some dots should not be connected,
some lines never drawn,
where wanting is consequence preceding cause,
where folly is tomorrow’s aversion to turn, to pause,
where one cry meets another, not in silence,
but in the birthing throes of a scream,
where one fire meets another, not in the dark,
but in the conflagration of a dream;
some lines should not be connected,
some boxes never drawn,
where truth is the preoccupation of failure,
where love is the extravagance of loss,
where words leave secrets, not in perfidy ,
but with the indifference of impiety,
where faith leaves hearts, not in discord,
but in the paradox of impossibility;
some boxes should not be connected,
some patterns never drawn,
some dots should not be connected,
some lines never drawn.
I would like to hear you read this live. Feels like the exploration could keep going, too.
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Thanks Marian… hopefully some day:)
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Intricately convincing.
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Thanks Rosemary.
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I love the “conflagration of a dream” line especially.
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Thank you Sherry.
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the undrawn pattern, un
Connected dots/boxes, lines never drawn: skewed in drift, perspective – eschewing vanishing points
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Wonder if they vanish or just hover and mock!! Thanks Huzaifa.
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but all too often they are drawn…
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Indeed they are! Thank you Margaret.
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This tells me a lot of maybe trying too much, some things just happens, there is an acceptance in never trying… really love how you have used repetition here.
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Thanks Bjorn. Acceptance in never trying… must ponder over that!
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some lines should not be connected,
some boxes never drawn,
where truth is the preoccupation of failure…
Food for thought.
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Thanks Kerry!
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Lyrical, intellectual & beautiful – the musical flow of this entranced me, as did its rich language. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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Thanks so much Stacie.
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where truth is the preoccupation of failure,
where love is the extravagance of loss,
where words leave secrets, not in perfidy ,
but with the indifference of impiety,
where faith leaves hearts, not in discord,
but in the paradox of impossibility
Gorgeousness overload!! Sigh.. 💝
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Thanks so much Sanaa🙂
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Intriguing poem… open to interpretation…I have my ideas 🙂
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Do share your thoughts Tim…thank you 🙂
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Nicely woven charm this it is own curse “in the conflagration of a dream”: the paradox of impossibility is that it counundrums the mind into puzzling it out — like trying to round infinity or prefiguring the big bang. The emotional content here reveals the cost of attempting so.
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Thanks so much Brendan.
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