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don't think for a moment |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia 
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don't think for a moment that you know me by one reading by one photo no, not even with a hundred will you see ~ME and perhaps the reason you will not see me will be that your lens focal length is set too short to see beyond your immediate space and your misreads of me might be from a similar shortsightedness don't think for a moment that you know me yet when all you have seen or read is instant snapshots bits and pieces of fragmented rhymes |
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JesusChristPose Senior Member
since 2005-06-21
Posts 777Pittsburgh, Pa |
~ I couldn't agree more with your words, especially within this realm of communciation known as an Internet forum. Well written.  |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Thanks JCP! |
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aziza Member Elite
since 2006-07-09
Posts 2995Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy! |
This strikes a chord. I have written a similar poem about not assuming that my words allow you to know me. I share what I wish you to know. I like this a lot, my fellow midnight sun lover. The aurora is dancing tonight and I thought of you. A |
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PEBBLES Member
since 2006-10-30
Posts 69South Australia, Australia |
You say this so well.YES YES YES. THANKS HELEN |
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Roniece Dawson-Bruce Member Ascendant
since 2000-01-29
Posts 5689Sydney, Australia |
I enjoyed this! Be well Roniece |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
It's so true! You know, you can even live with a person for years on end and still not really know them. But what I do know of you Kacy, truly makes me smile |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
a perfect description of the reality of this medium... fits me to a "T" I've been reading when I have the time even if not responding.  M |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Thanks for reading! |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
"and perhaps the reason you will not see me will be that your lens focal length is set too short to see beyond your immediate space" yes Kacy and even in real life we seldom take time to really see others I love this poem |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
a thoughtful..thought-provoking ‘write’!.... I’ve lived with Mr.‘ME’ for half a cent-RE.. Yet...I still but barely know his name!.... Does anyone truly ‘know’ anyone or in some very ‘last analysis...even much of anything?!.... what was it again, that Thoreau said (somethin’ like): Men think they ‘know’ many things But lo they have taken wings All our arts and the ‘sciences’ And myriad ‘appliances’.... The wind that blows... Is more than any man Truly ‘knows’!...... What’s that other one?!.... To the effect that We hear..but do we genuinely ‘listen’... And look...but can we truly see?!..... |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
 I love these thoughtful replies!It's true, we can 'live'in the 'Pond' a lifetime, and not see much beyond the surface reflection. Guess we weren't born with mental scuba gear and sonar to go all the way.  Thoreau was truly gifted. |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
I, for one, would truly like to get to know you better! For what I do 'think' I see, I likeee!  Linda |
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Interloper
since 2000-11-06
Posts 8369Deep in the heart |
What if I read between the lines? Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write. |
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