New Poem – See how…
Posted on Jul 18, 2016 in Blog feature, Recent Writing | 107 comments
See how
We find ourselves
On the very cusp
Of learning
How it’s the experience
Of just being here,
Joyfully in the moment,
That dissolves
Any disconnect.
As we meld together,
Again and again,
In our own self-made
Shafts of sunlight
That can so easily
Survive succumbing
To any melancholy
Along the way.
And with
The very best
Of intentions too.
At least, in our hearts,
Having been this once
To heaven!
How you bless me still…
For what is it
We’ll ever leave
Behind us in the end?
If it is not the best
Of ourselves
In each other.
Oh Scott, you have surpassed yourself once again! Loved it from start to end
Dear friend Scott, your poems are always so gifted to think about and enjoy.
Wonderful poem, Scott! Your poems always make me stop…And think…..
There is something so special in a company that can carry such sunlight along the way… a wonderful piece of poetry Scott.
This is very uplifting to read, Scott, especially in light of the daily news these past weeks. The disconnect is the underlying condition, you are so correct. I love your closing, leaving the best of ourselves in each other. Sigh. A most beautiful poem, and wise.
The sweetness and sincerity in this piece (as well as hope for humanity) cries out strongly like a beacon in the night.
Here is my favorite part:
As we meld together,
Again and again,
In our own self-made
Shafts of sunlight
That can so easily
Survive succumbing
To any melancholy
Along the way.
The line that especially resonates is “In our own self-made shafts of sunlight”. The visual in this is palpable and will touch anyone who reads it.
Bravo on a wonderful poem that is sure to speak to many.
Aria, This is a wonderful comment. You are right it is a wonderful poem: bouncy and light and sound happy and inspiring poem. The lines you quoted are my favorite too. Scott is very good poet 🙂 Lani…
Thanks for writing Scott. It’s always a pleasure… May almighty bless you with good health and success
Hello! I know this Is poetry, but this is truth!! Love is a powerful tool and I believe with this said, we do leave a bit of ourselves in all we meet!
Such a touching piece of work!!!
Greetings
I cannot stress enough the magnitude of this lovely, poignant verse. Scott’s melodic wheelhouse is based on Truth as one reader suggested. His form of poetry is unique & deeply evocative. The theme of human potential is a universal subject. We are all at fault if we fail to compromise on differences. We must try harder to understand what makes us, what shapes us, & what defines us. Scott’s sense of soul is what we all should strive for.
Beautiful poetry that brightens up my day! Thank you Scottie so much for sharing!
You are doing well. My Good Wishes– Jagdish Kinjalk ( Author,Editor,Journalist, Media Man and Retd. Director of Radio, Bhopal. India.
So beautiful poem !
I love this poem
Dear Scott,
Once again you’ve allowed your magical pen to use the most inexhaustible source of inspiration in you and to create a work which can easily touch all hearts. Another wonderful poem! Thanks for sharing!
This is beautiful dear Scott as always. A great piece of work as ever! This world needs your words and amazing thoughts. Bless you!
Thank you for yet another beautiful poem where every line beats with the hearts of your readers
Scott,just thinking about your poem. I understand that everyone we meet leaves behind an essence of oneself.
I picked up with LOVE being the key entity within your words. Yes,unfortunately our essence can leave an impact negatively along with a positive note.
I sensed you were speaking from a place
called LOVE!!
Beautiful poem!!
Scott: Your last six lines contain incredible impact. I am profoundly touched by this vision of tenderness and caring.
Superb!
It’s truth about energy exchange at the end of our lives, all the best in each other!
Oh another great! It is a beautiful expression of what really matters. Life is so precious. We tend to seek beauty in materialism, and status, when all the while what’s really beautiful is always around us.
As always. Your poems speak to me.
Fabulous.
Beautiful poem, as always! The last stanza is particularly miraculous!
You said it!
Such a nice way
to express
relationships.
Have great day Scott!
Refreshing, this one reached deep into my thoughts and made me smile, just lovely!
What an uplifting poem!
