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Betwixt and between
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Betwixt and between |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa 
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If I could I would hop on a plane and fly above the land of the now betwixt and between all knowing and sheer ignorance. The pendulum swings, scales are unbalanced, and nobody leans the same way on hallowed ground that’s typecast as a place meant for defilement. There’s an army of ants that march faithfully and unconsciously down the middle like ogres armed and empowered to make of the knowing an enemy. And so there’s an underground movement setting bombs and committing arson to break up the enemy camp and scatter and spread the knowing like ash to be blown away. The knowing when valued tips the scales and when ignorance grows it blooms and so for the masses stuck in between there’s no where to hide but inside the safety measure of life where ants shape shift according to plain and simple convenience. But how convenient to have the sky filled with ash of the knowing? It’s not, you see, for ash believes every scrap of its once former self will meld and o’er lay the start, middle, end, and everybody’s life. Don’t hold your breath! Time decides or maybe those androids in sky who fight from a better standpoint than all of the ants on the ground! Helen / 24 November 2009 |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Your intellect mixed with your poetic skills really make for an intelligent read. If the first priority remains to assure food and health to all of humanity, the second is to allow knowledge to be acquired, so that every human learns to discern and doesn't follow blindly and in ignorance the main stream that points to the abyss ... Thank you for this, dear Helen. Love, Margherita |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Dear Margherita - Thank you and, yes, the mainstream does point to the abyss and its followers will fall. The scary part is that it may not be during the course of their present lifetimes and I, for one, don't want to face that abyss afterwards. On the other hand, one can't believe in love and think that there's an abyss there but, of course, there is one for those who don't believe - I think.  Helen |
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