Secrets pass through these halls
darkened by this night of waiting
Words spoken only in glances
our eyes touched by a strange fire
and our hearts already set aflame
swept up by the wind and carried away
to fall on desolation and turn the world to ash
nothing more given than every word that can be spoken
every movement in darkness lost
beyond the reach of moonlight
This pit we cast ourselves into
away from the gaze of immortal eyes
here they will find a well of lost time
and draw out measures of paradise
We are already gone away, drunk on it
far below the surface of the aether
where falling stars fade to black and die
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This glorious tower we put so much faith in has turned out to be a lot more unstable than I expected.
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Photo by Mike Palmowski on Unsplash
The Light is On 
8 responses to “Beyond the Reach of Moonlight”
Don’t make me cry now Mitch. 🙌
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I would never try to! (:
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See, you did it again! Another one in the notebook. I like the connection of this and your last one. Thank you for your interest, I like to respond with poetry where appropriate.
I just read an article published in Scientific American that came up on my feed. It’s about quantum mechanics and the nature of reality. I’m including the address if you’re interested in reading it. I don’t pretend to fully grasp whats presented, but I think there may be more, or less, to the cat, or some other material thing, that is in, or not in, the box, or some other container. Here it is , or is it? https://getpocket.com/explore/item/coming-to-grips-with-the-implications-of-quantum-mechanics?utm_source=pocket-newtab
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Thanks for the link! I love trying to wrap my head around quantum principles… emphasis on the try.
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Perhaps, as it seems to suggest, that we are the foundation, expression, and arbiter of QM. Your observation creates my observation, causing all other possibilities, prior to your observation, to be irrelevant, or rather, non-existent in the current conscious/material matrix.
What the *#$% did I just say???
In other words, we’re all living the dream, the same disputable but agreed upon dream.
My brain hurts now.
All hail the power of positive thinking!
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I watched a video once about how open world video games only generate the part of the world that the player’s POV can see at any given time, and saves the rest until it’s needed to be loaded. I don’t know if there’s any connection at all, but it’s fun to think about! Cheers Tim! (:
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Superb and beautiful words. Loved it!!✨
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Thank you! Cheers (:
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