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In the Middle of Nowhere
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Friday, September 29, 2023    Rated "G" by the Author.
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-- In the Middle of Nowhere --

By John Herlihy

 

Feeling lost in nowhere

Feeling found somewhere

Escaping from nowhere

Entering freely somewhere

Departing from nowhere

Searching for somewhere

 

At first going anywhere

Yet still not somewhere

Anywhere like nowhere

In absence of somewhere

In the prison of nowhere

Release into somewhere

 

Finally found somewhere

Yet it feels like nowhere

This somewhere feels false

Nowhere be at least true

Somewhere a wind blew

At least nowhere I knew

 

In the heart of nowhere

The soul of somewhere

Nowhere seeks potential

Searching for somewhere

Somewhere even yearns

To go back to nowhere

 

The body is somewhere

The soul found nowhere

The earth is somewhere

The universe is nowhere

The human face anywhere

The Divine Face everywhere

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Copyright © John Herlihy

Sunday 27 August 2023


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 Reviews of "In the Middle of Nowhere"
Reviewed by Jms Bell
Reviewed on October 22, 2023
FOR US....WE MAY FEEL IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, OH BUT GOD...HE IS EVERYWHERE AND IS WITH US...KNOWING JUST WHERE WE ARE. THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on September 30, 2023
Some great thought-provoking philosophy, getting down to the nitty-gritty in the last stanza.

I pride myself never being or feeling like I'm nowhere. I have been places like that, considered nowhere, but always knew the direction I came and the direction I will leave. However, recently while looking at the map of Egypt, I realized that my perception of going down the Nile River to Memphis was wrong. We actually went upriver to Memphis. But I wasn't lost… I still do my way home to Cairo even though it was totally the wrong direction. ;-)

Ron

Reviewed by Odin odin@aflx.com
Reviewed on September 30, 2023
A timely regard for questions with paradoxical answers. Truth be told, most of us have, at least for a short time at worst, experienced similar views in our mental and heart-felt mirror.


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