{"id":130333,"date":"2023-09-02T14:08:33","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T18:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=130333"},"modified":"2023-09-02T14:10:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T18:10:03","slug":"rejection-hour-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/rejection-hour-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Rejection – Hour 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

(NOTE: I did not like the prompt given, so I wrote something different. It still needs a lot of work.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Rejection<\/p>\n

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I<\/p>\n

All life is a rejection of what went before.<\/p>\n

We must grow and change.<\/p>\n

To stand still in one place is to die before death.<\/p>\n

In every choice lies a path of rejection.<\/p>\n

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II<\/p>\n

Beauty is uncovered, a bud wrapped tenderly in a leaf,<\/p>\n

it opens and presents its fragrance and color,<\/p>\n

then withers and dries and falls to the ground.<\/p>\n

The flower rejects the bud, the seed rejects the flower.<\/p>\n

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III<\/p>\n

Rejection is a flavor of living.<\/p>\n

One we must taste and put aside, or swallow whole.<\/p>\n

To do or be done to. No one wants to stand alone.<\/p>\n

Rejection makes way for the new.<\/p>\n

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IV<\/p>\n

We must endure what we cannot reject.<\/p>\n

Broken hearts, growing old, failures and fears.<\/p>\n

Dreams and wishes propel us.<\/p>\n

Sometimes good parents or education lift us.<\/p>\n

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V<\/p>\n

Life flows from rejection to rejection,<\/p>\n

and hope to hope. We want to know, we want to<\/p>\n

be loved. Need for acceptance is learned from birth.<\/p>\n

Seeking a soul mate motivates our actions.<\/p>\n

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VI<\/p>\n

We wallow in youth and squander our gifts<\/p>\n

on things we didn\u2019t set out to do.<\/p>\n

Our tank empties. We can no longer keep pace.<\/p>\n

There is a point where we start to reject life.<\/p>\n

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VII<\/p>\n

The corner is turned, not with flash and squealing wheels,<\/p>\n

as imagined, but in the quiet, profound way the deaf must hear.<\/p>\n

One day an honest face stares at us from the mirror<\/p>\n

and without words says what we always dreaded.<\/p>\n

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VIII<\/p>\n

The child rejects the infant, the man rejects the boy.<\/p>\n

The old man laughs at what the young man doesn\u2019t know<\/p>\n

and the spirit laughs at the old man frozen in the mirror.<\/p>\n

The future is still veiled.<\/p>\n

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IX<\/p>\n

Rejection builds character, the wise used to say.<\/p>\n

It creates the stones in the path of life we walk.<\/p>\n

It frames the bottom and the top points of life.<\/p>\n

It reveals the sum of who we become.<\/p>\n

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X<\/p>\n

In every choice lies a path of rejection.<\/p>\n

The flower rejects the bud, the seed rejects the flower.<\/p>\n

Rejection makes way for the new.<\/p>\n

We must endure what we cannot reject.<\/p>\n

There is a point where we even start to reject life.<\/p>\n

The corner is turned in a quiet, profound way,<\/p>\n

but the future remains veiled.<\/p>\n

The point where we start to reject life<\/p>\n

reveals the sum of who we have become.<\/p>\n

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THIS STILL NEEDS LOTS OF WORK!!<\/em><\/p>\n

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