I search for truth….
under a mountain of words
so densely packed as to shut daylight out
so precariously perched…. and
as unsteady as the weaving drunk
-as though resting
on a foundation more of sand
than of rock
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March 15, 2020 at 1:01 pm
The image of lies as ‘unsteady as the weaving drunk -as though resting’ is particularly potent, Viv! 💝
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March 15, 2020 at 1:51 pm
Hard to separate the facts from the fiction these days.
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March 15, 2020 at 3:10 pm
A foundation of sand, indeed. Why do we put up with it?
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March 15, 2020 at 3:36 pm
Sands shift
twisting the truth
versions multiply,
drift, disintegrate, discolor
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March 15, 2020 at 3:37 pm
Sands shift twisting the truth
and then versions multiply
drift, disintegrate, discolor….
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March 15, 2020 at 4:33 pm
That sense of instability and being overwhelmed reverberates in this.
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March 15, 2020 at 4:56 pm
May we carry our own light, so that the darkness of that mountain doesn’t bury us. It seems that there is so much of it these days, that we can barely see or hear. But it’s always good to remember, that they don’t have a steady foundation to stand on.
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March 15, 2020 at 5:23 pm
Sifting through on shifting sand I think–scary times–stay calm and we will get through it
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March 15, 2020 at 7:54 pm
Truth is relative and needs to be flexible if it is to survive. Like a skyscraper in Japan, its foundation needs to have some give to it. At the same time the truth is the truth for the truthseeker. How’s that for a paradox?
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March 15, 2020 at 10:29 pm
You’ve been listening to our president again! Taking quiet time to listen to our inner voice is apt to help us find the truth. Great write.
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March 16, 2020 at 6:27 am
Truth and trust must go hand in hand otherwise I would listen with doubtful ears. It is far better to be suspicious than to trust blindly Vivian, as i am sure you know..
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March 16, 2020 at 7:20 pm
Oh, I so agree. Trying to find truth these days is tough.
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March 16, 2020 at 10:40 pm
I like the comparison to the weaving drunk. We were on the same theme, I wasn’t thinking of the tipsy though.
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March 17, 2020 at 12:39 pm
Perhaps you’re searching in the wrong place?
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March 22, 2020 at 3:19 am
Lol!
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March 18, 2020 at 5:50 am
cute. for reading with a cup of coffee in hand!
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March 19, 2020 at 11:58 pm
Thaank you 🙂
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March 26, 2020 at 2:08 am
words imagined as a weaving drunk… that’s great.
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March 28, 2020 at 6:45 pm
thanks Margaret!
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