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“Love is not consolation. It is Light”. Friedrich Nietzsche
The Possibility Of Now
The room weighed heavy upon me,
ingots of emotion crowding in,
leaden lumps of raw feeling
of approaching the precipice
and seeing nothing beyond,
but riveted to myself alone
I stood still in the moment,
I had thought this space
had possessed every virtue,
it was contained in my thoughts,
my words were testimony
and heaven bound
longing for places that were
in my words so dreamed,
but nothing was so,
only resistance in the stillness
until, until the very chance
my eyes were lighted,
a sliver of glow,
hope’s beacon
in the possibility of now.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
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Nicely contrasted dark and light, Paul.
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Thank you for picking up on that VJ, was sitting in my gut for a while as contrast.
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Well it was well worth the churning.
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Thank you, that is encouraging to hear.
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My pleasure, Paul
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
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Many thanks Jonathan
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ORT-ORT-!
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🙂
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Love the poem
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Very kind, thank you for sharing that.
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I love the last two lines!
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Thank you so much Liz.
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I love the feeling of these words generate … the suspended moment, the one filled with possibility and hope. The words “riveted to myself alone” … no, every line … speaks to me.
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Thank for such a wonderful response Dawn.
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This is wonderful!
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Thank you so much for sharing that.
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My pleasure!
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Really beautiful words.
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Many thanks for sharing that.
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Nice post ❤️
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Thank you 🙂
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Thank you Charles 😀
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Always a pleasure sharing your work with followers, Paul!!
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Very profound words
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Many thanks Lyn.
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