Build them high and wide, these walls against the world
Raise them until the songs of the wasteland fade to whispers
and become only an echo lost in the glare of a midnight sun
Revel then in the safety of your self-made prison
the beauty of this view that never changes
never grows old though you waste away
cursing the ones who come to free you
What once called to you from beyond the stars
is hidden now behind the veil of sleep
the dormant yearning for a breach in time
a glimpse into the fog that finds you there
slipping away to slow death
even as you press your hands to the wall
wonder at the warmth seeping through to your skin
but turn away and slide further into the crawling mist
that gathers here in this place of stolen comfort
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Finished re-reading Dune today. Once again it’s playing around in my head, planting ideas. I don’t know if I’ve ever anticipated a movie as much as the new adaptation coming out in December. Trying not to let my hopes get too out of hand…
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8 responses to “Echoes in the Wasteland”
A lot, but countable, numbers of people will agree to enter what they believe is their own prison rather than attach to something non human and leave the mainstream where by they then become interesting to an uncountable number of livelihoods. It is interesting to understand and know about the experience of freedom.
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Agreed, although I’m not even sure I know all that much about freedom! I like to suppose I do, but who really knows where the walls are built?
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Walls are built inside a demension where what someone understands about themselves and Always is broken down to tiny elements and connected together…so it occurs with mind and with the environment. Someone can feel walls with people, places and things if they are what I understand to call clearsentinent and when you do you should go in the opposite direction. The idea that one should “push on” and through is reverse conduction of instruction and will result in the prison existence we are talking about. Doing what is easy for your existence and comes natural for you at peace is always insturction and will lead to fruits (or appreciation) as “they” say in some areas. I appreciate the conversation. There are not too many people takling about the walls in the way that I know them. Thanks.
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Interesting idea that pushing through too far can result in being trapped, so instead we find paths that don’t have to go through the walls. I like it! Thanks Trudy (:
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Beautiful as always David. I couldn’t help but think about the wall our President wants to build while reading your lovely words. Also I didn’t know there was a new Dune movie coming out. I will be excited to see it too, big fan. David I wish you would write something and submit it to The Finest Example, they are the nicest folks and your writing is so beautiful. I hope you have an amazing week. Love 💕 Joni
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Thanks Joni! I hadn’t heard of The Finest Example, I’ll check them out and try writing something to submit! Thanks for the tip (:
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This is incredibly lovely and well-written. You always choose the best words for your poetry, and it absolutely shows. I really enjoyed this!
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Thanks so much Haley! Glad you liked it (:
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