What tales which, already passed, will endure within these five books...
thank God for surprises.
How bland life would indeed be if all the map were visible at the outset.
Of the many things I've come to learn, there is one I Am more certain of now than ever before:
This Life of mine, for all its warts...
its jagged edges & unfinished highways...
This Life of mine is finally mine.
And ne'er again will I hand it over to another.
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This poem was the first entry of a new journal several years ago, shortly after I had made the impossible choice to firebomb my life so that I might have a chance at building my Life.
As you may have noticed by the time of this entry, building this new Life was not easy. I was living in two dear friends' garage at this point, and had woken up early to beat LA traffic over the hill from the Valley.
What followed was a process of more than a few million journaled words, culminating in a technique of self-reflection which made me into the human being I always knew was 'in there somewhere'.
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I feel this. Especially right now in my life. "This Life of mine is finally mine. And ne'er again will I hand it over to another." You are so tapped in to the pulse of the world, Tony. Thank you for sharing this one.❤️
Without wanting to piggyback off the esteemed company below that has already commented, I totally agree with everything Kristen, Gina and Dharrsh said. So much insight, so much honesty. I feel rather privileged to be getting such behind the scenes access to your development. And before I mumble things to death, I just wanted to say I really enjoy your writing, both the poetry and the way you word things and express things outside of the poetry too. Bravo, sir, bravo!
WOAH! This gave me full body goosebumps! What an incredibly profound statement. This is beautiful, Tony!!!! I am so inspired by your willingness to do whatever it took/takes to design your LIFE! Such a beautiful story and I really want to read more! Thank you so much for sharing this.
Such a profound, wise message here...truly inspirational! A very powerful entry. Well done! ❤️
This portrayed the immense strength you have! This was just so powerful!