THE EDGE (An Original Poem)

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This lonely road unfolds you,
quells the guilt that scolds you
and dulls the fear that holds you
in the place you stand today

then the veil is slowly lifted,
and wicked lies are sifted
once muddled thoughts seem gifted
what is there left to find?

once precious ties are severed true
an epiphany, you forever knew
you no longer worry what you'd do...if
the moment's come and gone

so beautiful, this existence
when pure truth spans the distance
a call that makes Maya wince
rings out from heart to mind

until now you’ve failed to see
that you're everything you need to be
won't you close your eyes
and walk with me out to the very edge.

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Well put

Thank you!

I sense you put forth a lot of feelings in your poems. The more I read them, the more I look forward to the next one you write. The picture with this one puts that extra touch in the ending part. Have you thought of making a book with your poems? I know I would be one interested enough to buy one. Who doesn't love/like a great poem?

I appreciate that, @pixiehunter. This is one of my earlier pieces, written in the early 90's. I try to incapsulate my feelings into each one. Each poem has a special meaning to me and when I re-read them it's like reliving the exact moment in my life I was going through when I originally wrote them. They're like time capsules for me.

I partner with a local artist to produce handmade poetry chapbooks a couple times per year. We currently have copies of two different chapbooks in stock. I do a limited print run of around 100 for each one, each is numbered and autographed, and they'll never be reprinted in that format. If you're interested please email me at - [email protected] and I"ll send you details.

Also, if you sign up for my author newsletter at - http://www.ericvancewalton.net you'll be on a mailing list to be notified of future book launches. If you click the "poetry" page of my site you can see what the chapbooks look like. Thank you!

That is awesome and thank you so much for the links. I understand the feeling that reading a previous written poem can bring. That is also why I wish I had kept every poem I had written. I only have one that I wrote as an adolescent. Poems are a good way to express feeling, good or bad.

Wow, certainly thought provoking. Two thumbs up!
Thank you!

This is such a lovely poem. Anymore to post?

Thank you, I appreciate your kind words @cire81! I have a backlog of about 22 years worth of material. Probably over 500 poems.

very beautiful picture, @ nice story @ericvancewalton

gorgeous

Really nice. I love poetry, and a poet is a character in my novel Galloglass. Where was the photo taken?

Thank you! This was taken at the South rim of the Grand Canyon in the US.

Beautifully!

Thank you!

Lovely.

Thanks, @lukeofkondor!

Nice view. Where is this place @ericvancewalton?

Hi, @juvyjabian. This picture was taken on the South rim of the Grand Canyon. The canyon was so deep it didn't even look real in person. My wife and I climbed right out to the edge.

Wow amazing! You and your wife climbed at that point? Ahhh I can't do it, I'm gonna die climbing that high.

No, we drove to that point. You can take donkeys down to the bottom or hike. I'd like to try that someday.

Impressive rewards you got in your post, it never miss any of your post. Can you help me I mean my post to get noticed? Sorry if I asked.

Thank you! I'm so grateful for this after two decades of struggling. My best advice is to post consistent high-quality content. Also, choose pertainent catagories. You have to "brand" yourself in a way. I was posting all kinds of content in the very beginning just trying to get noticed and chase high payouts but I settled into the fiction and poetry and focused on post quality and then the rewards came. I hope this helps.

@ericvancewalton it is nice to see poetry getting some love on steemit. Poetry has always been a love affair, an outlet on the side of the main things I write about.

I've shared one poem on here thanks to you I see there are folks who appreciate this content, I'm going to start sharing more..

I like it, good to have another fellow poet on the steem train =)
Hope you like mine also

I am so thrilled to see an exquisitely written poem on our trending list!

Your words are powerful and I'm following you for more. Maybe I'll have the courage to finally start writing instead of only curating since reading your poem.

Looking forward to 22 years of back logged beauty! (I read all the comments!)

Hey @ericvancewalton this is very well written poem. Totally loved it. Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks beautiful poem

The Earth is Flat. Glad you had the veil lifted. So many keep fighting.