I Would Not Believe That Poem by Julia Luber

I Would Not Believe That

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To think that that might have been the right thing for the big picture
is frightening and disheartening, actually terrifying. I would not readily
think life could be that twisted, difficult, painful, and corrupt. I could
not imagine any of that nightmare if you paid me, and then-if you
told me it were all true, I would bet my life that it weren't'. I would bet
my life that it could not be. I would not believe that if I were the me
who I enjoyed being-who had it good; who got what I worked for
and earned what I got. I would not believe things like that were going
on under the surface. I would not know. I would not want to know.
So what is the point of knowing? What has knowledge done for you
or for that matter, even me, lately. What has knowledge so accomplished?
I'd like to know.

Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Topic(s) of this poem: true
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Feeling that I would NEVER believe what I know to be true if I were my younger self and that I perhaps would not like me if I did not know why I am the way I am.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Dr Antony Theodore 31 July 2019

I would not believe things like that were going on under the surface. I would not know. I would not want to know. So what is the point of knowing? travelling into the world of the sub conscious mind.. this is an interesting journey. a philosophy of life that we coin for ourselves shall not be negative. kill all that is negative. control thoughts or else thoughts will control you.. then we are at the threshold of madness.

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Julia Luber 31 July 2019

I would like to think that by explaining what makes me crazy, I will be able to avoid madness. I would like to think…..

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Jane Campion 31 July 2019

None of us could believe what we were or saw. Life has a habit of changing directions.

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Julia Luber 31 July 2019

I do agree that some of us change far more so than we would have liked at times. And of course there are benefits to that change; I am probably a technically 'sweeter' person in many ways in some ways.

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Mahtab Bangalee 31 July 2019

philosophical writings on knowledge and truth// good writings

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Julia Luber 31 July 2019

thank you for recognizing these as philosophical rather than just pure anguish or anger

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