Speck of You

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Your single grain of perspective,

your only real and authentic quality,

your insight,

your self,

your piece none other can have or be,

can,

all of it,

fit onto the head of a pin.

A speck of blinding light.

Everything else you

think or get or do

merely reflects and refracts that

Warming or Cooling

Yes or No

Good or Bad

Love or Loathing.

Beneath the hustle

it glows

or dims.

In some, choked to cold metal.

In some, nova-hot to burn a hole

straight through all matter

through all pretense

through all dreams

to be the only thing remaining

when our sums are made.

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Posted Jun 25, 2020, 4:08 PM UTC

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lucwolf•

I'm from a coastal city. This poem makes me feel the same way standing on the beach looking out into the ocean does.

This is beautiful!

Thank you!

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hiphop10000OP•

Wow. Thank you.

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hiphop10000OP•

Thank you!

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HonestSly•

It’s funny reading a poem like this, the subject matter, through your, my, own lenses, perspective, and trying to interpret what you were trying to convey all the while my mr. self is saying, “no, no, no that’s not what it means. it relates back to that time or that idea that youuu had.” The paradox, unavoidable bias, and pleasure of being an ego, being one. The wholle poem is powerful. Keep writing!

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hiphop10000OP•

Thank you!

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shambhavi_jha11•

The imagery you've established here simply blows my mind away, the way you've woven the words, it's simply spectacular. I love it, the way you've described such an abstract topic. :-)

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hiphop10000OP•

Thank you very much! Glad you liked it.

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Snow_Leopard7•

I really like the idea here. I love how you've talked about something so abstract. It is so true how our every single thought or idea holds so much in itself. It's so contrasting at times. You've represented that by imagery and perception which are not so abstract. That creates a link that people can relate to. It's so wonderful how you've talked about the thoughts being so tiny "fit into the head of a pin" yet it holds so many ideas and thoughts and feelings. I didn't fully get what you meant in the end "when our sums are made". Are you talking about the end of life?

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Really enjoyed it. Keep writing

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hiphop10000OP•

Thank you! Yes, I was referring to the end of life, or those experiences when we feel our lives are summed up in formative moments.

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