Sunday, August 28, 2016

Post No. 210: I Am Trying To Save The World


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I Am Trying To Save The World

I am trying to save the world
but the world needs to save itself;

For, I cannot save the world,
since the world needs to save itself.

I am trying to save my world—and
my world needs to be saved by myself;

For, I can save my world, because
my world can only be saved by myself.

I am still trying to save the world—but,
my world needs to be saved by myself first;

For, I can save the world—but, the world can
only be saved by my world being saved by myself.

-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., Small All White in the Forest)
"I am no barrier to its sun; the light and I are as one!"

My Writing About Trying To Save The World, Version No. 1: I am trying to save the world and the world needs to save itself. I am trying to save my world and my world needs to be saved by myself. I am trying to save the world, but my world needs to be saved by myself first. –Paul Whiting (written August 27th, 2016, revised August 28th, 2016 and revised June 29th, 2022)

My Writing About Trying To Save The World, Version No. 2: I am trying to save the world—but the world needs to save itself; For, I cannot save the world, since the world needs to save itself. I am trying to save my world—and my world needs to be saved by myself; For, I can save my world, because my world can only be saved by myself. I am still trying to save the world—but, my world needs to be saved by myself first; For, I can save the world—but, the world can only be saved by my world being saved by myself. –Paul Whiting (written August 27th, 2016, revised August 28th, 2016 and revised June 29th, 2022)

My Poetic Notes:

The reason that I wrote this poem can be summed up with the following statement: "I am trying to save the world and the world needs to save itself. I am trying to save my world and my world needs to be saved by myself. I am trying to save the world, but my world needs to be saved by myself first."

And this poem was also published on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher," "Three Dark Horses" 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 I am trying to convey through "Poet, Artist and Philosopher," "Three Dark Horses" and "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer." Plus, I feel that the message in this poem applies to the message I am trying to convey through my new "The Oneness Of God" spiritual practice!

This poem was written in Portland, Oregon.

-Paulee

https://poetartistandphilosopher.blogspot.com

https://threedarkhorses.blogspot.com

https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com

This "Small All White in the Forest" Post No. 210 was edited on May 6th, 2024.

"Poetry is using the fewest words possible in order to describe all that is possible to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]