Three

There are no challenges
Where I reside
For deserted by myself
Then this island
Is home
It is where I scream
It is a choice
Of finding myself
It holds no terrors
Or deems to me
That this is fate
And where I belong

I took that choice
For only one
Can abandon themselves
Yet you gave me
The chance to live
By choosing
Things that would
Comfort me
And bring me hope
But I abandoned hope
As one challenge
Far too far

So I must choose
And it is true love
That most glorious
Of depth
And may I find compassion
For a heart
That bears none
Is truly a lost soul
And finally
I choose you
It matters not
Who you are
That like me
You are a soul
That made the choices
Of abandoning
Yourself
For the sake
Of others
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Posted: Sep 2013

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beautifulyou
This glorious sharing is so very clear,

Namaste, rob, rose
hedistuff
good morning rob...pretty poetry....love, compassion, and a soul
fjamesj9701
Excellent to read from you my friend. A delightful piece it is...Jessehandshake
ladyjewel
hug to be content with the choices made and move forward to find the love and peace,
to choose to be completely ok with every day and who we are:-)
beautiful, deep, sweet and complicated as every good set of words should behug teddybear
Redex
Hi Rob long time no see, we keep coming back. I liked your poem but it is so sad. Only you could convey the depths
Odette67
A most excellent poem Rob. hug purple heart
Spartacus2012
Hey Rob,
Nice write about the choice one makes for love and sharing the self..

Kenboxing
madtat29
Very smooth deep poetry...totally dig it Rob thumbs up
trurorob
Thank you Beautifulyou, just a one off poem, wont be back permanently until next year. Hope you are well.
Rob
Poetnumber1
Beautifully crafted piece Rob. Nice to read from you once more. Stay well....until next time. cheers
Macduff5
Hi Rob,

All I can say is that this poem is all class. Poignant thoughts, beautifully written. Good to see you back...occasionally. Cheers mate. wine
cherryreggae
Wow rob great job....yes true indeed can relate to this wisdom of words...Ty4sharing cheriehug handshake cheers
Yankee4you
Rob, Such a refreshing reflection of unselfishness shimmering in this very soulful write...well done....my friend. handshake
niah9
Had the urge to hug you Rob when reading your written words..........you will always be a special poet....teddybear Kathyhug
morgen90210
miss you my friend. . .
a beautiful write
stay well and happy
shadow1950
hi Rob superb poem and take on theme Ty so much for joining in and good luck writing your book teddybear bouquet hug kiss wine
darkhorse555
excellent piece rob angel
trurorob
Thanks Hedistuff
Rob
andrew149
I enjoyed reading Rob....well written, hope you are all well and good....Andrewcool
shadow1950
scoring starts tomorrowteddybear
trurorob
Cheers Jesse
Rob
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Thank you Ladyjewel
Rob
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Thank you Redex
Rob
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Very kind Odette
Rob
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Cheers Ken
Rob
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Cheers Madtat
Rob
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Cheers MM
Rob
trurorob
Thanks Rob, very kind comments
Rob
trurorob
Thank you Cherie, hope you are well.
Rob
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Cheers Yankee
Rob
trurorob
Thanks Kathy, kind words
Rob
trurorob
Cheers Morgen, may return at sometime
Rob
trurorob
Thanks Shadow
Rob
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Cheers Liam
Rob
trurorob
Thanks Andrew, yeah all fine here, hope life is good for you.
Rob
trurorob
Glad there was no scoring Shadow, I think all poetry is subjective to the reader, but challenges are fine to take now and again.
Cheers Rob
trurorob
Thank you Joy, appreciate your insightful comments.
Rob
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