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Solipsistic Prison

by Odin odin@aflx.com — Read all 3,869 poems by Odin odin@aflx.com

- If holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing, is it not time to take score before it’s too late. (Image by Ufunk)

Thursday, April 5, 2018


Poem Artwork
Solipsistic Prison

From nowhere,
water appears,
shades of light,
Nature,
me,
you,
the I of it all,
beyond the you and me.,

Where comes
this energy profound,
over and above the physical,
the mind,
soul,
heart,
such an indefatigable what?

Might we be the essence we shun,
the infinitesimal specks,
habituating this planet,
creation’s infinitesimal grandeur?

Might life-existence be not just the I,
blind beyond the self,
its hubristic protection,
fighting for,
defending from,
remaining oblivious to
inevitable self-destruction?

Where comes appreciation for
the simplest of needs
the ignoring of wants,
the unpredictable epiphanies?

Yes…

There is wisdom in accepting who we are,
rather than who we think we are?


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Reviewed by Michael Schafer
Reviewed on April 6, 2018
Unfortunately for most people, we go through life searching for, but never really knowing who we are. We may think we know, but we are always changing.

Reviewed on April 6, 2018
Great write! Great message offered!

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on April 6, 2018
The title and your words speak volumes about humanity and how we view ourselves as we pass through this brief time we have. It's a little bit like Jesus was credited with saying on the cross… "Forgive them, for they know not what they do."

If all of us were in tune with this planet the way that you and your poem seemed to be. I think we would all live much better.

Ron

Reviewed by John Herlihy
Reviewed on April 5, 2018
The poem raises some interesting questions and I especially like the last two lines, drawing a fine line distinction that we need to take notice of.


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