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A Question


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Written by Barbie Dorrough   
Monday, 28 April 2008
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 And then he asked me.
What do you think?
and I sit, still,
in my own mind
pondering the weight of the question
What do I say? How can I explain?
that all I know and all that I have seen
I have seen before
have thought it through
but have never known
every yes holds a no and still
maybe holds no possibility
but perhaps a promise
that the sun and the moon
only measures time
but a mind has no such measurements
is held by no such bind
how does one convey
when philosophy is your god
and reason is just a means to an end....and this life is not real
when words are endless or simply a void
when all that you witness
when you can see it at all
can be skewed
by perception,
or was it?
And I know this
and I feel this
and when I think
What do I think?
I see that when I close my eyes
all my dreams are in color
are as limitless as my waking moments
and maybe, just maybe
I am just existing here
and maybe he is not
just sitting across from me
asking
What do you think?
So I say all that I can...
Nothing



Copyright 2008 Barbie Dorrough
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Posted by ThomasP3
2008-04-29 04:09:20
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Hmm, took me a couple of time but I get it. I liked it.
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Posted by Egoist
2008-05-10 12:09:49
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Wow, pure brilliance. All the things that go on between the question and the answer. Really deep. I never thought of these things.

I had two favorite parts, one being, "that the sun and the moon only measures time but a mind has no such measurements." I thought that was pretty deep and well used and ,"I see that when I close my eyes all my dreams are in color." I always knew how complicated dreams were, but I never realized they were always in color. Great poem.
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