We need more of those shafts of sunlight. 🙂
This is really beautiful to find that joy of each moment; challenging and spiritual
Much Love…
So sensitive….. Lot of light here, Scott Keep writing
I found this very interesting
I have always read your magnificent work and find great comfort in it throughout the dark times.
Thank you for your new poetry. I am a fan!
Great Job Scott. Beautifully written as always.
Thanks for this
Dear Scott Hastie,
This is clearly the most transcendental poetry I have read of yours, and so appropriate at these troubling times in our world filled with struggles and strife, danger and doubt; when what we truly need is a metaphysical approach to humanitarian healing such as you offer with your beautiful verse. You alway rise above the clouds.
Loved it.
Once again, you have found a way to say much with so few words. I am moved to tears at this moment with the closing words of leaving our best in each other. This is particularly poignant to me today as I have to accept that the person I thought was my soulmate has walked away from me.
Another wonderful poem. Positively happyness!
It is a wonderiful write Scott. And I wish I had privacy and scenery to write again to my Mom in my way, always.
Beautiful! Truly inspiring! The perfect poem for my birthday, which happens to be today.
The way you weave the words and thoughts together is amazing. It is a beautifully written poem. Truth just flows throughtout it.
Have a wonderful day,
Lisa
Scottie ~~ Did not have the chance to read this until this evening….
As always, you know how to touch our souls with your words !!!
You are such a treasure in this sad world that we live in.
Please keep writing and help us to stay alive in our minds.
Blessings to you,
Hugs from Ronee
“In our own self-made
Shafts of sunlight”…love this, an uplifting poem…
How stunning!
You’re blessed my friend
Just the message I needed today, as I have been feeling a bit blue, but shafts of sunlight will brighten the day!
Beautifully written poem, Scott! You are truly gifted; please continue to share your heart with us. Looking forward to more of your creative genius!
Great reflections on life… something only one who has truly lived could share
Thank you. Love the new poem
Well done Scott, love the closer with the best of ourselves- pithy heartfelt and elegant
Hi Scott, great to see more heartfelt work from you – thanks for sharing. Leilanie Stewart x
I have enjoyed your poem very much!
Beautifully optimistic and hopeful poem! We make the choice for joy every moment of our lives, and if we slip back, the experience of bliss can always be remembered and relived.
And that’s all that counts in the end.
Such depth and beauty.. Yet. so gentle.
Wow Scott…. This is really great. Your poems gives immense peace to heart touching the truth.
Scott, enjoyed the peaceful feel. The read is relatively smooth, a few line breaks seem forced but not too distracting and it might just be me. Nicely done. I’m not a big fan of capitalizing the first letter of each line but this is more a personal preference. Again nice feel and a solid read. Mac
Oh my Scott. As always I linger in the cherish of your every word.
“And with
The very best
Of intentions too.
At least, in our hearts,
Having been this once
To heaven!”
Honestly…treasure.
You are definitely a poet, and I am very happy to congratulate You on this!
Melding together in one’s own shafts of sunlight – what a beautiful image.
Nice to see you, Scott.
Such a beautiful love poem, how that love breaks through and provides joy to all of life. My favorite phrase is “Survive succumbing.” Thank you.
Beautifully deep and profound 🙂
These lines strike at the heart of what it is to be human. So good to read them in as well-expressed a poem.
This is such a treasure to read again. I do enjoy your poetry Scott it comes from the heart.
Oh, that is good! “The best of us in each other”! Thanks so much.
I enjoyed reading this delightful piece of thought provoking poetry.
I think this is my favourite of your poems, Scott….leaving the best of ourselves in each other….such a beautiful thought. I love “how you bless me still.” Gorgeous.
Your lines have such an eloquent grace to them, and an irresistible rhythm.
My sun sees your sun and delights in it!
A wonderful poem of connection – perhaps as much to ‘ourselves’ as to another.. It’s easy to forget that each day is a footprint..what we will leave behind..as well as what’s ahead.
Beautiful! Wise and perceptive. And that close – sigh – so delicate and tender (as with many of life’s gentle truths) … indelible lines.
I am re-reading this poem again. there’s so much to learn from it. 🙂
What an extraordinarily beautiful poem Scott. What skill you have to put such meaning in your poetry.
