James Moore Poet Narrative

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The Weight of Time

(“Depth Psychology Merit Badge aka The Myth of Being”,  2015, original oil)

The Weight of Time

Experiences fall like snow flakes
Full and soft, floating down to settle gently 
Building up in layers, forming drifts
And, with the weight of time,
Ice in glaciers and massive shields 
That smother the ground
And eventually work their way to the sea
To form blocks of experience 
That then float away. 

Sunlight illuminates their inner being
Releasing memories all packed together
In sights and sounds, smells and feelings
Faces and words, thoughts and dreams
Hidden beneath a surface
In unfathomable depths
Each bonded with other moments
Supporting and sustaining
the notion of a whole
Greater than the parts.

Each of us exist like this
Bergs of distinct memory and identity 
Adrift and at ease
Subject to the flow of tides and currents 
Beyond our control or comprehension 
Subject of the ever falling snow
Full and soft, floating down to settle gently
In layer upon layer
Condensing into something more
Under the weight of time.

(12/21/24)

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