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tim's Bits and Pieces - 64. Facade

In the distance there, I see myself

Only it is a version of me I do not know

Brave and strong, he is unafraid

Not crippled by clotted uncertainty

 

The vision is the self I dream of

There are times I can draw near

But he smiles and steps away

Leaving me again in his wake

 

He strides away sporting confidence

A coat of many colours I yearn to wear

And I wonder, not for the first time

It is me who is the facade?

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  On 8/12/2020 at 2:53 PM, Wayne Gray said:

This is a great piece, tim. It paints a picture of longing - not for something external, but rather for the peace born from confidence.

Warning: Incoming philosophy and maybe psychology from a guy who's an expert in neither.

Maybe you're dreaming of what could be. It may feel cruel, to see this version of you that you "can't have," but ... you seem closer now than you've ever been. To me that doesn't mean you're tortured by apparitions of what will never be, but rather you're glimpsing what is possible now where before it wasn't.

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Maybe you're right. We will see what happens. Thanks, Wayne.

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  On 8/12/2020 at 7:33 PM, JeffreyL said:

There is the reality of who we are, and the ideal of who we want to be. That is the message I get from this poem. It seems to me that the reality and the ideal are like two strings that weave back and forth. Some days you reach your ideal; many other days you don't. I guess the trick is to keep trying. This is another one of your poems that really spoke to me. Thanks, Tim. 

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Yes, you're right, Jeffrey. We do have an ideal to which we hold ourselves, but don't always meet. I appreciate your comments! xo

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