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As I walk along in life, my muses dance with reflection inspiring me to release the thoughts and emotions of my pondering mind through poetry.

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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Vanity

When young we don’t care at all
at mid ego’s can fly
When old we don’t care again. 






18 comments:

Claudia said...

so true - and in between we care way too much...i like this thought provoking lines river..

moondustwriter said...

Great Haiku River

Great way to address age. What does matter anyway???

Thanks for the One Shot

Moon Smiles

Melissa Campbell said...

I must be getting old...starting not to care again. Nice haiku, River. :)

Teresa said...

The lovely freedom of not caring! Very nice poem.

Anonymous said...

at mid our egos can make up for all the not caring it's sandwiched between - seems crazy, doesn't it? the young and the old know where it's at... :)

River said...

I don't agree gospelwriter. I think it's important to strive for a healthy balance between~ be humbled and secure, have self love and be able to admit ones wrong.

River said...

I call this haiku~ vanity

Glynn said...

Old age is a lot like childhood. Or maybe we know we can just get away with more when we are very young and very old. nice one.

River said...

Heartwarming poem of your love for your growing son. :)

Brian Miller said...

here in the mid, i wish i had some of what i had when i was young...smiles.

Asobime said...

I like this very much. Lovely haiku....

and too true, too!

Lady Nyo

Shashidhar Sharma said...

Very well said River, that is the truth...

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Marshy said...

so well said...inbetween...what a mess we live..cheers pete

Bubba said...

I never cared and never will!

Nice One Shot, River!

PattiKen said...

I think the "mid" lasts a whole lot longer than we might think. It's hard to give up that which we think the world expects of us. One vanity at a time, I'm letting go.

ninotaziz said...

Then I will be young and old today.

Reflections said...

But is it that we don't care, or just focus our energies on the things we value most.

Steve Isaak said...

Solid wrap-around work.

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