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Even God Blinks
Perhaps God is just a sasquatch
making his way through the woods
pushing seeds down into the dirt
with his thumb
Thus the start, of a trail of trees
-Knowing someone will probably cut them down
before they have a chance to be majestic
God never planned to be a caretaker
But he does it anyway
because he isn't very good with predictions
Yet his thumbs are green
We see his knuckles, atop the hills
Thousands of years ago
the first humankind were amazed
at how such small seeds
became the means for their shelter
Miracles were born, with thumb and dirt
And a god was heralded
for man to celebrate skyward
Nowadays,
I say my prayers anyway
Because God may really be a god
Yet perhaps the clouds muffled my pleas
Maybe God blinked
and overlooked me
Maybe by now God sees us
as mannequins in a barn
-Takes a leg, an arm
Something reusable
to rebuild us
his little fireflies
that sometimes get broken
when he puts the lid back on too soon
Before we had a chance
to escape the containment
I really don't know.
What I know, is
how the sunlight searches for us
between the gaps in the slabs
of the barn walls
How, when I raise my hand
the sunlight slices it
into several pieces
- So it seems
How every other knuckle
will be cold or warm
As I turn my hand
like a lone dancer in the dark
but extended towards the light
Like our lives, during life
The same hand that writes poetry
and that touched the lips
of someone who said I love you
God will never have that
will never know that feeling
How love humbles us, after all
We are but vessels for the heart
as it follows the sun back out
through the cracks of the barn walls
When we see our majestic destiny
above us.
God, remember mercy, after you blink
Leave me an eye, at least
A hand, and some light
so that I can write
how fortunate life is
How lucky, when it rains
it's not tears this time
shining upon my face
It's the flow of life
being renewed
all through me
God, take a pause
the earth has infinity
See me
I will give you almost all of me
for these simplest gifts from you.
~~~
Published 14th Apr 2024
| Edited 29th Apr 2024
Author's Note
For Eerie.
Fight like hell. Write like Heaven. Don't stop.
Fight like hell. Write like Heaven. Don't stop.
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14th Apr 2024 3:02pm
14th Apr 2024 4:19pm
Thank you, LDF.
It's miserable being human sometimes. And yet, sometimes it's remarkable.
Breaking even is a pretty good day.
It's miserable being human sometimes. And yet, sometimes it's remarkable.
Breaking even is a pretty good day.
14th Apr 2024 11:53pm
18th Apr 2024 1:04am
Heya Pink.
Thank you much. I go back and forth with faith, and my own value towards it. Yet, I want to believe that there truly is a greater good, after we all go through life getting our asses kicked somehow.
I do know that we can never succumb to bitterness. Find a joy. And focus there.
Thank you much. I go back and forth with faith, and my own value towards it. Yet, I want to believe that there truly is a greater good, after we all go through life getting our asses kicked somehow.
I do know that we can never succumb to bitterness. Find a joy. And focus there.
15th Apr 2024 00:47am
Wow...beautifully written. "We are but vessels for the heart." That line found a home in mine. Makes me sad for those you seem to have sold or forsook theirs. Your writing always leaves one thinking
18th Apr 2024 1:08am
Good evening Willow.
Thank you for that. But I'm confused about what you mean by what I sold? Perhaps it's a typo?
I like knowing my writes cause thinking. Because I spend a lot of time thinking what to say! Lol.
I don't ever want to be "boring". I appreciate you letting me know when I'm not!
Thank you for that. But I'm confused about what you mean by what I sold? Perhaps it's a typo?
I like knowing my writes cause thinking. Because I spend a lot of time thinking what to say! Lol.
I don't ever want to be "boring". I appreciate you letting me know when I'm not!
18th Apr 2024 1:11am
No no, I wasn't saying you sold anything. I was referring to people who give their hearts to greed...or forget they even have a heart. Sorry for the confusion! 🙈
18th Apr 2024 1:20am
Ohhhhhh. :-)
I write in metaphors a lot. Which also allows others to maybe have their own interpretation. Which in turn can open the writer up to a whole new angle.
I get pretty motivated by good writers. And there are several in here. Lucky us!
I write in metaphors a lot. Which also allows others to maybe have their own interpretation. Which in turn can open the writer up to a whole new angle.
I get pretty motivated by good writers. And there are several in here. Lucky us!
18th Apr 2024 2:11am
When you write like this it gives me a whole other reason to love you even more.
Giving courage through words can be really difficult but this reads so fluid like.
Like an offering of hope in a way.
Fight like hell
Write like heaven
Just beautiful.
What a gift you just gave sweetie:)
Giving courage through words can be really difficult but this reads so fluid like.
Like an offering of hope in a way.
Fight like hell
Write like heaven
Just beautiful.
