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CharlesC Apr 2020
The virus
Is a display
Of interconnectedness
Seeming to be everywhere
In quantum quickness..
The glaring question is
What now of free will..?

We are now in lockdown
Against the preferences
Of most of us..
Responsibilities are now
Not local..and our confinement
Does not appear to be ending..
Our only choice veers Inward

To recognize..at last
An infinite measure of
Free Will..
  Apr 2020 CharlesC
Jiya
i want to tell you.
i really do.
i'd love to spill my secrets, my issues to you.
yet i can't comprehend it.
i can't communicate it to you.
and the fact you could leave me.
it makes my heart a tearful blue.
you already look at me as if i'm broken.
what do i have to lose?
i want to tell you.
i really do.
yet i can't cope with the fact.
the fact your presence may fade.
vanish without a trace.
except you'd still have that key.
the key that can unlock the darkness in my brain.
this poem is in honour of my teacher who wants me to know that i can talk to him. but it's nearing the end of the year and he may not be my teacher next year. i fear that if i tell him too much i won't be able to cope that next year he might be wandering around with the burden of my thoughts i selfishly put on him without being able to do much to help me. and that i won't be able to connect with another teacher like i have with him. so, in general, this poem isn't really about telling him about my issues. it's about the fact that i might lose his presence in my life and that he's one of the last things that's keeping me sane. this poem is about loss. XD sorry for the mini rant i just needed to get this out there y'know.
CharlesC Apr 2020
Pretends
To be evidence of
Permanence..after all
If we return to the scene
On the day following
We might see and agree
With the snapshot's claim..
It seems there is continuity
In the world out there..

We allow the appearance
Of fixity of the Snapshot
To detract from the Truth
That the Permanent resides
Without appearance and
Eternally within...
CharlesC Apr 2020
Distinct and lengthening
Shadows of evening
Allow a discernment of
What by habit we notice
As separate:  we and shadows
And an external fading light..
Herein lies an evening insight:
We seem to live as shadow
Not recognizing that we are
Not formed without Light
And we..as shadow..are
Only shading of Light...
CharlesC Apr 2020
Does not depend
On the absence of clamor..
But first appreciation
Seems borne by silence..
Carrying a recognition
Available to each of us
That Solitude introduced
May be a portal to
Our Self...
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