The past is holding me in place.
The present sets me free.
The distant future’s smiling face
Lies past this tulip tree
And past the trunk of this great oak
With distance calling me.
Live that future. It's today
Returning smiles the future gave.
Linked to K’lee and Dale’s Cosmic Photo Challenge with the theme ” A Vision of Tomorrow/Through the Eyes of Yesterday”. Also linked to Trent P. McDonald’s The Weekly Smile. My smile this week comes from having the opportunity to write this poem. Also linked to dVerse Quadrille where Merril is hosting with the word “set”.


This is very intriguing, Frank. Reminded me, somehow, of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
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Thank you, Robbie! It does remind me of that Dickens story now that you mention it.
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Live today, yes!
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Thank you, Lynn!
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Great poem, Frank. Nice bit of perspective, too.
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Thank you, Dale!
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A catchy, insightful verse!
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Thank you, Magarisa!
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Oh I love the thought of today returning smiles the future gave!!
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Thank you, Pragalbha!
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What a delightful poem. I like the optimism in it
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Thank you, Toni!
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I agree with Toni–very optimistic. It made me smile. 🙂
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Thank you, Merril!
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Lovely and inspiring.
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Thank you, JP!
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Wow, you really get busy out there with multiple submissions. You rocked the prompt and the rhyming revs up the rhythm.
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Thank you, Glenn!
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What a great outlook, Frank.
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Thank you, Dan!
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Lovely words Frank.
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Thank you, Maria!
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Very nice writing. Insightful, too!
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Thank you!
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good one, Frank. 🙂
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Thank you!
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It’s true–today is what we have so we should be present.
I like the way you framed the photo with the leaves. (K)
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Thank you, Kerfe!
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One day at a time… Pass on the positive vibes… The future will be here soon enough!
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Thank you, Dwight! I am glad to pass on positive vibes.
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This made me smile an uplifting poem after a difficult day. There are words of wisdom in living for today.
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I am glad it helped uplift your day. Thank you, Truedessa!
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Nice Frank. Yesterday’s a memory, tomorrow’s a wish — today, this moment is all we control.
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Thank you, Rob!
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I liked it. I like it. I will like it. (I like the take on past, present and future )
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I am glad! Thank you!
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Such an uplifting and encouraging poem, Frank. A joy to read.
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Thank you, Jade!
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🙂
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The past is holding me in place.
The present sets me free.
Your quadrille has strong rhythm and rhyme to emphasise the underlying message, Frank.
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Thank you, Kim!
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I always try to enjoy the present, but it’s not always easy…. the future sometimes looks better.
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Thank you, Bjorn!
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“the distance calling me” is such a perfect riposte to the idea that the past is pushing us forward. I like it a lot
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Thank you, Christine!
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this is beautiful “the present sets me free” is so profound!
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Thank you, Kate!
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The poem in the beginning is really good!
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Thank you!
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I read it several times. Thank you for sharing it.
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An incantation of joy! Well done!
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Thank you, Frank!
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The future with a smiling face is a great perspective. With that vision, our future could be amazing. So much lies in our own hands. Nice one, Frank.
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Thank you, Mish!
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Perfect!
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Thank you, Dawn!
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Smiles Frank i wrote this to another Blogger
but i feel it is applicable in appreciation to
all Bloggers.. i am a bit later than usually
returning a visit as i have been assisting
a friend in a bit of crisis this last week..
always look forward to coming by here..
And i wanted to present the same appreciation to you…
3246 days true i am a whole lot older than
You a few more decades to check-in this many
Consecutive Days to Sing a Deeper SonG of mY
SoUL than the Ordinary Circumstances of Life Allow..
i remember visiting my Psychiatrist first in 2008.. really
terrified as i knew there was something very different about
me but i did know it had
labels like Autism
more specifically
Asperger’s Syndrome
And Bi-Polar too really
though both conditions
really do balance out
great as long as there
is not too much stress in the Environment
at Dark play as you say ‘Grey and Dark Thought Bubbles’
a really appropriate metaphor for Existential Angst in Ruminations
About Life.. Anyway then before Blogging became so Popular as it is
today.. that Psychiatrist said a big concern is two things.. People no longer
have time much for introspection more than a drive to work and he wondered
if Human Beings would totally lose their ability to speak with each other as that
was only when the texting revolution had its very start.. Honestly as Science Shows
People are losing the space in Life to make Intimate Friends to fully express their truths
to.. even at best without all this technology humans with that ‘Dunbar Number’ of 150
Acquaintances at max and having the Social Capacity to make five close friends.. as
Science Bears this truth out now by Americans who haven’t made a new close friend
like this on average of 5 years now.. a best thing about Blogging is not only
will we speak to our Soul like a Diary does but in this fast paced World
others will learn from the Dark and Light of our Experiences when
Reality lends little to no time to learn this way from close
and intimate friends.. truly it is so beneficial this way
to open up the Windows of our Souls now as we may
care to do in Blogging and share that much of the
Light thru Darkness hehe.. sure now
BLacK Abyss through beyond Colors
of Rainbow Bliss too.. the ancient
Egyptians Described the Human
Chi of Fearless Love Spirit Force
in Positivity by the Term Ka… other terms
include Chi and Prana too.. Egyptians were
misinformed though to think they could transcend
Mortality by building Pyramids with other Artisan
Depictions of their Names and Physical Likenesses
so inscribed for that was only the Shell of their KA not
the Nautilus Creating that lives in that Spiraling PHI Ratio
Shell existing 300 MiLLioN Years but just a Shell of the
KA and CHI and Prana of the Spirit of the Nautilus that
Creates that fossilized Soul.. but only shell of soul.. wow
Human Beings have so many opportunities to extend the
Force of their KA to others beyond normal Social Capacities
both Living and Dead now.. truly transcending what we are born
with using Technology As Musical instruments transcend the Limitations
of our Vocal Chords to Lift our Emotions Up with Drums that beat so much
Harder than our Heart Beats too.. i will never be a close and intimate friend but
in a way you give something similar to everyone who crosses your page what you
never could do without the dressing of technology too.. i see you as Human i like that
now and even
the greatest
among us
deserve
a bit
of
encouragement
with ‘grey dark thought bubbles come’..
A Zen of Compassion a Storm of Humanity…
Truly the Blogging experience will be when Authentic and Real…
With that said thank you i enjoy coming by here each day reading about
another Human Being’s Soul as i do every where i go.. each instance i
do my Soul becomes a bit more Colorful with so many Souls i continue to
consume and Nourish the Light in me to spread a bit more too.. Have a nice day…
Keep up the Great Work!
-Just Another Blogger And A Human too-
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We may need that dressing of technology today. Hopefully it can be like a musical instrument and I hope whoever reads any of this may benefit and not be harmed. Thank you, Fred!
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Life A Song
Feeling Notes..:)
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