Divisions of Being

Love is thought
needing a subject 
and predicate

lover and object
blossom and voyeur
dreaming fond connections,
often crossing taboos 
of distance…
exchanging scents and feel,
the bow, rudder and keel
of relationship

Yet, that mystery remains

the lone whale basking
seeming above the ripples

the albatross on a still night
soaring on unseen current

a collapsed sail undisturbed
by bleeding sunlight

which will I be today?

God or His Man?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Rose  Avatar
November 2, 2023 at 10:46 AM
wow this is powerful ! Your thoughts are golden today Joe, :)
DiMino Avatar
November 2, 2023 at 11:16 AM
Thank you, Vie. Have a beautiful day my friend.
Buhagiar Avatar
November 2, 2023 at 9:37 AM
You can only choose man. Loved your imagery. A poem to think about. Blessings.
DiMino Avatar
November 2, 2023 at 11:12 AM
Hi Victor: I too, enjoy being man. (Matthew 5:45 -- (45) so that you may be like[a] your Father in heaven, since he causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. • John 14:12-14 -- (12) Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.) Blessings my friend.
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