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As a blur-by-view
justam
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To be understood as a person
not as a character in a flat story
or as a sand-sized split second impression
flat-surface, black and white
people do it, simplify, best-guess story
everything we see, everything we hear
we sift through it all
try to make sense
so natural, big eyes, big ears
everyone does it!
to make sense of
tell a tale of
the light between the trees as we drive quickly up a road
flicker-bright, blur-tree-shadow
flicker-bright again, yellow
flicker-blurred green, brown columns
it’s rare to be understood
and it’s good to make the effort to try to understand others
one day though felt what it feels like to be sliver-thin-viewed
seeing that half-truth, quarter-truth, tenth-truth story
suppos’d to be my story prob’ly
but, no
it sure don't feel good to be misunderstood
not as a character in a flat story
or as a sand-sized split second impression
flat-surface, black and white
people do it, simplify, best-guess story
everything we see, everything we hear
we sift through it all
try to make sense
so natural, big eyes, big ears
everyone does it!
to make sense of
tell a tale of
the light between the trees as we drive quickly up a road
flicker-bright, blur-tree-shadow
flicker-bright again, yellow
flicker-blurred green, brown columns
it’s rare to be understood
and it’s good to make the effort to try to understand others
one day though felt what it feels like to be sliver-thin-viewed
seeing that half-truth, quarter-truth, tenth-truth story
suppos’d to be my story prob’ly
but, no
it sure don't feel good to be misunderstood
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And I won't make the same mistakes
(Because I know)
Because I know how much time that wastes
(And function)
Function is the key
It doesn't feel good to be sliver-thin-viewed!
And I won't make the same mistakes
(Because I know)
Because I know how much time that wastes
(And function)
Function is the key
You're right. People are themselves and not only what others see or what they reveal about themselves with words. Or, do you mean that the ink is what people have done in the tale?
Excellent thought!
"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed".- Carl Jung.
"Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see."- Paul Klee
Godfather.
You are always so thought provoking justam, thanks for sharing your perspective.
In joyous part.
I feel it just takes a really long time to truly know people and begin, merely begin (!), to understand parts of them. It's so easy to miss the essentials in others and it's so easy to be misunderstood.
I miss her so much. I'm out of town for work and won't see her or the boys for another ten days. If not for the 10C I would feel so f$@!ing lonely.
Please don't lose your mojo for writing, not now. I need your poems and those of the others now more than ever.
Come to think of it, I think "As a blur-by-view and Zona deserve a song dedication
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In joyous part
You have noticed what I notice. You have been married ten years and see that it takes that long to get to know someone.
I have been married 30 years and I feel I'm just now getting into the best parts of my husband. It's amazing how deep people are! Thirty years. Nearly unbelievable (!), but I'm grateful that he's never been boring!!!!!!
As long as it brings a smile to your face, I'm glad!