Love Is the Easy Part

To be "involved" can sound a little sly;
"Complicated" some one says and rolls his eye!
But I protest and politely ask                    
That "involved" be returned unto its proper task.

Involved is care
   to be aware.
   Look, listen is perceive,
   receive, immerse in some one/thing
   other than the self...
   Not just the facts, Ma'am!
Involved is feel,
   like care, only more like real;
   not just wash the idea 
   in some other kind,    
   but drink! Inhale with your diaphragm!  
Involved is hard.
   If knife to you to me is knife,
   must I also die?
   Or knife and not-knife
   both are true and
    I be I and also you...
Involved is life!
   Alone, alone is guard. Experience!
   Broaden means across a space between
   Two wheels in one track 
   is ahead/behind.
Don't sweat the clear, uncluttered
    mind. It's still okay to keep 
   the I and You in We.

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Date: 12/1/2022 1:45:00 PM
I like the uniqueness of this poem and the knife metaphor. Very interesting read, Elizabeth.
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Elizabeth Mccann
Date: 12/1/2022 2:05:00 PM
Thank you, Andrea. I do appreciate your comment. Though this way of writing doesn't have a name, it seems to be the way my mind works to keep the emotion alive. Elizabeth
Date: 11/29/2022 10:36:00 AM
"what the heck" is pretty intriguing piece, Miss Elizabeth. Exploring the depths. ~;o)
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Elizabeth Mccann
Date: 11/29/2022 1:39:00 PM
Intriguing comment! (I like the Miss Elizabeth part. It makes me feel all Southern!) Elizabeth
Date: 11/28/2022 7:30:00 PM
Profound musing there, Elizabeth. Aye, I, Eye and Oui, We, Wee
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Elizabeth Mccann
Date: 11/29/2022 2:41:00 AM
Mucho gracias, G.W. Just flyin' the flag! Liz
Date: 11/27/2022 10:10:00 PM
So right Elizabeth, it doesn't "just happen" Loved the way you put it. Clever and so very perceptive,
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Elizabeth Mccann
Date: 11/28/2022 5:23:00 PM
Thanks, Wendy! I put this one on ice for a while, couldn't work out a form. Then decided what the heck... Elizabeth
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