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Affairs of the Afars
Sequestered in a cloister.
A blood letting ritual.
The monastery...
The promontory...
Every star is a voice
to be studied
in strangeness...
To ask the universe
Have I paid for this?
Because there are only solitary souls
in the depths
That seem to see each other from afar.
Published 16th May 2021
Author's Note
It was said his final words were: "I am perplexed". I am, of course, not perplexed. Exactly... The universe is a strange place... As you know... Who do you tell? All of you of course. :)
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Anonymous
16th May 2021 7:11am
I am perplexed by it all...
16th May 2021 11:17pm
Anonymous
- Edited 18th Nov 2021 8:45pm
16th May 2021 7:19am
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16th May 2021 11:17pm
16th May 2021 3:12pm
Stevenson once said, "Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm." I indeed, am not perplexed.
Very thought-provoking offering.
Very thought-provoking offering.
16th May 2021 11:20pm
Anonymous
- Edited 17th May 2021 2:44pm
17th May 2021 12:59pm
Ahavati! Is there nothing at all in this world which perplexes you?
Anonymous
- Edited 17th May 2021 1:15pm
17th May 2021 1:12pm
I like to imagine that I am not perplexed, and then I can take one look in the mirror (hello Monday morning), and my castle of certainty can come tumbling down like a pile of bricks.
Ahavati has an important point. My uncertainties are a lot more situational and flimsey than my certainties.
Ahavati has an important point. My uncertainties are a lot more situational and flimsey than my certainties.
17th May 2021 2:24pm
In addition... I think poets & writers undergo a constant premeditation of evils that permits them to be something like beyond both, certainty and uncertainty... Like... In the zone... Like the clock in the storm.... Except with a higher level of consciousness... A consciousness that both transcends as it is simultaneously aware. I would almost call this super certainty, because it knows and understands the intricate interworking of the polarities and reaches a place that is both the zenith and nadir of all things, while being also detached and engaged... You could really explore this... (which I just might do...). The mind is both quiet and loud... That is where I shall begin... Perhaps. Damn... That is very Zen.
Anonymous
17th May 2021 2:44pm
Wow. Amazing perspective summed up in that comment. I.am.humbled, and shall have to return to this comment later in the day. Thank for this stream of thoughts.
