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“We sense that ‘normal’ isn’t coming back, that we are being born into a new normal; a new kind of society, a new relationship to the earth, a new experience of being human.” Charles Eisenstein
The New
I woke to the strangeness of a patient silence
that filled an obsolete vision of worlds,
I climbed off that clanking thrusting beast
as it lay wasted in my stead
and entered the vast field of joy,
where I saw the end of privilege,
that once would have devoured all the
tomorrows, wasting them on the altar of want,
but now I am challenged,
times are many and the distance is near,
this is the new normal
and the choice is mine,
to accept responsibility
for futures now seen.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
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Reblogging this to my readers at sister site Poetic Justice
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Thank you so much for sharing it Ana.
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It’s truly my pleasure, brother
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🙂
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😌
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Many thanks 🙂
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👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Many thanks 🙂
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nice piece – eco !
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Thank you so much.
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The responsibility has always been there – maybe we will be more aware of it now.
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Yes, I think many people have been aware but a large number not, I hope there’s change coming. Thank you VJ.
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Me too! Welcome Paul
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Lets hope, Paul!Now we are seeing what will happen without. Michael
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There’s a chance.
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Indeed.
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Thank you Tracy, hoping.
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Perhaps the new normal can be the new extraordinary? I like the sound of that vast field of joy.
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Something to anticipate, I believe its right here but we have to see it with the heart. 🙂 I like your thought – the new extraordinary.
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Thanks. I’ll have to keep the new extraordinary thought firmly planted in my mind.
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Yes, I’m with you on that.
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Wow great poem – so so true I just hope that we are experiencing a transitional period of history where we change our focus onto the earth nature and humanity and care for that first – get out priorities right
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Yes, hoping hard.
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Love this poem. Well expressed, Paul.
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Many thanks Amy.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Thank you for doing that Charles.
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Always a pleasure to share your work, Paul!! – Chuck
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Wonderful
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Yes, choice. Always. 🙏
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Many thanks Charlotte 🙂
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Interesting
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Thank you 🙂
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Wonderful poem Paul.
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Thank you Rupali 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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