother
Good poem, lovedly. My mother always recited that to me, so that to this day I find it difficult to cry...not good, I'm afraid. Ella Wilcox also defended animals and disabled people, I like this strophe:
I am the voice of the voiceless;
Through me the dumb shall speak,
Till the deaf world’s ear be made to hear
The wrongs of the wordless weak.
I think you could tweak a few words from your poem, or make the lines longer so as to shorten its length. Enjoyed.
lovedly
5 years 3 months ago
Surely Gracy ma'am
thanks for the input
shall endeavour
rgds
lovedly
5 years 1 month ago
kindness 15
yes pre -coronae era
hugs reciprocated ma'am
rgds
lovedly
5 years ago
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