May 16, 2022 · 2:48 pm
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Am – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: Ocean Beach, near Denmark, Western Australia.

“On this path let your heart be the guide.” Rumi

Am

I am at the edge,
beyond the vanishing horizon,
where wave and shore become one 
and where sand lines are being 
effortlessly redrawn by those who
are nowhere to be seen, though 
deep down I suspect they are real,
forcing me to look closer at my
ambivalence towards the world
and know that I must draw my 
own lines, whose strands will
never unravel in the face of the
strange tides ahead.


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19 responses to “Am – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon”

  1. rugby843
    May 16, 2022 at 3:02 pm

    I might like some to disappear 😉

    Sent from my iPhone

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  2. Liz Gauffreau
    May 16, 2022 at 6:56 pm

    Excellent use of metaphor! I love the affirmation of going one’s own way.

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  3. Ana Daksina
    May 16, 2022 at 9:52 pm

    Yes, you are, and I can’t think of better company to have out here 🙏👌😊

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  5. t
    May 17, 2022 at 6:16 am

    Much like Rumi’s ethereal work, it’s filled with self awakening, beautiful.

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  6. Mws R
    May 17, 2022 at 3:43 pm

    I had to make my own path a while ago. Thanks for writing

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  7. lync56
    May 22, 2022 at 10:21 am

    I love the depth of this poem

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