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JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

0 posted 2012-01-15 09:36 PM

Of Genius and Insanity
(Rocking one side to another)

She lives on a line
between genius and insanity…

Inside a blurred opaque blister
awaiting death or birth –
she roams across one side to the other,
inside, and veiled from inquiry.
She is supplementary and flattering
to each side, yet distinct…

Although separated by
a micro-thin membrane
each side is the equal
and she passes through
without any pain,
she understands: ‘Nowhere cannot be’
And no one cannot be nowhere
Thus her judgment –
‘If something is nowhere
that something cannot exist.’

Nonetheless, her mind is filled with a fervent love,
yet she perceives that love to be nowhere
so she then concludes,
it cannot be.

Existing to listen to her heart
inventing to be who she is.
But then she asks:
‘Who am I?
Am I seen as lovely as
I can think of me to be?’

Like a ghost she penetrates that blistered membrane
one side to the other with closed eyes
and disregarding her words from the day before,
and folding those thoughts into diverted faded whispers,
she soon begins to sing…

Her words are on one side of the blister,
and her songs on the other –
they serve to combine into her screaming,
and she arranges those sounds
so as to write another song
and another, and another…

And no one has stopped
to listen, no one can understand.
Offering her only glazed stares.
She sees and hears their words
and understands fully amazed –
‘Does no one comprehend?
I am exactly as I have been,
and I am,
In the same place
where I have always been:
It’s nowhere you can visit.’
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JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2012-01-15 10:04 PM

I, for my part, never mind the wine I have consumed tonight, am completely confused. I think I shall leave it at that.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways ~*~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

2 posted 2012-01-15 10:31 PM

Makes sense to me JL.

Lori

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

3 posted 2012-01-15 11:42 PM

Jerry, thanks! I appreciate you stopping in
for a read.
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Lori, Thanks girl!

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

4 posted 2012-01-16 01:29 AM

Her words are on one side of the blister,
and her songs on the other –
they serve to combine into her screaming,
and she arranges those sounds
so as to write another song
and another, and another…
And no one has stopped
to listen, no one can understand.
Offering her only glazed stares.

Genius and Insanity, Mania and Despair, Life and Death... none more than a breath apart. I really like this, my friend... and the pondering it invites. *S*

bel1e
Senior Member

since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

5 posted 2012-01-16 06:54 AM

Sounds like me most mornings! LOL...enjoyed this immensely, JL !

Honeybunch
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since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

6 posted 2012-01-16 01:13 PM

JL - I'm inclined to think there's more truth and insight in this write than can perhaps be appreciated. In any case, I think it's brilliant!

Helen

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

7 posted 2012-01-16 01:59 PM

Ruth, Thank you and I like the “no more than a breath apart” idea.
Glad you could stop in to ponder.
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bel1e, I’m sure this does not sound like you…
haahahahaaa, glad you enjoyed.
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Helen, do you always read between the lines? LOL.
Thank you for your kind reply.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

luminosity
Senior Member

since 2005-11-18

Posts 813

8 posted 2012-01-17 06:27 PM

I do not know her...or anyone like her...but then again, after reading your write, it seems I almost do know her...hmmmm

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

9 posted 2012-01-17 06:29 PM

luminosity, Thank you.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

10 posted 2012-01-17 07:11 PM

great write...excellent

Honeybunch
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since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

11 posted 2012-01-17 07:55 PM

JL - I also see things that aren't there.

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

12 posted 2012-01-17 08:16 PM

Magnus, Thank you sir.

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Helen, what's missing? LOL, me?

Thank you.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

Nicole
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since 1999-06-23

Posts 1835
Florida

13 posted 2012-01-17 08:41 PM

‘If something is nowhere
that something cannot exist.’
She hasn't met Schrödinger's cat, then.  lol sorry, waxing quantum for a minute.

I think there's a bit of this that a lot of people can relate to; I certainly know that I can.

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

14 posted 2012-01-17 09:08 PM

LOL , from quantum physics to a place which cannot be nowhere, else it wouldn't be...
I think you have something here.
Darn you hurt my brain thinking about that!

Thanks Nichol, you made my day!!

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

15 posted 2012-01-18 03:16 PM

Her words are on one side of the blister,
and her songs on the other –
they serve to combine into her screaming,
and she arranges those sounds
so as to write another song
and another, and another…

as always, you articulate such paintings in the mind....
enjoyed...

Michael

Moderator

Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

16 posted 2012-01-19 12:48 PM

JL, this is an amazing write. Forgive me for not replying to it sooner... I have read it many times now, and always with a profound silence looming over me when I am done. Words alone cannot expressd for me the appreciation i have for this one, I have deduced. It touched me on a very personal level.

Michael

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

17 posted 2012-01-19 09:50 PM

Lee J

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

18 posted 2012-01-19 09:52 PM

Michael: Thank you sir, I am so glad
you could relate.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

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