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XGarapanX
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since 2008-06-19

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Antarctica

0 posted 2008-07-29 03:29 PM

Reflective Passages

Infinity.
Endless yesterdays
joining hands
with countless tomorrows.
The possibilities of
the future
collide as a quicksilver wave
with the fixed pronouncements
of the irretrievable past.

In the center
of this random crime,
the catalyst that binds dimensions
immovable,
a single soul
called “I”…
chained to what lies behind
yet, positioned free
with choices for days ahead,
but all the while
harboring a growing sense
that this heart does not truly govern
the cascading drama
unfolding before fixed eyes.

Perhaps the world moves
to a different phantasm
than the one captivating this mind.
Maybe infinity
has a life of it's own
and would move the same
without this present soul.
Maybe "I' is as temporal
as the lost yesterdays
that cannot be retrieved
for love or money.

And perhaps the collision
that crashes into
this unfeeling void
of space/time...

...maybe the odd element
in this seemingly
heartless equation...

...and maybe what is lost
in the echoing backdrop
of eternity...

...is "I".

Featuring The Image of Jennifer By
Jennifer "Hollister-Prep"

http://www.freewebs.com/hollister-prep/

© JenniferUgly.jpg 2008

·´~`·»Brett«·´~`·

Honeybunch
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since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

1 posted 2008-07-29 04:11 PM

Brett - there's a lot of "truth" and wisdom in this poem and I, for one, enjoyed it tremendously.

Helen

XGarapanX
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since 2008-06-19

Posts 1435
Antarctica

2 posted 2008-07-29 09:11 PM

Thank you so much, Hellen. I'm pleased you got to enjoy it, as it appears this poem is being knocked clean to the bottom unread, lol!

·´~`·»Brett«·´~`·

Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

3 posted 2008-07-29 09:33 PM

I don't think so, Brett. This is a truly marvelous poem, very profound, and I think it deserves a chance. Sending it back to the top.
Ida

XGarapanX
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Antarctica

4 posted 2008-07-29 10:44 PM

Ida my savior! Thanks for the encouraging review!

·´~`·»Brett«·´~`·

Artic Wind
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5 posted 2008-07-29 11:35 PM

Enjoyed the Write

ARCTIC WIND

passing shadows
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6 posted 2008-07-29 11:38 PM

I just popped in here before bed and glad I clicked on this

remarkable writing!

XGarapanX
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since 2008-06-19

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Antarctica

7 posted 2008-07-30 12:20 PM

Thanks for blowing through, Arctic. And thanks for passing by, ...erm...

·´~`·»Brett«·´~`·

Prasad Nataraj
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since 2008-05-29

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Bangalore,India

8 posted 2008-07-30 03:42 AM

Hi Brett, a well thought and written poem goes well with the picture. You are coming with great works of poetry and great pictures to match them. Prasad.

"Hardwork pays in the long run"

amusemi
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A State of Disarray

9 posted 2008-07-30 07:43 AM

Brilliant! Loved it!

Alison

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10 posted 2008-07-30 08:31 AM

What an interesting poem. I like it and one reason that I do is because it makes me think. Another reason is - it reads really well.

Thank you for sharing.
Alison

XGarapanX
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since 2008-06-19

Posts 1435
Antarctica

11 posted 2008-07-30 01:27 PM

Thanks, Prasad, Amuse, and Ms. Alison for visiting my poem, and for the positive comments.

·´~`·»Brett«·´~`·

ThisDiamond
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since 2002-02-22

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Michigan, USA

12 posted 2008-07-30 06:28 PM

Your words, as ivy dropping length and broadened leave... Much power and clarity of thought.

Enjoyed

Robert E. Jordan
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

13 posted 2008-07-30 06:41 PM

Yo XGarapanX,

Yes, this is about right.

Bobby

Margherita
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Eternity

14 posted 2008-07-30 07:08 PM

quote:
Maybe "I' is as temporal
as the lost yesterdays
that cannot be retrieved
for love or money.

There are captivating "reflective passages" here, dear Brett.

The "I" as ego - personality - is temporal, the higher self - the soul - is eternal, in my belief.

Love,
Margherita

XGarapanX
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Posts 1435
Antarctica

15 posted 2008-07-30 08:53 PM

Thanks Diamond, and Bobby. Thank you Margherita. Yes, I also believe in an eternal self which will survive the temporal self. And it is the brevity and vanity of the helpless and oft compelled latter that I bring to question here while contemplating the personification of a purposeful eternal flow.

·´~`·»Brett«·´~`·

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