Passion Feedback | W. Wayne Lin

FEEDBACK FROM READERS OF PASSION

I like the two ending sentences.

I really like this one. As a passionate soul myself, I resonate with its power.

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Sky is not the limit...another powerful poem indeed.

I can't help but to read the last sentence over and over again:

“resplendent dazzling light

to blind the blindness,

silence the silence.”

I enjoyed the vivid imagery and the emotional appeal.

I like the emphatical beginning of this poem:

“It is hard to keep quiet,

as it is very close to the end,

and no one knows the ending.

We’ve all been here before,

near the point to make the choice.”

The suspense is building for the readers regarding where the poet is trying to guide us to;

and what is the metaphor of:

"as it is very close to the end

and no one knows the ending"

and "near the point to make the choice".

As we read along, we know that the choice could be easy, "if vines were just planted,".

Suddenly, I realized the poet was talking about the journey of life. If one died young there won't be such worries near the end. This is why we hear the cry of:

“How do you cut the vine

while luscious grapes hang and ripen?”

Trophies and past glories are a burden when we are near the end of a journey.

Fortunately,

"Dew continues to praise,”

“shines with the coming dawn".

Life still gets refreshed with occasionally shining moments.

So we need to strengthen our volition and ignore the tumult when close to an end:

“when time comes,

never shy away to elucidate your soul

with deafening voice,

resplendent dazzling light

to blind the blindness,

silence the silence.”

This is corresponding to the starting point of this poem:

“It is hard to keep quiet,

as it is very close to the end.”

It's our right to elucidate our soul with a deafening voice.

This is what the poet tries to wake in us all, near the journey's end, to silence the silence.

I can feel your “Passion.” Makes me think of two people to quote to you:

John Lennon: “And in the end, the love it takes, is equal to the love you make.”

King Wen: “It is only when we have the courage to face things exactly as they are, without self-deception or illusion, that a light develops by which the path can be recognized.”

These connections I made spontaneously, while sitting quietly after reading your poem.