My fear to let go
Of my inhibitions
Just brought me
More doubts only
I let go of doubts
Without hesitation
But did I fall still
To over optimism?
I thought I let go
Yet it appears
I hadn’t just then
I might never will
Β Shared at Poets Potluck
Β© Leo 02/05/2011

Poetry & writing are to me, a breath of fresh air in a life that is sometimes covered by the smoke of sorrow or self doubt. They also become the sweets I share to celebrate when life offers me a reason to. But most of all, they are to me, my life. For each word I write is a piece of my heart, a thought that just had to find its way into the world.
Interesting…you did decide to go back to your own pen name?
Thanks to Martin.
Yes, I did decide, and I’m content after my decision too. Feeling much less suffocated when writing this.! π
like this Vinay!
Thanks to Sandra.
π
it will always be a mixture of everything…
we doubt,
we wine,
we move on,
we let go,
new fears come,
we hesitate and then either overcome or let go.
keep writing…
well done.
Thanks to Jingle.
Yes, always a mixture of everything, and its a cyclic phase, our life! π Glad you liked it.
Tumbling thoughts, this takes me to a recent time when I sat in this conundrum of when my spiritual journey becomes attachment…its an odd place to dwell. Your words felt of this energy to me, powerfully done ~ Rose
Thanks to C Rose.
Glad that you felt the energy and power in my words. π
Ah. Decisions and their complexities… well portrayed!
Thanks to Deboshree.
Yes. They can be so complex indeed!
A clever poem! I really can identify with it!
Thanks to Thoughts Unchained.
Glad you liked it, and I think lot of us can identify with it as well. π
Thought-provoking… Unfortunately it seems that human beings are condemned to those doubts and fears… Nicely done!
Thanks to Magda.
Yes. A condemnation, but one that we cannot help. π
I won’t hesitate to say that, without doubt, you need not fear of being an amateur poet; this proofs you are a prof!
Thanks to Ina.
I’ve never feared being the Amateur Poet actually. It’s what I have called myself since the very beginning. And I’m glad you think I’m a professional now. π
I like the way you put across your doubts and inaction through your words and almost stuttering phrases.
http://jessicasjapes.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/darkly-imagined/
Thanks to Jessica.
Glad you liked my way of putting across my thoughts. The stutter was there as I wrote it.
Wonderfully said π
http://sandhyaguptamp.blogspot.com/2010/01/hope-has-left.html
Thanks to Saya.
Glad that you liked it π
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no words dear Leo..
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Someone is Special
Thanks to SiS.
“No words dear Leo” is four words na? π
yes, we truly might never will!
B E A U T I F U L
Bliss ~
Thanks to Sina.
Very much. It is a never that is forever in us I think. π
Welcome back kind sir. beautiful! and thank you.
Thanks to LunaWitch.
Good to be back kind madam. π and thank you as well.
Leo, You write so clearly of then challenge of changing habits and patterns of thought. Nice piece.
Thanks to Kim Nelson.
Yes, it has some clarity, because it is something I experience often. π Glad you liked the piece.
superb…
Happy Potluck!
A++
Thanks to Jingle.
Happy Potluck to you too Ji. π
I like it.
Thanks to Lizbeth.
Glad you liked it. π
I loved the depth of the piece!
Thanks to A.B.Thomas.
Glad you liked the depth. Cheers π
Nice one.
Thanks to The Fool.
Glad you liked it π
Wow! Nice One Leo! There are many doubts no? π
Thanks to Gaurang.
Yes. Many doubts in life. Always π
really true……our doubts take over most times.
Thanks to Chimnese.
Yes, most times I can’t even stop it wresting control away from me in life π
So human…perfectly descriptive of our condition in doubting…
JP
http://tasithoughts.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/when-september-meets-may/
Thanks to Jon-Paul.
Glad you liked it. π
I like this – I think doubt, for me, is worse than fear. Fear causes me to marshal my resources. The fight/flight response kicks in. But doubt? That’s a creeping, insidious poison that slowly eats away at everything – especially self-worth and relationships. I’m glad I read this, it made me think.
Thanks to Lisa.
Yes, I agree with your point of view π A beautiful way of putting it I think.
This is a really good job with the prompt! You put all of them there: fear, doubts, inhibitions, hesitation. You said it so simply, and yet it’s so true.
Thanks to The Reason You Come.
Glad you liked the piece in all its simplicity. Cheers. π
nice..
Thank you Tarunima π