Is it ambiguity that frustrates you;
instead it was my gift to you
But why question a bird in its cage
or a caterpillar in its cocoon?
That is not the life that matters,
only the life to become; creation
is not destiny and destiny is not
the past for as the bird is released
so too are words into your mind
to fly where they may
Do not hold them fast; let them
take you where the vastness of
your imagination and dreams
may go because you will not see
the cage; it will remain empty
without memory or purpose
The sky is who you are; there is
nothing left of the past or what
someone may have felt or thought
at the time; the words have become
your own, changing, mutable, free
Feb 27, 2015
Feb 27, 2015 at 11:00 AM UTC
Is it ambiguity that frustrates you;
instead it was my gift to you
But why question a bird in its cage
or a caterpillar in its cocoon?
That is not the life that matters,
only the life to become; creation
is not destiny and destiny is not
the past for as the bird is released
so too are words into your mind
to fly where they may
Do not hold them fast; let them
take you where the vastness of
your imagination and dreams
may go because you will not see
the cage; it will remain empty
without memory or purpose
The sky is who you are; there is
nothing left of the past or what
someone may have felt or thought
at the time; the words have become
your own, changing, mutable, free
I thought of this during a discussion with the GREAT Ryn!
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