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Roots

April 24, 2013
By Pareidolia GOLD, Kasilof, Alaska
Pareidolia GOLD, Kasilof, Alaska
13 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I'll make my way, until the universe can fit inside my heart"


Taking a cue from the Earth and her perfectly natural, yearly cycle
I've decided to make like a tree and turn over some new leaves.
Now that I'm a blossoming
I've got to say, my spindly, vascular limbs feel dangerously bare
I'm just an achey-breakey sapling
As my eyelets squint to see beyond my nourishing mother, my beloved horizon
As she sheds her linings.
As she zooms by me, and I stay rooted.
As I blink squint worry
As I perk myself up, and remember to breathe. And move my feet, because I'm a human
Not a tree.
Don't worry, the horizon is a benevolent God.


The author's comments:
The Old Testaments were thrown out. This is the beginning of the New Testaments. I hope they're interpreted better than the Old ones, for those were lost even unto me.

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Mckay ELITE said...
on May. 17 2013 at 4:15 pm
Mckay ELITE, Somewhere, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.&quot;<br /> &mdash;Apple&rsquo;s &ldquo;Think Different&rdquo; commercial, 1997<br /> &ldquo;Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn&#039;t understood.&rdquo; <br /> ― Weihui Zhou

Hey, Caf. I'm Mcaky. Your freind told me you joined Teenink. I'm so happy to see your work and read it. I find a lot of the elements MyApocalyptic uses in her poetry in your as well. Not to say that it's pretty much the same. I enjoy the imagery you incorporate and the metaphors as well as the personification. And I agree that last line is powerful. One that is memorable and full of hope.

migwam ELITE said...
on Apr. 26 2013 at 12:38 pm
migwam ELITE, Tumwater, Washington
240 articles 20 photos 151 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.&quot; --Marcus Aurelius

Bessfran. I DIG IT. I'm happy to see you expressin' yourself. Your natural, thoughtful style is totes rad. Favourite line- "Don't worry, the horizon is a/benevolent God." I'm gonna write that somewhere and keep it with me on my Journeys. :O