My love can be hard to see,
My mind is busy and my heart is tired
And I feel crushed under the weight on me,
However, will I do what is required
To open up my love and set it free?
It’s often difficult to feel inspired.
Tell me how love is inspired,
With the night in my eyes, it’s hard to see,
Still, I wish the dark night made me feel free
And I could lay down all the things that tired,
I’d pick up the energy I required
So you would see what resides inside me
I wish there was hope for me,
That some keen chemist would become inspired
To mix all the ingredients required
And create pills with benefits to see;
Then I would never feel wearied or tired,
But be able to live footloose and free
If there’re pills to set me free
From the worries I always have with me
I think my heart would no longer be tired,
My silent passion awakened, inspired,
For everyone to bear witness and see
That a little change is all that’s required
Medicine is not required,
It could never set this troubled mind free
For my soul is disturbed by what I see;
The lack of peace and true love around me,
Our expressions of care are not inspired;
Just look at the earth and how it is tired.
Politics has become tired
And a global agreement is required
To love all our neighbours and be inspired
To help the disadvantaged become free,
Then I know my joy will come back to me
And express its deep love for all to see
Even though my heart is tired, I am free
To do whatever is required of me;
To be inspired by change I want to see
Yes, I broke the strict rules and used rhyme. I also didn’t follow the traditional order for rhyming sestinas, but kept with the original word order. I figure if I know the rules, I can knowingly break them 😉
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“Even though my heart is tired, I am free
To do whatever is required of me”…..lovely ❤️
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Oh thank you Navin, it’s lovely to hear which lines stand out to people 💜
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You’re very welcome Bree ✨
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You broke the rules beautifully. Meaningful ending! Exciting title. The whole thing is weighted to the side of goodness.
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😁 Thanks. Weighted to goodness… What a lovely phrase to read, there could be another poem in it.
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Welcome 🙂 Yes, it could be the start of another beautiful poem! There’s so much poetry to be written, it seems. Hope more of it comes your way!
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So much to be written and many which we never end up writing 🤣🤣🤣
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That’s so true. Reminds me of when David Bowie said something about his library that there are all these books that he won’t be able to read in his lifetime. It’s a sad thought to not be able to get to do everything you wanted to do. But at least we got to read and write many still. And maybe what we get to do is just enough!
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My word, your last sentence such a wonderful way to see things. Thank you, thank you for sharing!
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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“Even though my heart is tired, I am free
To do whatever is required of me”…..
Such a beautiful line 😍 ❤
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Oh that makes me heart happy to heart Vani 💜
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Love this one, Bree! Sometimes, breaking rules is required… 🤗🤗🌻💕🌷
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Haha, it is 🙂
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I love how you broke the rules. I love it overall. I think you own this. 💕
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Seriously, you are too kind. So glad you enjoyed this one 😊
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