Gazing Off

I have often gazed 
up at the sky, and 
off at the sea – sensing
a certain innate airiness
about me; told of relationship
between fishes and me – 
the firm of land perhaps
only relative to my thinking...

often restlessly pacing, 
soaring,
falling, 
drinking 
and sinking....

wondering further
if distant stars and galaxies
are not simply there 
to assemble and store

not just for direction...but more!

to ponder if the seeming infinite
may have other places for us to
visit and explore

perhaps realizing metaphysical tentacles 
far outreaching the common five men 
currently enhance for more

maybe dimensions of fantastical
experience, as revealed to humanity
even greater~sensing-repertoire?

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Geoffrey Brewer

Date: 4/14/2022 6:38:00 PM

I meant: ‘the very act of’ Damned spellchecker!

Joe Dimino
Date: 4/14/2022 7:27:00 PM

Gets me all the time also, I hear you. Someone needs to invent a spell checker that knows what we mean to say:) No problem my friend. It drives me nuts when, after a few days, I realize the spelling error in a poem, that actually changed or distorted the entire sense of meaning...grrrr! Thank you, my friend.

Geoffrey Brewer

Date: 4/14/2022 6:34:00 PM

Interesting musings, Joe. Could it be that the very actor our gazing is, in addition one of creativity. Our fascination and admiration grants beingness to the wonders that we see.

Evelyn Judy Buehler

Date: 4/12/2022 2:43:00 PM

Your poem is lovely and deep, Joe. A real pleasure to read. Happy Easter, Evelyn :)

Joe Dimino
Date: 4/13/2022 2:16:00 PM

thank you, Evelyn; thank you so much for the support -- have a beautiful day!

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 4/12/2022 7:37:00 AM

Everything is interconnected, interrelated, and interdependent, having as its referring point the force that unites them into an indivisible reality: GOD! Profound writing of metaphysical dimensions, my dearest friend, Joe! God bless you!

Joe Dimino
Date: 4/13/2022 12:28:00 PM

We are one in body, mind, and spirit. The physical is representative of where we are in our spiritual evolution. Thank you, Demetrios. Blessings my friend!

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 4/12/2022 5:06:00 AM

You probe life with dexterity. Pity few are reading these days.

Joe Dimino
Date: 4/13/2022 12:29:00 PM

Ain't that the sad truth: if it doesn't have bells and whistles, explodes and makes a big bang, they are not interested. Thinking seems to give them a headache. Easier to be told what to do about everything.

Anil Deo

Date: 4/11/2022 9:52:00 PM

My first comment had 2 characters only remaing ... The STARS said that's too verbise. LIK! Blessings galore as we explore Eternity through this Door

Joe Dimino
Date: 4/13/2022 12:32:00 PM

Thank you, Anil; your knowledge of the universe, clear-thinking combined with patience and ability to lucidly explain makes my writing experience here all the more meaningful and enjoyable. Blessings my friend!!

Anil Deo

Date: 4/11/2022 9:51:00 PM

Neutrinos teach us we have no boundaries to stop us ... Birds and fish teach us to be one with the environment. Cosmology really cinfesses, God started the Bug Bangs with: "Let there be light," but because He didn't say "Stop", light travels yet. Exhibit1: stars are old or ancient, we see them arriving. Thank U immensely. Shalom shalom in Jesus