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Paul Jones Jun 2017
Joy is the sun's glare,     hitting the hot air
as I reach the end     of a dark tunnel.
16:45 - 03/06/17
State of mind: happiness; nostalgia.

Thoughts: from memories - of summer cycling, cruising through the half-mile stretch of tunnel along the local cycle path.

Questions: None.
Paul Jones Jun 2017
My faith in you comes     from believing that
what you know is true      and I feel is good.
13:00 - 03/06/17
State of mind: hopeful; anxious.

Thoughts: from thinking - about belief, what is true and what is good.

Questions: If I am true to myself what truth do I represent?
Is a persons self-expression a declaration of their truth?
Paul Jones Jun 2017
I sit on the fence       that keeps two sides from
tearing each other      down. I built that fence.
10:00 - 02/06/17
State of mind: doubtful; contemplative.

Thoughts: from thinking - about how I am sometimes accused of sitting on the fence and not having much of an opinion on current affairs.

Every conflict needs a mediator, a diplomat to quell or cool the heat of an argument.

Questions: what is the value in seeing all perspectives of an argument only to side with none? Is that really indifference or is there something deeper to do with acknowledging that there is no truth, only interpretation?

09:50 - 04/06/17
Afterthoughts: change is important because it encourages diversity. Conflict stimulates change.

I think what I am developing with this thought is more to do with the conflict in shaping what people believe is the best environment to exist in. In reality, there are many. There should be many and we should be free to move between them.

The internet is an environment. Some people ascribe to it, others don't. But both it and alternatives are important. Many facets has the diamond.

I believe the fence is symbolic for realising that there is not one perfect way, but many and is wrong to tear down the diversity we have in favour of a singular way.
Paul Jones May 2017
Some weeds were unearthed     but I let one be.
To understand it,      I'll watch how it grows.
13:50 - 30/05/17
State of mind: focused; energised.

Thoughts: from reflection - on all the gardening I've been doing this morning.

Questions: If we should understand a person better, would we not learn more from how they have come to be, as opposed to who they are or what they possess?
Paul Jones May 2017
Sadness pulls me back.     Still, I must press on.
I am in two minds      as if they are one.
11:20 - 28/05/17
State of mind: low; thoughtful.

Thoughts: from feeling - an uncertainty, of sorts.

Questions: None.
Paul Jones May 2017
The horizon of      love is without end,
when a place is reached     is beyond us still.
23:30 - 25/05/17
State of mind: deep thought; peaceful; calm.

Thoughts: from thinking - about mortal aims in eternal conquest.

Questions: none.
Paul Jones May 2017
When withdrawn, I can     only be myself.
When I am with you,     I am something more.
22:40 - 22/05/17
State of mind: joy; relief.

Thoughts: from thinking - 'we are stronger together' combined with 'many hands make light work'.

Questions: none

Notes: partially influenced by gin.
Paul Jones May 2017
I feel your pressure     and rise against it;
freedom is a right     worth my suffering.
20:00 - 21/05/17
State of mind: focused; defiant.

Thoughts: from feeling - about how freedom must not be taken for granted. It is something worth protecting from those who wish to take it away.

Questions: What are our vulnerabilities and how can we ensure they are not left exposed?
Paul Jones May 2017
Charmed am I by the     things that matter most.
Home is a circle     I have drawn with love.
15:10 - 19/05/17
State of mind: content; curious.

Thoughts: from thinking - about why so many communities are no longer circular. Cities are like disconnected mazes. Houses have no centre.

Questions: why not build a circular home with a central communal area and a network of surrounding rooms? Or better than circular - hexagonal.
Paul Jones May 2017
These halfway feelings...      hang in the balance -
sad to have left you,      happy to have met.
20:25 - 18/05/17
State of mind: sadness; complex.

Thoughts: from memories - the sadness in leaving somewhere or someone you love but also feeling good about those times.

Questions: none.
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