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Right Brain, Left Brain

(“Corpus Callosum", 2018, original encaustic)

Right Brain, Left Brain

Two halves of a whole
Complimentary opposites
Passive/active, imaginal/verbal
Figurative/literal, depressive/manic
Outside and within time
A master and his emissary
Inside us all.

Yet each of us have our own balance
Our own comfort zones
And range of tolerance.
Like a finger print 
Within our brain
Leaving its subtle mark
On everything we think, say and do.

Viva the difference!
I say
While my right brain
Just watches, impassively 
As thought bubbles form, drift and fade away
To an ambient soundtrack
Of invisible spheres…

(3/7/25)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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