The Bookworm
I live in somebody else’s life
In a strange world foreign to me
Because mine is too boring by half
And so I’d rather subsist by proxy.
I travel the world by land, air and sea,
Live in multiple foreign lands,
Experience life in all its diversity
And never cease to admire the variety.
But what I’ve learned throughout this time:
We have inherent values and goals,
And regardless of outward appearance,
Are all inhabited by similar souls.
Picture: Photobucket.com
©DGA 11.10.2010
Adeeyoyo's Blog 
12/10/2010 at 6:24 am
I like this one. Smiled then stopped to think.
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12/10/2010 at 6:28 am
Hi Sidey, just what I hoped you’d do, lol! Thanks…
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12/10/2010 at 7:39 am
The Bookworm, The Blogger … how lucky we are to be able to inhabit these worlds.
Nice, adee.
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12/10/2010 at 7:43 am
Thanks, Cin. Indeed we are, when you have a look around…
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12/10/2010 at 10:58 am
Soooo true my friend…read this one out loud …and will rethink this also…for a while!! Thought provoking 🙂 Hugs to you oxoxoxox
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12/10/2010 at 11:03 am
Thanks, Amanda. I do believe we have inborn strong similarities which are changed by circumstances… xxx
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12/10/2010 at 11:08 am
138 posts and going! Beautiful as always, keep it up!
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12/10/2010 at 11:22 am
Thanks so much Mike! It is so nice to see you back again. I’ve missed your posts, my friend! Keep well. 😀
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12/10/2010 at 2:11 pm
ah to be taken away to anoher word by a book…the last stanza shifts gears but i agree…smiles
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12/10/2010 at 2:51 pm
I have loved books all my life… glad you agree with the last stanza, Brian… *grins*
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12/10/2010 at 9:14 pm
Diversity and similarity – would we feel the same if it were just one or the other? Something pulls us, and something keeps us reading and I’m never quite sure which does what… Lovely poem – I’m a dyed-in-the-wool bookworm myself. 🙂
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13/10/2010 at 6:01 am
I know what you mean, GW. I’ve been like that since I first learned to read… 😀
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14/10/2010 at 12:55 am
Here you are adeeyoyo!
My sentiments exactly adeeyoyo! nothing makes me feel more sure of this than when I what a foreign family talking to each other…everyone has similar problems no matter where they are from and its comforting in a way to know were all the same.
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14/10/2010 at 5:00 am
That’s so true, 2zpoint… I just love watching people, like sitting in a restaurant, or wherever…
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18/10/2010 at 5:08 am
So true – have just seen a wonderful exhibition called ‘Mirror’ by the artist and author Jeannie Baker – a very clever creative comment on the similarities between 2 completely different cultures.
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18/10/2010 at 5:23 am
That sounds so interesting… hope there’s something on the net – I’d love to see! Thanks BlueB.
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