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Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Imperfect

Imperfect
Hypothetical
theoretical
the end seeming static
a mental projection
a wished-for Wonderland
during, meanwhile, in-between,
the transitory states
are all that is
a durable dynamism
diversity, plurality, multiplicity
also all there is
eternal ephemeral
infinite insight
Other than your judgment 
what is imperfect?
...
David L White
Copyright June 30, 2015

Monday, June 29, 2015

Moment - #3 Revised

 Moment

Moment by moment / the background chatter  / softened to white noise
the tick-tock stopped / the room fell away


Still
We held one another  / as if there were  / nothing else to do

Moment by moment / time melted away and / eternity blossomed

A thousand people came through  / hundreds were in the room,
dozens and dozens of times  / the single story retold

the cleanup begins while  / the somber celebration  / comes to a close

finally we took our  / time together / relaxing ... breathing ... healing

For all the hugging that day 

this 
was 
not 
that

no condolence given / no story told / no squeeze of elbow
no patting there there / no sighing / no crying / no tears

The next several days / that blossom held sway / the fragrance
arresting . attesting

days later while / the blossom still bloomed / I called her to find
I was not alone in that room

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For MP
DLW © 2015

#3 Revised June 29 2015

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Moment

Moment by moment
The background chatter 
softened to white noise
The room fell away
The tick-tock stopped

Still. 
We held one another 
as if there were 
nothing else to do

Moment passed moment
time melted away while
eternity blossomed

For the next several days
that fragrance held sway

There was much hugging 
that day and this was not that

no condolence given
no story told
no squeeze of elbow
no patting there there
no sighing
no crying
no tears

A thousand people came through 
Hundreds were in the room.
Dozens and dozens of times 
the single story retold.

The celebration was coming to a close
the cleanup had begun and
finally we took our time together

days later the blossom 
still bloomed
and I called her to find
I was not alone in that room

————

For MP
DLW © 2015
June 22 2015