A concrete mind in water
sinks past the goldfish
Swimming blankly against the limits
Of its vertical horizon
Wondering why it can't get into the
Rest of the room
A contest entry
- beyond a wave by Melissa Gayle.
2000 points, ended September 30, 2008, 15 entries
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What symbolism do you see...
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I like the image and metaphor but I have to tell you the font is hard to read on the background.
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i'm not quite sure what this means - do you mean, why the mind can't get into the room or the goldfish? lol maybe i should read this again in the morning when i'm not so foggy. for now, in an abstract way, i think this is one little interesting piece of work. love, lane
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It is about people who are limited in ability to percieve...
To dismiss from their world what they cannot understand the way a spider ignores touches to its web that aren't insects. It can be anything we have trouble recognizing the pattern of; I stumble in concepts of higher math. Sit there with a blank on my face swimming against the glass...
Vertical horizon indicates ability to connect to God; horizontal, to fellow man.
In my opinion, atheists, particularly the militant ones just don't have the ability to 'get' that some things are known in a transendent eartheral way.
I had a wonderful conversation with a client who had a heart transplant. Fascinated with 'organ memory' I asked if she experienced any. She couldn't stand coffee, which she had loved; hamburgers, too.
She confirmed that her 21 year old donor had those aversions, and that she sang everywhere she went. "That explains the songs in my head," she replied...
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