What a gift you just gave sweetie:)
18th Apr 2024 2:42am
You know me well now, so you know I'm a hell of a fighter. Lol. And having hope is a form of tenacity, is it not?
Maybe I'm a little different than most, but being on DUP long enough, we "adopt" other writers into our circles. Eerie is a good soul, whether she reads this or not. We need her strong. Because she's a part of us here. If words are what we offer to encourage her (and one another), then that's what we do.
Thanks love, btw. For being you.
Maybe I'm a little different than most, but being on DUP long enough, we "adopt" other writers into our circles. Eerie is a good soul, whether she reads this or not. We need her strong. Because she's a part of us here. If words are what we offer to encourage her (and one another), then that's what we do.
Thanks love, btw. For being you.
20th Apr 2024 5:39pm
Love the perspective, love the craft.
"Because God may really be a god
Yet perhaps the clouds muffled my pleas"
"We are but vessels for the heart"
Terrific lines.
"Because God may really be a god
Yet perhaps the clouds muffled my pleas"
"We are but vessels for the heart"
Terrific lines.
29th Apr 2024 00:10am
How's you?!
I go back and forth with my beliefs. I don't dwell on it much. Because like many, I'm just trying to get through life best I can with what I've got. I do know that it's the little joys that sustain us, in between the crappy parts.
Thanks for the nod, Alviola. Good seeing you around these parts!
I go back and forth with my beliefs. I don't dwell on it much. Because like many, I'm just trying to get through life best I can with what I've got. I do know that it's the little joys that sustain us, in between the crappy parts.
Thanks for the nod, Alviola. Good seeing you around these parts!
23rd Apr 2024 5:27pm
This reads in a fairly profound way to me. I understand your reply to Willow about the use of metaphor, allowing it to be considered at the reader’s interpretation. It’s why I write the way I do.
I find strength in the outpouring of hope and love that so many people have sent to me. It’s been a wild ride this year, but never have I been so at peace about so many things. I am grateful for what I have learned.
Thank you for the beautiful words. They are much appreciated.
I find strength in the outpouring of hope and love that so many people have sent to me. It’s been a wild ride this year, but never have I been so at peace about so many things. I am grateful for what I have learned.
Thank you for the beautiful words. They are much appreciated.
29th Apr 2024 00:25am
No matter what transpires in your future, you are a writer. And you are our friend here, Eerie, because you write in a way that makes us feel compassion.
This is your personal battle to fight perhaps. But we share in the hopes with you. Some writers have a way of making it about humanity, when they write. It's their selves, seeping out and touching someone else. You're that type of writer. You're one of the good ones.
Your mind is the strongest thing you've got. Be determined. Get mad. Be defiant. Beat it, again.
You can and you will. Because you have things to write. And we want to read it. You're wanted here. So beat it for us too.
A year from now, when you're writing about it, how much it sucked, we will read about it, and cheer for you.
Kick it's ass.
This is your personal battle to fight perhaps. But we share in the hopes with you. Some writers have a way of making it about humanity, when they write. It's their selves, seeping out and touching someone else. You're that type of writer. You're one of the good ones.
Your mind is the strongest thing you've got. Be determined. Get mad. Be defiant. Beat it, again.
You can and you will. Because you have things to write. And we want to read it. You're wanted here. So beat it for us too.
A year from now, when you're writing about it, how much it sucked, we will read about it, and cheer for you.
Kick it's ass.
2nd May 2024 10:51pm
This is the first piece of God speak that I feel akin to my beliefs or lack thereof. I admit to not being a profound believer but hopefully not foolish enough to totally discount what can't be explained.
I go way back with Eerie. She is one of my favorite poets on DUP. She's been through so much with disappointments but very little "poor me". I am in awe of her strength and candor. Eerie will always tell you straight up what she's thinking.
This is definitely a thinking piece and I thank you for it Mark.
Well done !
RL AWARD
I go way back with Eerie. She is one of my favorite poets on DUP. She's been through so much with disappointments but very little "poor me". I am in awe of her strength and candor. Eerie will always tell you straight up what she's thinking.
This is definitely a thinking piece and I thank you for it Mark.
Well done !
RL AWARD
5th May 2024 3:03am
I agree completely with your first paragraph.
And the second one.
I myself honestly think that "god" is indifferent to strife. But, I do not discount that humans achieved some kind of awakening somewhere in our beginning. So, with that is hope. Because who ever knows what's to come.
Thank you so much, Gary. I admire fighters. Thus, I admire Eerie.
And the second one.
I myself honestly think that "god" is indifferent to strife. But, I do not discount that humans achieved some kind of awakening somewhere in our beginning. So, with that is hope. Because who ever knows what's to come.
Thank you so much, Gary. I admire fighters. Thus, I admire Eerie.
