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Growing Up
Fear is the hunger.
Anger is the lightning.
Expression is the thunder.
Honesty is the rainfall.
Understanding is the soil.
Desire is the seed.
Love is the nutrients.
Joy is the sunlight.
Wisdom is the harvest.
-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., Three Dark Horses)
"I am the darkness which brings the light!"
My Spiritual Notes:
The reason that I wrote this poem can be summed up with the following statement: I wrote this poem to explain the concept that, metaphorically speaking—or, comparatively speaking—maturing to be a responsible adult is like growing and harvesting your own food, since being responsible for oneself leads to wisdom!
And this poem was also published on my "Small All White in the Forest" and "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blogs (please see the hyperlinks below for the blogs), since I feel that the message in this poem applies to the message that I am trying to convey through "Small All White in the Forest" and "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer."
This poem was written in Portland, Oregon.
-Paulee
https://smallallwhiteintheforest.blogspot.com
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com
P.S.: If you are interested in reading all of the posts in the series I wrote that include the poem "Growing Up" from the above-mentioned blogs, which are listed under the post title, "For Self-Reflection, Part 1" through "For Self-Reflection, Part 7" on both of my "Small All White in the Forest" and "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blogs, please see the hyperlinks below:
https://smallallwhiteintheforest.blogspot.com/search/label/For%20Self-Reflection
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com/search/label/For%20Self-Reflection
This "Three Dark Horses" Post No. 025 was edited on May 5th, 2024.
"Poetry is using the fewest words possible in order to describe all that is possible to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]
