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Through a Filter (Memory's Portrait)
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Through a Filter (Memory's Portrait) |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
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Through a Filter (Memory’s Portrait) The Past, It’s how we define ourselves. We view the past through a filter, though, Seeking security, Perhaps justification. All perceptions are different, Leading to and from any moment in time. We all come to them Maintaining predisposed beliefs. Opinion heavily influences focus. As we come out of them, Some details recalled vividly by one person Are completely lost to others. Time is a flaw even the best Of us can’t account for. Daily, the details obscure—fracture. What was once seen clearly, Maybe even intensely, Inevitably fades, Even as emotion Drawn of the moment Tends to solidify. While the mind, over time, Strives to fill in developing gaps, Is it any surprise then? That everyone finds themselves Coming away with a different truth, Solidly grounded in certainty. Michael Anderson 03/03/2020 [This message has been edited by Michael (03-09-2020 06:09 PM).] |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Michael, I like where you went with this. Deep pondering in this one.~L |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
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Thank you for the reply, Lori. I've had a lot to ponder lately.  |
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Forlorn Angel Member Posts 143 |
Life is all about perception! Loved this. 2020 vision is supposed to be clear! |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Michael...Ponder indeed, Is the glass half full or half empty? Enjoyed my friend...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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