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“Sometimes you just have to jump off the cliff without knowing where you will land.” Zainab Salbi
The icy blast catches my breath
shivering my flesh,
my body tensed on this precipice
looking into an unknown,
unfathomable something
of uncertainty,
I desire, strongly, to move,
to dive in,
but a shadow in my recess
portents a wait and hold,
a what if, and
so here I wait,
wanting,
not wanting.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
Filed under Free Verse, life, poem, quote
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Welcome to my personal blog site. I see myself as a free thinker, life explorer, and wisdom collector. Some of my favorite subjects are psychology, philosophy, relationships, society, reading, writing, technology, and lifestyle.
Climate Change
this love fairy fell in love with her ghost
A Love Affair With The Past
Writing, blogging, journaling
Tales from the Life of a Lost Soul
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“a shadow in my recess
portents a wait and hold,” – nice phrasing, and yes, it does!
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Yes, just when you think or feel you’re cruising … thank you VJ
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Welcome Paul.
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I can feel that sense of tension in your stomach as you’re waiting on the precipice, uncertain of what to do, torn between going and holding back. Nicely done!
Caz x
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Thank you Caz, you have perfectly summarised how I feel or felt in that life moment, appreciate that very much.
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That is life
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It certainly is, I haven’t found another way yet 🙂 thanks Cheryl.
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There was big red button in a computer room where I worked. I felt the same way. I wanted to press that button. I still have that feeling when I think back. 😝
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Ah, yes, that button, that feeling, 🙂
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🔴
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🤣
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What if there were no what ifs? Sigh…
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Ah, perfectly said Punam, yes indeed.
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I guess that is the reality of our lives! This one truly resonated, Paul.
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Thank you for sharing that Punam.
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You are welcome, Paul. 🙂
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“a what if, and so here I wait,” countless times…
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Yes, that aching time again, and again. Thank you so much Amy.
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Oh, how I can relate to this one, Paul. The story of my life!
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I’m in good company then 🙂 if only it weren’t always so. Thank you so much Jade.
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You are very welcome, Paul.
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Yes…no…Yes…no
And so life goes.
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If only it weren’t always so, sigh, thank you so much Sandy.
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Got to stay on our toes, I guess.
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For sure 🙂
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A very incisive poem with that photo! 🙂 I hope that that is a parachute that he is wearing!
I’m glad that Illinois is boringly flat and pancake-like, though i do like going into unknown depths! 🙂
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Lol, yes, hopefully a parachute 🙂 Thanks Tom.
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What a verse and the image, WOW. just brilliant. Someone got a blanket burrrrr!
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Hypothermic feelings a risk 🙂 Very kind, thank you so much.
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👍🏻😁
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I know the feeling.
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It is devilish really, no easy way through.
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Love it Paul!, and thank you for Invisibly Me for the great thoughts too. Michael
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Thank you very much Michael, appreciate the thought.
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“a shadow in my recess . . . ” If not for that shadow, I wonder where I would end up. Beautiful poem, Paul.
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Yes, the beauty of the shadow is its sign to us. Thank you so much for that.
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😀
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Great orchestration Paul! ❤
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Many thanks 🙂
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I know this place…
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Ah, yes, the shared human condition, amazing isn’t it how things can resonate. Thank yo Charlotte.
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Yes, and this is why it’s so good to share. Especially in your beautiful poem forms, too! Thank you too, Paul!
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Thanks ever so much Charlotte
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Ah my everyday struggle 🙂
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It is so much there4 in our lives, Thank you so much Rupali. 🙂
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Wow this one is quite profound
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A continuity of the poem ‘Lived’ thank you so much.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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