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DESERT
An absoluteness shorn by wind.
Yellow sea, isles of yellow rocks;
Free of contradictions.
No walls, portals nor windows,
Just nothing and the
Contemplation of nothing.
Don't ask me for forgiveness
To absolve your mysteries.
For no sorry nor sorrow worries,
Nor caprice nor princely wishes,
Nor bitter hopes nor sweet hatreds
Survive this desert brow.
And don't look for meanings
In the scorched dust of the air
Or parched dust of your feet,
For water or for wood, empty
Of thought yet full of wonder
For the emphatic of No is here.
Yellow sea, isles of yellow rocks;
Free of contradictions.
No walls, portals nor windows,
Just nothing and the
Contemplation of nothing.
Don't ask me for forgiveness
To absolve your mysteries.
For no sorry nor sorrow worries,
Nor caprice nor princely wishes,
Nor bitter hopes nor sweet hatreds
Survive this desert brow.
And don't look for meanings
In the scorched dust of the air
Or parched dust of your feet,
For water or for wood, empty
Of thought yet full of wonder
For the emphatic of No is here.
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Re: DESERT
18th May 2014 9:17am
Could be portrayal of a desert like Death Valley, though could also have been a scene known to the Desert Fathers in N Africa and Middle East.
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18th May 2014 10:33am
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Anonymous
18th May 2014 10:02am
Sometimes drought is but dust....
Enjoyed this (bitter) write
Enjoyed this (bitter) write
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18th May 2014 10:34am
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Anonymous
18th May 2014 1:00pm
Whale.....sometimes I think life is a desert at times. Seeking means of survival but nothing is found. Luving all that is around you but you're always nothing back. Enjoyed this thought provoking write. :)
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18th May 2014 8:27pm
Thanks Flowergirl for your kind comment - sometimes when we have given all and have nothing left that we find that the love we wanted was within
Re: DESERT
18th May 2014 6:29pm
I thought it was when everything
has deserted one
still has
nothing
left...
has deserted one
still has
nothing
left...
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Perhaps, in the n o t h i n g n e s s ...of nothing--
("...Just nothing and the/Contemplation of nothing....")
in the depths of that desolate state of mind--incapable of feeling anything--one's existence becomes meaningless....
i am definitely drawn within the 'layered' meaning of this piece...the lines lingering in my mind...with the last-- re-echoing the loudest...the longest.
Insight within Your Ink, My friend!
("...Just nothing and the/Contemplation of nothing....")
in the depths of that desolate state of mind--incapable of feeling anything--one's existence becomes meaningless....
i am definitely drawn within the 'layered' meaning of this piece...the lines lingering in my mind...with the last-- re-echoing the loudest...the longest.
Insight within Your Ink, My friend!
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18th May 2014 8:45pm
:) thank you Enchantress for your careful reading.
In the changelessness of the desert - past, present and future - mean nothing. What is left?
In the changelessness of the desert - past, present and future - mean nothing. What is left?
Re: DESERT
18th May 2014 9:03pm
Philosphical enlightenment in the desert, away from the distractions of the urban sprawl.
Nothing but space leaves plenty of room for thinking.
Thanks for the calming read.
Nothing but space leaves plenty of room for thinking.
Thanks for the calming read.
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18th May 2014 9:18pm
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19th May 2014 4:16am
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19th May 2014 10:12am
Yes John - just this vastness and our struggle to comprehend that vastness and then an absence of this struggle - voluntarily or involuntarily:)
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19th May 2014 5:46am
I love the "Yellow sea, isles of yellow rocks;" and then there was beautiful surrealism from there - great poem.
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19th May 2014 10:14am
Thanks PS - I've been enjoying your work recently - so I am v.grateful for this compliment.
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Deserted souls waiting to be refilled with undeserved absolution. A bitter sweet piece and yet so lovely.
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30th May 2014 3:30pm
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Anonymous
28th May 2014 2:31pm
I could feel the absolute resolve in this..hit me intellectually and sentimentally.
Clever and structured well.
nice work :)
Clever and structured well.
nice work :)
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30th May 2014 3:33pm
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2nd Jul 2014 8:02pm
No mercy in a merciless place. Empty and vaste, with it's own beauty and danger. Enjoyed it very much. Good write.
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2nd Jul 2014 8:53pm
Thanks Xmar your read is very much appreciated - it's in these merciless places faced with extinction that there's nothing left but us
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Ahh, you too have heard the call of the desert, you have seen the beauty in her vastness... I've felt the urge to explore her wonder and I've seen it on the faces on other travellers who could not hide the same bewilderment. It is that feeling of getting lost and consumed by her beauty.
Whale, I love this poem. It's brilliant. Now excuse me, so I can get absorbed by your words again.
Whale, I love this poem. It's brilliant. Now excuse me, so I can get absorbed by your words again.
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16th Jul 2014 6:11am
Only thing this Desert needed was the AC on!!!! Thanks for your read and cool comment:)
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AND then there is a second, Ahh. There is much more to this desert second read. Very, very clever, sir whale. I should expect nothing less.
I love the poem even more. Brilliant!
I love the poem even more. Brilliant!
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16th Jul 2014 6:17am