Lines in the Sand: Part III
There are lines all around us
Of various shape and size
They come in different colors
Depending on your eyes
I see them everywhere I go
They ebb and then they flow
They help me see life’s beauty
Despite the challenges, don’t you know
They come in different shades
Depending on your view
Sometimes black or white, depending on their grades
And at times can surface as red as green or blue, in their own magical kind of ways
They may be thick and steady
Or they may be thin and fine
They can often be quite heady
As Kippling’s Tommy once opined
There are lines all around us
Of various shape and size
They come in different colors
Depending on your eyes
In a world of 1’s and 0’s
They can modify, depending on how they show
Wouldn’t it be nice to simply see
That we could use them here and now; just to flourish and to grow
And in the human psyhce
In a surreal kind of flow
Their zone can illuminate, and shine so brightly
And help us come together, just to say a Satchmo Wonderful World hello
I see them everywhere I go
They ebb and then they flow
They help me see life’s beauty
Despite the challenges, don’t you know
They serve to give us reference
To a point or place in time
They also serve to divide us
Depending on the climb
They are often found in nature
And in politics I fear.
They represent a position from where we might nurture
And sometimes to a fault, a place or point we often hold so dear
There are lines all around us
Of various shape and size
They come in different colors
Depending on your eyes
We use them to position
On one side or another
And in the realm of the human condition
Simple and complex when viewed against the other
Heraclitus spoke of a river
A natural kind of line
And so too did Lao Tzu
About taking steps in time
I see them everywhere I go
They ebb and then they flow
They help me see life’s beauty
Despite the challenges, don’t you know
So here’s to you my human friends
A wish within a line
Whether your lines take you here or there
May they reflect what's positive, in your moments and snap shots in time
May the lines that led you here
Propel you down your path
To revel in them with no fear
And use them with no wrath
There are lines all around us
Of various shape and size
They come in different colors
Depending on your eyes
I see them everywhere I go
They ebb and then they flow
They help me see life’s beauty
Despite the challenges, don’t you know
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Joel Anderson
4 years ago #19
Fay Vietmeier Thank you. Here are the first two in the series. 1. https://www.bebee.com/producer/@joel-anderson/lines-in-the-sand 2. https://www.bebee.com/producer/@joel-anderson/lines-in-the-sand-part-ii
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Thank you Sara Jacobovici
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I dont know about bees knees or transcending, propogating transcendent propagation but maybe its akin to compound eyes?
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I dont about bees knees or transcending, propogating transcendent propagation but maybe its akin to compound eyes?
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7 years ago #5
Todd Jones Ahh yes, and ode of different colors, shapes and size. Thanks. Your eyes are strong indeed.
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7 years ago #1
It is all fun and games until someone gets an eye poked. Speaking of the wilderness, kind of like Henry David Thoreua's Walden/Life in the woods..."It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."