There is a scene in “We the Living” by Ayn Rand, where lovers are being separated and taken away to Siberia. They know they will not survive, yet the girl says, “Let us look at the moon every day, and find solace that we are looking at the same moon.” They needed a unifying factor … Continue reading I don't know how
So Real
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You don't qualify
I saw red flowersheld those, thinking it was youtill my fingers bledI'd failed to see the thorns therelove does it to some peopleso insensitiveyou see, but don't feel, don't smellexpansive presencelove needs to be felt, not heldyou don't qualify for it https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2020/03/21/saturday-mix-lucky-dip-21-march-2020/
Enlightenment #writephoto
“Those who reached there have never come back.” “Are you referring to those stones?” “I always wonder what they hold. Are they the intellectuals and knowledge-seekers who disappeared from the world? Do the stones represent disappointment on ignorance and arrogance in the world - a world they once cherished as their own? Does it become … Continue reading Enlightenment #writephoto
Magic
Image credit: Padre awaiting a homefor someone to rub bottlesrelease energybecome supernaturalmore than dying, drooping plants https://colleenchesebro.com/2020/03/17/colleens-2019-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-169-photoprompt/
Equanimity
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Supermoon
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Journeys
Confidence stems from familiarity. I’ve seen this before. It generates a ‘been there, done that’ feeling. undeterred by deepunfathomable darknesshe charges aheadclaustrophobic densityof the forest drives despair Picture libraries abound with expertise in visual deception. I travel with the lens, but cannot fly across the sky. borrowed vision showsamoebic interiorsyet conceal intentWhy did the maker … Continue reading Journeys
Blankness #5lines
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Sun God
Does anybody know the age of the Sun? For how long has the fireball maintained its intensity? It’s not easy being an indispensable source of energy. It has to work even when the fire is not visible to the human eye. It lives, walks and delivers – in some other part of the world, but … Continue reading Sun God
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