Sunday, February 16, 2025

Depth



I walk beside myself

Not another parallel path

but obtusely, a shadow of a self.

I should have become

colored, defined, dimensional

instead of this plane person.


It all worked out for the best

I lived to see some 

karmic occurrences.

It was all just that-

for a time.


Evolution favors the fittest-

for now. 

We are still in the Goldilocks zone.

I thrive, though I know

the Precipice and the Fall

one step away.


I chose the 

Right foot

and move forward

knowing it is my best. 

I should be-

come satisfied

if nothing else. 


Artwork credit: Brush and black ink and gray wash, with graphite, on cream-wove paper 'Statue of the Madonna in the Mountains' c. 1804 by Caspar David Friedrich, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons in Public Domain. 

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