in the realm of silver linings

Thanks so much Ann, sorry I’m only seeing your comment now, cheers David

Thank you Ed, your contest prompt was just right for these monokus, thanks for the inspiration and placement, cheers David

Thanks so much Duke, Yes indeed always reassuring to wake up alive, I often ponder if there was more sadness than happiness in the world, would life give up and become extinct, we need these special moments to dispel mortality, and give real meaning to existence, delighted to hand over the POTD baton to you, so well deserved, cheers David

Heya Lin, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t miss your mortality yesterday, but hey I go awol off the soup for large chunks and miss lots of stuff, so no worries, I used that newborn first tear dissolving mortality, metaphorically and metaphysically, I’m pretty sure (Salt) of the Earth people (our loved ones) are returned at certain points in eternity, thank you so much for stopping by with kind comments, cheers David

Thank you so much Beryl, happy tears are actually made up of different chemicals than sad ones, they can tell us so much even at an atomic level, more than meets the eye! Cheers David

Thank you so much Tania, was a big surprise, cheers David

Heya Brandy, It is a tender reassuring mind blowing moment, when everything feels just right even mortality dissolves and loses its absolute meaning, thank you for uplifting comment, cheers David

When does all this happen Terry, I thought after that initial tear we all go down the pub and the (fairy’s) do the rest lol! Leave it to you to bring me back down to earth, cheers David

We are indeed all mortal RJ, and Earth will be turned to dust when the sun expands to engulf it in its red giant stage, a few billion years from now, yet I find a newborn’s first tear somehow makes all that irrelevant, in a reassuring moment of clarity, I’m delighted you found my monoku moving, Thanks, cheers David

Super blog indeed! Dilly hello, miss you & David the most, ha. Since I am not a sponsor, I will stay out of it (AI) poetry, I found that it's best to mind my own business. I can tell the difference between AI poetry for now, just get to know the poets style. What irk's more are the constant complaints to teampoetry, such as quotes and algorithms. Change is inevitable and PS team is doing a great job! I love PS..See you soon

Hello right back at you back Anaya, I was away for a bit myself, a fair bit going on over the last week or so in the blog section, Dilly wrote a super blog about AI and had some solid advice on how to deal with those using it, to try minimise it’s impact on PS, thanks so much for congrats and a very relevant comment on existence in general, cheers David

Thank you Jan, I find life in its most basic form, usually contains so much meaning and moments of clarity, cheers David

Good to see you here Paula, I always try layer up my monokus, I’m glad the challenge paid off, hopefully Ed likes it too, cheers David

Heya Deb, took a little break off the soup for holidays, I’ve a lot of catching up to do, hope you’re keeping well, was a difficult Monoku to put together, but was worth the effort, cheers David

Thank you Jeta, was a welcome surprise this morning, cheers David

You’re very kind Michael, I’m delighted to see you back on the soup again, was away for a little bit myself, thanks so much for stopping by with congratulations, cheers David

Good to hear from you Maureen, searching for existential meaning amongst the bitter truth may seem futile even impossible, hope I brought a little smile, cheers David

Thanks so much Daniel, it probably doesn’t matter where you start once I’m still alive to experience it, true reality is somewhere between birth and death, anything before or after cannot be experienced (an agnostic view) but that baby’s first tear can dissolve all absolutes, and make everything just right in a moment of clarity, cheers David

Most poets like to hear that kind of critique Clive, so thank you very much, I can only hope some of the poem rubs off on you, and inspires you to write something better than this one, high praise, cheers David

Thank you Suzette, I’m agnostic myself and don’t believe in existential absolutes, although philosophical that we are part of a conscious universe that offers endless possibilities, cheers David

Heya Maria, thanks so much for dropping by with congrats, this one is perhaps a follow on from my monoku (overcome) https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/overcome_1455429, New baby’s tell us so much in that first tear, cheers David

Thank you Tom, I am totally surprised and delighted with POTD honours, I tried to go a little deeper with this one as I genuinely believe death is not absolute, only a dissolution of consciousness, newborns are indeed a joy to behold, cheers David

Never in doubt, DK. :o))

Looks like your words on POTD proved prophetic Arlo, I’m delighted this one in particular was chosen, cheers David

That it so sad Kim but quite uplifting too, I genuinely believe death is not the end and clues can be seen all around us, regardless of our beliefs, thank you so much for comment and Fave, cheers David