Tagged: perspectives

even when facing

even when facing
the same direction, we will
notice different things,

rest our gaze on one perch longer
than another, be uneven
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: uneven

let us compare blues,

let us compare blues,
examine the shades you deem
royal, and i call

ocean, you, sapphire, and i,
sky, how else would we survive?
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: survive

if we really want

if we really want
it enough, work harder, be
perfect, overcome

affliction, change perspectives,
it can all be attainable
.
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mom brings beauty

mom brings beauty
closer
simply
by shining her light
upon the familiar
.
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when you tamper with

when you tamper with
trust, the lens becomes stuck, you
can’t zoom in nor out
.
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i do not know when

i do not know when
these rose-colored
glasses fell
away from my
face – maybe it was
during some kind of
skirmish, maybe i
slipped them off
between gazing
over there
and looking right
here,
so that i could
see more clearly
.
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it’s the belief that

it’s the belief that
makes a thing magical – try it
once with eyes half-closed
.
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from one ecosystem

from one ecosystem
to another, i peer in
as you peer out, or is it
the other way around –
we are all considered
lost from at least
seventy-two
hundred perspectives –
from one way of
life to another
.
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let’s break it to each

let’s break it to each
other slowly, iron out
each letter before
casting them into
words, meaning –
we might, just
might, catch ourselves
from spilling
.
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the truth is always more

the truth is always more
nuanced, similar to how
light changes, shifts
in the course of
minutes, until what
you thought you saw
is no longer what
you are seeing, an
undulating unveiling
.
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