August- !8- 2026
Illusion of Solidity Poetry Contest
Sponsor- Unseeking Seeker
Line of inquiry: The dream seems real since we don a form, borrowed from elements of that domain, but if we simply chose not to conform, we wake up when desires to rest are lain. ________________________________________________ Life, seen sweet and scented is just a dream Schemes planned prior, cruel Fate may rearrange. The ground we stay on is not solid as it may seem Everything is fickle and fleeting, subject to change. We build concrete structures in stone and steel Thinking their strength will never give way But they may totter under Time’s spinning wheel And collapse into rubble, ruin and ultimate decay. Conform to the dictates of one’s Conscience. Stoke the embers of light glimmering inside. In everything seek, God’s benign guidance, Not to drift like hollow husk over the tide. What seems solid and stable are things of fragility So, never get duped by the illusion of solidity.
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