We grow too great to discern the details,
rising until our brains
break through the ceiling
into a dusty room where those before us
have soared and suffocated in shallow pursuit.
Blinded by the murk, we stain our minds with
what might have been, what could be,
ambition clouding the need to return to our roots
where earth suffers for our science and greed.
Lie by my side
where grass tickles skin,
where ears listen to insects that sing,
where life holds no record of seconds and minutes,
where breathes the core of our being.
Lie silent with me where dirt is clean
and we are real.
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Written for The Daily Post Daily Prompt: Core
©Jane Paterson Basil
I absolutely love this Jane!
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Thank you!. I’m feeling reflective today…
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This was lovely
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Thank you 🙂
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Again, those last few lines – loooove xxxx
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Thank you, kind lady Raili xxx
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“…into a dusty room where those before us have soared and suffocated in shallow pursuit…”
Wow! That’s a great line! Love it!
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I. love. words.
But it’s just struck me that I could edit that. It could be:
into a dusty room where many who went before
soared and suffocated in shallow pursuit…
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You could, but your point is what happened to WHOEVER went there.
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You’re right, and I’m glad I ran it past you. I’ll leave well alone.
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What a wonderful finale to a wonderfully insightful poem.
“Lie silent with me where dirt is clean
and we are real.”
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Thank you Ivor. It’s a relief to find my words again.
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Hopefully things are going well for you ☺️
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They are. My life is finally straightening out. And you?
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I’ve been struggling lately, but i’m get help, and I think i’m heading back to normal, whatever that be.
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Normal is a strange land where nothing ever happens 🙂
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Yep, that’s what I thought xx
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Amen, sister. 😇😎🥀
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Country roads… take me home… to the place where I was born 🙂
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