Beautiful- leaving the best of ourselves in others –
This is all we can hope for in this world. Sometimes we find out so late in life the actual simplicity of it …bkm
We leave behind the best in each other.Very very insightful.
We will be remembered positively for that. Being remembered is of no importance at all in itself.Creating dynasties and wealth in the hope of immortality is foolish
The importance is, in the way you have treated people in your life and what you have created for others rather than for yourself. This gives the living hope.. hope that there is kindness caring and goodness out there . You can read the scriptures till the cows come home but unless you have experienced and practised the virtues of kindness justice love written about within… it is meaningless.
Once again another stunning poem. Thank you Scott.
Superb, touching and so like the life in a close relationship when blessed.
That is quite lovely. Thank you.
That pondering piece of rhetoric in the second to last verse, adds colour to the entire poem. Nice write Scott
Much love…
Well said, my friend.
ZQ
Wise!
This is great Scott! I hope I leave the best of myself!! Carry on with your writing!!! Rose
The truth of those last two stanzas…wonderful. I’d like to think I leave the best of me in others. I know others certainly have blessed me with their best. Lovely poem this is.
Scott, This is such an inspirational piece. There are so many nuggets this is but I love the last line the best:
if it is not the best
Of ourselves
In each other.
It’s the good things we transfer in others that truly stand out and make life worth living.
Spending quality time with another, truly in the moment, is a wonderful way to connect and really know one another. I love the last of your lines that speak of leaving the best of ourselves with others…what could be better than that. Really enjoyed this, Scottie.
I love “having been this once to heaven.” Exquisite!
Beautiful words.
I think that is what keeps us looking–that part of our self that we hope to find in another. The fact that each time it varies keeps reminding us of our limitless possibilities!!!
Utopia, indeed. Our world would be a far more peaceful place if only we could be infallible in our quest to always leave the best, most positive, imprint of ourselves in the wake of every interaction. I love the sense of unconquerable love and joy that shines though your words – as if the task is so easily managed.
Beautiful poem! Lovely to see you again 🙂
So very true, and well written. Thanks for sharing…
Ah, so beautiful. It is true that we find the best in us when we’re with the people we love. 🙂
Love the phrase “on the very cusp of learning” – it’s like it could go either way from there.
Wow! This is absolutely beautiful and insightful. Simple and profound… I am in awe…
So truthful, and beautifully written.
‘In our own self-made
Shafts of sunlight’
my favorite line! Very well written 🙂
A superb meditation, Scott! Well written!
The first 2 stanzas could be held up to Buddhism. And in the end, 2 become 1.
This is something I was trying to express to my husband the other day…a new awareness. You captured it well.
It all boils down to “How you bless me still…”
Just lovely.
I enjoyed this poem, Scott 🙂
I am so proud of your work and will surely help spread the word.
My uncle and I used to have cool talks and sometimes h’d just say random things. One day, he looked at me and said, “You have to leave pieces of yourself everywhere.” I like the idea of being our best self and being remembered for that.
Living without sinning for this purpose- excellent poem, dear Scott.
Scottie,
Your writing always lifts me higher to a comfortable place.
Peace and love,
Pamela ox
Scott, loved the flow and the provoking thoughts of what do we leave, (behind to others). The constant call to pursue, improve and with all bless the hearts of another. Keep with my brother, Don
Just read this… Beautiful my friend! Keep pushing the pencil. Don
Gorgeous poem I’m glad you sent me here thanks x
Beautifully wrtitten …something touching. It’s my first visit on your blog and I really enjoyed your work. Love it. Now I’m waiting for new. Thanks fr sharing with us.
Regards
Akansha
Very well written and I enjoyed it very much. Thanks for sharing
My dear Scottie, thank you, once more, for helping us to embrace the very best of ourselves and our connective gifts alongside this journey. The beauty of life itself and all its offerings is all we can ever really ask, for our “shafts of sunlight’ (if we allow) will beam through and for one another.
Etched on our heart,
Left behind, Radiant
As pathways to tomorrow.
One finally gets to see some designated guide-
lines to towards wanting to resolve the stalemate!
Hank