James Moore Poet Narrative

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Inside Out, Outside In

(“Outside Looking In Merit Badge”, 2011, original oil)

The truth is
We aren’t our body, nor our mind
Life is bigger than both, bigger too
Than the Universe itself,
The same way, and to the same degree
That this world is bigger than my little room in it.
In this larger than life scale of Life
Dimensions beyond comprehension
Exist in ever expanding layers
Layers without connection yet interpenetration,
Layers easily felt and seen 
If not understood
With the eyes of a child
A child without words to describe
What is so big
It has no true name.

(9/22/25)

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