(Inspired by "The Persistence Of Time" by Salvador Dali
The bare bough and the brown bench
hold the warped watches like wet satin
with the metal losing its toughness,
the tree forgetting its foliage.
The sunset sky stretches into fluid stillness
where time dissolves into the cyan sea.
The golden cliff rises behind the reverie,
at peace with the quiet crumple of time.
The sleeping creature on the sands
sprawls as a pale brutal form
with the burden of collapsed time.
Memory endures the design of ductile recollection
as the mirage of elastic time
slips through the sands of perpetuity,
losing its rigidity, its mechanical domination.
Surreal vision turns time into absurdity,
yet morphing into fascinating mirror of illusive fluidity,
a metaphor for the triumph of memory over time.
R-elevant
R eality
P-ernicious
R-eprobate
R-enagade
P-recoious
Rigidity
Regard-less
Pervasive
We are the bottom line
To a most reprehensible
Reccomended retail proceedure
MUTUAL DISTRACTIONS
evolving
affinities
ferment
alliances
with
communal
theology
of
eurhythmyic
utterances
&
contemplating
opaque
consequences
whilst
suppressing
synthetic
rigidity
of
feeling
expressed
openly
&
integrating
immediate
resolution
in
exotic
influences
with
deliberate
echos
abolishing
communal
themes
In
their
originality
GERMS OF LIFE
visible
rigidity
petrified
polarity
with
irrevocably
motto
to
dramatise
revolutionise
creative
principles
as
leitmotif
nimbus
surrounding
awareness
in
superficial
impulse
liberating
thought
to
initiate
the
creative
I am a no member of raging war,
Sweeping through invisible Russia's rage
To exhausting Ukraine's territorized floor...
Against bond, love once held on peaceful stage.
I am a no member of staggering twist,
Wrong influence placed as tease to Isreal;
Triggered test if covenant still exist...
Now results dead bodies without burial.
I am a no member of the world's power,
That stakes check to ruling validity...
Of the country which sits up on such tower,
Using war to strengthen rigidity.
I am a no member of timing bomb
The world quietly sit; tickles... yet looks calm!
Though matter may not be destroyed, the form
must be deformed; absolute fluidity
demands—with absolute rigidity—
that bonds made break free from an unstable frame.—
Erratic molecules and particles swarm
beyond the confines of lucidity;
But we, in stupor (and stupidity),
(poor things), give to fluidity a name…
I mean to say: Destruction is a must!
For,—given that something new’s to be built—,
creation draws from the dead flower’s wilt.
The energy that binds two atoms:tight:
is Love, attraction in the highest light!—
I mean to say: Destruction is the Just!
An epiphany dawns: practice the pause,
without stifling heart’s spontaneous vibe.
Our void-centric presence seeks no applause,
conditioned patterns choosing to proscribe.
Holding steady sconce of childlike delight,
suffused in mists borne by bliss magnetism,
in cave of heart, simply feeling God’s light,
dwelling in peace is our soul’s chosen ism.
Space in and around, hums with God’s power,
with which we are touched, blessed and unified.
His breath alone is that does empower,
so why should we behind mere symbols hide?
In vibrant stillness, rigidity thaws ~
An epiphany dawns: practice the pause.
[00:26, 08/02/2025] evrod samuel: figure me this
figure me that
whisper of a cloudy past
and im into that
poised to linger in reliving make believe
any spare time for reverie
is comfort
that swaddles me
peace are you really in my past ?
am i stuck here
and treating it as a wholesome repast ?
loop of overthinking
where will you let me off
do i benefit from being so steadfast
and always lost in unsure thoughts
the rigidity of the past
offers sincerity
it happened
it was
its where im glued
Lifelong companion why do you cling to me
ever so stubbornly like an old scar
Shadow of ignorance, oh how you loom
making me feel threadbare and alone.
Deaf leopard of my existence,
why do you not hear my cries ?
Your rigidity has me searching
for answers that do not exist,
Feeling forlorn and un-accompanied
by joy, I only have recourse to you
Loneliness, why do you pursue me ?
In this vast inner Universe of mine
I'm seeking togetherness
from anyone by you,
Loneliness, please leave me alone
help me,
tear down these Jericho walls.
Written: November 28, 2023
_________________________________________
In my last prayer, words and dreams merge,
My concepts have changed as a brittle verge.
Such a rainbow of hues in this growing vision,
My head swirls in whispered tasks and decisions.
Strong in my beliefs, I now question all things,
As if a veil is lifted, I sweated even the little things,
My soul is seeking knowledge and rearrange,
Now awkward by set ideals, I relish the strange.
No beyond blindness or rigidity to act as a slave,
Having altered, I am now freed from any cave,
In my recent musings, I have explored curiosity,
Getting raw insight and seeing awe in diversity.
My comprehension grows as I explore my mind,
Laying buried muse that shines akin to orbs aligned,
Placing the ideas in words is an ideal symphony,
Written words depict my impending destiny.
My route is wider, and I explore the universe,
Seeking wisdom all over, valuing what's diverse,
We ought to value this superb mental shift,
In our recent beliefs, raw prospects are adrift.
insistent emphasis
dogmatic views
make for faith
fundamentalistic
specious belief
eristic rigidity
stagnates in a cave
caging spontaneity
seeking without surrender
clinging to scriptures
imprisons the soul
in a mind trap
repeated affirmations
manifest heart’s aspirations
as a conjured epiphany
deepening delusion
sans thought who are we
unfettered and unbound
beyond mental concepts
look for that oh hermit
Gloom
melancholic, mournful
lamenting, doubting, hindering
rigidity, shadow, serenity, rainbow
laughing, delighting, heartening
jubilant, joyful
Glee
1.Their is weakness in muscles.
2.Their is tension in muscles.
3.Their is rigidity in muscles.
4.Thier is pain in muscles.
5.Everyday tasks are difficult.
Note.Elevated creatine kinase may indicate
muscular dystrophy.
Respect is the essence which never fades
Respect is what one needs during the journey
Be respectful of others,
use your conscience, treat them with dignity.
Not everyone has had it easy in life
and from my experience
those who have suffered the most have the most
amazing beautiful fractal heart;
No everyone has it handed to them on a silver plate
some have had to contend with abuse and hate
be gentle when sharing your views with others
yours might have come easy, but theirs were hard earned
Bend the reed but don't break it,
rigidity is for mules not humans ;
Let them feel free to express their beliefs
without being clubbed over the head !
Its easy to have faith when everything is going well
its easy to give up, when everything is not
Be kind to those who wear scars on their sleeve
be good to all, harm none, and most of all
Respect where they are, when it came to survival, they had the gall.
Timidity
Tepidity
Solidity
Rigidity
Viscidity
Turbidity
Fluidity
Lucidity
Gravidity
Flaccidity
Limpidity
Pellucidity
Placidity
Equanimity
Aridity
No humidity
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