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The Path to Ground State Zero


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The Path to Ground State Zero

 

Deathless we play with poison

I've forgotten more

than most people

will ever learn

he mutters

 

I agree

 

but isn't that true for us all

the skull remembers being squeezed

before settling on a final shape

 

the heart yearns for its

 

former unbroken self

 

skin never itched

 

The first injury

neurons pruned

by Night & Day

scars create patterns

layer by layer grows me

and you and we

 

The Light is lost

hidden in hollow bones

bright red blood

filters of air and water

eclipsed by muscle & fat

an ever-shifting guard

hair & tooth & nail

 

Infinite paths of Shadow & Form

declaring

 

This is Me

This is You

This is We

 

until it Stops

and we remember

it was none of Us all along

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Hi DC, As usual a poem that must be read a few time to absorb it all. Like your poem says " layer by layer grows on me".

 

"The heart yearns for its former unbroken self" is the line that rings most true. I will be back for another layer.

 

~~Tink

~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~

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Hi DC, As usual a poem that must be read a few time to absorb it all. Like your poem says " layer by layer grows on me".

 

"The heart yearns for its former unbroken self" is the line that rings most true. I will be back for another layer.

 

~~Tink

 

Thanks Tink! Let me know when it unfolds again ;-)

 

DC

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Dr. Con, the subjects and concepts you regularly explore in your verse are by no standard light or shallow. This is the case with the poems of my favorite poets. This one reminds me of John Masefield's THERE, ON THE DARKENED DEATHBED DIES THE BRAIN. Thanks for another stimulating read.

 

Tony

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Larsen M. Callirhoe

hi DC,

 

the title grabbed me. at first i thought it your poem might of been refering to the twin towers that tumbled down lol because of the title. ground zero can be where a bomb exploded or a fire happened there or a murder happened who knows what else lol. then i read the poem and thought you might be talking about a professor. than again you could just being talking about a person who is educated very well. then again the poem is very layered and multi-facetited.

 

i had to do allot of thinking on this one. it is well thought out poem, well constructed, and a eginma to what might be going on. you detailed this one in a way that there are hints at what you might be talking about. and the details are finely tuned not really given the reader many clues of what the narrator is talking about. very interesting write to a excellent poem. enjoyed the read. i loved it!

 

larsen aka victor michael

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Larsen M. Callirhoe

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Dr.Con this is amazing piece. Wonderful dark poem. It has a power and direction. The poem is right for my taste. I loved this one.

 

This is very powerful:

 

Deathless we play with poison

I've forgotten more

than most people

will ever learn

 

and aslo:

The Light is lost

hidden in hollow bones

bright red blood

filters of air and water

 

I enjoyed so much.

 

A wonderful write DC.

 

Aleksandra

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth - Jean Cocteau

History of Macedonia

 

 

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goldenlangur

Hi DC,

 

The unravelling of the human conceit and perception - from the higher strata of thoughts and aspiration down to the physical nitty-gritty of it:

 

bright red blood

filters of air and water

eclipsed by muscle & fat

an ever-shifting guard

hair & tooth & nail

 

 

As usual well thought out and expressed.

 

 

Thank you.

goldenlangur

 

 

Even a single enemy is too many and a thousand friends too few - Bhutanese saying.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Larsen, Aleks, Golden- Very sorry for not commenting on your thoutful and well considered replies;-) I am touched and humbled by the depth and consideration given by all your replies...

 

Many, many Thanks!

 

DC

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