the missing me

Thanks for the visit Le Fay...  
 
Yea, it goes deeper for sure, trying to shed the past

love the image of
the sad, final line...

Thanks Paul, I was actually conflicted about using that line, because it seems almost uncaring for the souls of missing children, but it brought home my point vividly, so I went with it...

Thank you my dear, thanks for the visit =)

Thanks a lot for the kind words and visit Flower =)...

That's a very accurate interpretation Lily, thanks a lot for the visit, and kind words =)

the path of a wayward heart is well travelled. it's a forceful poem...

Thank you John, it certainly is a path well traveled sir...

.... such a dark and somber write, yet beautifully received. Xo

I'm glad you liked it Rain, thanks for the visit...

Just awesome...love the power generated.
Cheers...Harry

Thanks a lot for the kind words, and visit Harry...

"Personally, I've long replaced the old familiar ways with new unfamiliar and sometimes unpredictable, frightening and dangerous ways because I find that being cooped up nice and safe like a fucking flightless hen is naturally more convenient and safer but it's not for me because I prefer glorious satisfaction and power to safety of lethargy and regret."  
 
This is very good advice sir. Although I haven't always done well in the category, I do realize when I have I've always been very surprised at how I worried over nothing. In fact, I have always been glad I made the choice to take that step, as tentative as I was...  
 
Thanks again for your insight...

I'm not sure your questions line up with the answers I see to give...     
      
Staying rigid reflects opportunity, it denies thoughts, feelings and experiences that can promote our growth on all levels. Opening up of ones self to be exposed to what we may be tentative about will almost always result in positive growth, and opportunities of some sort, even if there is negativity associated with it too. Just like your prior statement about replacing the familiar with the unfamiliar.     
   
Remember,  Water doesn't adapt to the teapot, it becomes it...     
      
I don't think adjusting to the object is necessarily a compromise though. Things don't always fit the mold of our thoughts, beliefs, or intentions. Again, being rigid will affect outcomes here. It's a fact of life, so there's no choice in the matter besides just giving up and failing.    
      
However, given the nature of life, adaptability is a necessary evil if looked at in your perspective I would have to say. Without adaptation what would have ever survived as life on this planet?     
      
I'm not sure if answered your questions in the manner you were expecting, but that's what I got =)...   
 
Feel free to add to the conversation though... I'll try to do the best I can to answer anymore questions...

1.) If I stay rigid, and not open minded about something, lets say a new experience, how will I ever learn new things or grow? If I didn't risk the time, effort, and possible the hit to my ego trying to get that new better job, will I ever get it?    
     
2.) For me, it means the teapot had no choice in the matter. Water can be formless and shapeless or become the form or shape of anything. It is a type of adaptability I suppose, but it is a master at adaptation, and takes no effort for it to do so. and in the case of moving water it will actually change things to it's will...
     
3.) It's not defeatism, but if you can't overcome the situation, you will fail...

Thanks Jack, you are quite interesting yourself, hehe...

Jack, thanks for your passionate reply. My oldest brother has done martial arts for 35 years, and you sound a lot like the way he talks. especially that (i know that i know nothing thing) he says it all the time...

anyway, im glad you enjoyed the piece. take care sir...

What?!?! Woot woot! Is what I feel like doing after reading this poem. Love this one:)

Thanks Lilly, I appreciate the kinds words, and visit as usual...

A search for the missing half, the half unkown but recognized when seen. The missing child. Good write Fenom. Enjoyed.

Yes indeed...

Thanks for the visit and kind words xmar...