Blinds
(pun intended)
.
This was written just after Turning the Tide.
Black & White
Black and white
Shadows and light
The colours of night
Contrasting shades
Opposing views
Conflicting ideas
Divergent beliefs
But if you consider
They are us
And we are they
All mixed up
In many ways
Even piano keys
Need each other
Can we not learn
To live together
Image and poem: ©Denise G Allen, 12 February 2014 08:31
Adeeyoyo's Blog 
12/02/2014 at 9:20 am
Well done! Simple, powerful and beautiful. I really enjoyed reading this poem before going to bed. “even piano keys need each other” … As an optimist in training, I really hope that we can learn to live together …
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14/02/2014 at 2:16 am
Thank you so much, Parmis. 🙂
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12/02/2014 at 10:28 am
Loved the verse and the accompanying photograph. What jumped out at me from the verse are your closing line, and I quote:
“Can we not learn
To live together”
And as we hold the awareness of the intertwining and mixing, what would you say is at the core of us not learning to live together?
Shakti
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14/02/2014 at 2:20 am
It has become very complicated, but I hope that one day we can accomplish it… I think the root cause of many of the world’s problems is greed.
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12/02/2014 at 12:41 pm
Wow… what a powerful bit of writing… the last two lines especially… brilliant piece of work this …brilliant..
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14/02/2014 at 2:21 am
Thank you, Bulldog. You are very kind. 🙂
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12/02/2014 at 1:52 pm
May it be so.
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14/02/2014 at 2:22 am
That is my prayer also, Ben.
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12/02/2014 at 3:37 pm
sometimes i wonder if we can learn…we seem to get it wrong so often…bringing in expectations and not communicating….ah the list goes on…smiles…
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14/02/2014 at 2:23 am
One day I hope we’ll get it right, Brian.
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12/02/2014 at 5:23 pm
In the physics of magnetism
opposites attract
and likes repel..
I ask you now,
should that not hold true
to us as well?
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14/02/2014 at 2:25 am
I don’t think that law applies to people, Jake. The world would be in a worse state then. 🙂
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14/02/2014 at 3:23 am
I’m not sure Denise, it worked for me and the Mrs. for lo these last 34 years.. lol
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14/02/2014 at 3:27 am
I’m not sure either, Jake, because it didn’t work for me and after 22+ years we called it quits.
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15/02/2014 at 6:50 am
I don’t know whether to offer condolences or congratulations..lol But I will offer you my very best wishes for happiness wherever and with whomever you may find it..
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15/02/2014 at 7:13 am
🙂
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12/02/2014 at 11:02 pm
Lovely poem, adee. It’s very sad, isn’t it?
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14/02/2014 at 2:26 am
It is, I agree, AD. 😦
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16/02/2014 at 4:11 am
I really like and very inspired… 🙂
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16/02/2014 at 5:36 am
Thank you so much, Gede. 😀
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