dum spiro, spero

Only a respite,
Sweet interlude
Where we can inhale hope
And exhale soft omissions.
What's the harm
Sweet time-out-of-time
In one last dream
Of who we might have been?

Reviews

[Perdition]

Take hold where holding only slips and sunlight lifts the bloom of leaves in thoughts, so what’s the harm? Death on a stick I would imagine. Smooth and sweet a question dropped on your way to Mars perhaps but the looking back is sometimes that final wish forward. We are plasticity… see you keep that by form… hahaha~

[Joli Dy]

"We are plasticity."
I like that.

[Perdition]

Just tattooed! Kidding! Whether you meant or not, the apprising IS within this, in your words and that’s not so easy a task to just say “what’s the harm? “ We tend to live in the next and disassociate, but in this you are very much in the now and asking a question that could possibly be a lifetime in the making, so appreciate it for what it is as I do… The title however ? No!, it sits well on the branch ;) ~

[emmajoygreen]

We are every place ever been, every person every met, every decidion made

We could change selves. Or, be content. Never mind who we might have been. We are what we made selves: UNIQUE !!

[Joli Dy]

A reflective interlude doesn't negate that. I was in a quiet moment of thought. I'm never fully in a decisive state, always room for visions and revisions before the taking of a toast and tea. Thank you for your kind review!

[emmajoygreen]

Your response was both receptive and contem-
plative You obviously fulfill all the criteria..

' Sweet time-out-of-time
In one last dream
Of who we might have been?'

[redzone]

One of the things I like to think about is how we can and do change over time. We once were, and now we are who we have become. Who we are, who we could be, all are determined by what we do in any situation. In today's world, do we just go along with the horrors we see and feel, or do we rail against these horrors? Will we be "good Americans (like those good Germans)"?? All of us get to choose who we will become.
-Curt

[Joli Dy]

I love this. Thank you good insight for me this morning as I sip coffee and put off getting ready for work just a moment more. 😊

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I read so many different situations into this very universal write.
That is some good poetry that can do that.
I cannot help thinking of our current political situation.
Just one Last dream...just one.
j.

[Joli Dy]

Your review made my heart happy on a bittersweet morning. That's some good reviewing that can do that. Thank you.