Whether sat quietly at the end of a tunnel
or out and about chasing the darkness
or even casting its glow on new ideas-light is forever busy illuminating, exposing
and even beckoning to us
-travelling at great speedsto show those things that ought to be seen
©Vivian Zems
Real Toads– Physics with Björn
Poets United #422
Smell The Coffee 
September 30, 2018 at 1:45 am
Things that ought to be seen BUT only so far:) There’s still the unknown ahead; things we’re not meant to know just yet. I LOVE how light shows up in some of the darkest places, through the broken structure we call life.
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October 4, 2018 at 11:34 am
Thank you for reading and your comments 👍🏽
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September 30, 2018 at 1:50 am
To show us those things that ought to be seen….light is such an odd element. You wrote of it beautifully. Light is clever and wise. I wrote of darkness. I like the last line of this poem so very much. Let the light shine
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October 4, 2018 at 11:33 am
Thank you 🙏🏾 and Amen to your words😊
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September 30, 2018 at 6:09 am
There is so much hope in a ray of light in the darkness isn’t there? Your use of the ‘beckoning’ is the key as it is a safe beacon telling you where you are. How that can relate to a friends eyes too!
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October 4, 2018 at 11:32 am
Great insight! Thank you 😊
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September 30, 2018 at 10:50 am
I love the way your poem starts with a pun, Viv, and the busy movement of light! And the revealing last line!
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October 4, 2018 at 11:31 am
Thanks Kim!
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September 30, 2018 at 1:16 pm
The light does keep us going. I cant imagine living where it is dark half the year.
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October 4, 2018 at 11:31 am
I’m with you there😀
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September 30, 2018 at 1:32 pm
I like this action filled space that your verse creates for the light to illuminate and expose in its beckoning glow. Well-penned.
-HA
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October 4, 2018 at 11:31 am
Thanks Anmol!
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September 30, 2018 at 2:11 pm
Light is the essence of life!
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October 4, 2018 at 11:30 am
Absolutely!
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September 30, 2018 at 2:19 pm
Blessings on the light, showing us what ought to be seen! (You say so much in so few words!)
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October 4, 2018 at 11:30 am
Thank you 🙏🏾
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September 30, 2018 at 2:30 pm
Yes, light eventually finds a way to expose. It shows things that need to be seen. I like the way your poem made this point.
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October 4, 2018 at 11:30 am
Thanks Mary!
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September 30, 2018 at 3:49 pm
Light has a way to mean so much… even the hope of anything coming in afterlife
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October 4, 2018 at 11:29 am
Indeed it does!
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September 30, 2018 at 4:02 pm
Love this message…and the delivery.
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October 4, 2018 at 11:29 am
Thank you 😊
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September 30, 2018 at 5:40 pm
Light and her (yes, I’m sure she’s a girl) showy ways is certainly always nudging us toward discovery… I love that.
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October 4, 2018 at 11:29 am
Thanks Magaly😊
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September 30, 2018 at 7:22 pm
And that is the hard part–distinguishing what ought to be seen from what is best passed by.
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October 1, 2018 at 7:34 am
Indeed!
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September 30, 2018 at 7:23 pm
ps–I wonder what Zeus would say if he could type out a poem?
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October 1, 2018 at 7:34 am
🤣 probably about ham and chicken!
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September 30, 2018 at 7:35 pm
When what we need to know comes to light, it is a mystery, too–just not a “who-done-it.” Light is my metaphor for God, and all the actions you conjoin here–illuminating, exposing, beckoning, travelling–are perfect descriptions of what Holiness does. Wonderful!
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October 1, 2018 at 7:33 am
Thank you 🙏🏾- that’s who I had in mind❤️
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September 30, 2018 at 8:09 pm
The notion of our ideas zooming at the speed of light makes me smile.
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October 1, 2018 at 7:32 am
😊 thank you
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September 30, 2018 at 9:48 pm
Wonderfully rendered. Lovely words cascading to an impactful – and thought provoking – close.
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October 1, 2018 at 7:32 am
Thanks Wendy!
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September 30, 2018 at 9:49 pm
A wise piece.
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October 1, 2018 at 7:31 am
Thank you 😊
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October 1, 2018 at 5:52 am
Truly well written 🙂 I shudder at the thought of the light exposing every thing ive done though lol nothing drastic, but its mostly embarassing
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October 1, 2018 at 7:31 am
Thank you 😊. Lol! Me too!
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October 1, 2018 at 9:57 am
And somehow it’s heartening and uplifting to read what you have said about it.
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October 1, 2018 at 5:53 pm
Yes yes let there be light! ❤❤❤
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October 2, 2018 at 2:03 am
Lol! Thanks, Sanaa!
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October 4, 2018 at 11:46 am
You’re such a great Writer. I
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October 4, 2018 at 4:14 pm
I’ll say Amen to that…. as are you😀
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October 4, 2018 at 6:04 pm
Amen too😀
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October 18, 2018 at 1:16 pm
Yes, light is the power
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October 18, 2018 at 2:41 pm
😊
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