Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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No Wonder
Sad to have no wonder. Sad to have no zest. Too long ago did thunder Beat inside my chest… I hear the applause Of an audience on cue. Noone took a pause; Noone had a clue. Empty glass jar Shattered on the ground. Weakened by its scars- Too weak to make a sound. Smile drawn…
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Stepping Forward
Stepping forward Into pitch black, Hesitantly toward Anything but back. With each step my stomach churns, Until comforting ground Holds my foot firm. Eternal cycle of lost and found. And so each foot bets Like an unrelenting pioneer. Keeping no regrets, Chancing all that was dear. Only darkness holds my hands. Lonely and hanging. Only…
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Rietvlei
Birds giggled and played As ancient giants stood in glory. And the golden grass swayed As the earth told its story . The sun sank into a slumber As the stretching sky blanketed it. And all of life was humbled As much as it was celebrated. Our passions poured As we let the world in.…
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Minds against the Wall
I trust the world to tire Of us little humans, Of our deliberation to conspire, How we leave our lives in ruins. Perhaps we prove our power So to distract from our own fears. Perhaps we crumble and cower At the notion of our young years. Perhaps existence is too great And our reality all…
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Me or Them
It starts with a lonely blackness, Icey and empty; A tightening noose: My heart’s sentry. My glance darts away From its chilling eyes. But I’ve glimpsed its true frame: It is Hatred’s guise. Yet Hatred holds my hand so true, While I could never count on you. As time goes on I gasp and choke…
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Knowing’s Bargain
I sat with my mother One day at the river’s bed, And we exchanged with each other All that was in our heads. Oh, to be the cream of a cloud! A dream gently afloat, I said to her aloud. Always sailing on a breezy boat… To be a sweet singing little swift, To tweet…
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Only Changed
Can a thing be called alive If it does not ever change? And can a thing in evolution Ever have a name? And if a thing has no identity Can it die all the same? Take an apple tree in isolation Whose fallen flesh has fertilized New sprigs into generation. Has a thing actually died?…
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Lonely Walls
My ears Like your ears, Will one day hear no more. My heart, Like your heart, Will one day fear no more. My hands, Like your hands, Will one day feel no more. My eyes, Like your eyes, Will one day see no more. Your voice, Like my voice, Whispers to me in the wind.…
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Began to Understand
Why bless the breath of life Just to choke it away? Why fill us with fight, Knowing we could never win anyway? Why fool us to fly, When all along we were falling? Why let us feel the sky, Then reduce us to crawling? I asked these questions Everyday Why why why, why couldn’t he…
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Lost
When she was 10, she suddenly awoke to the fact that she was lost. A drop of water in a vast and lonely ocean. A storm mounted inside of her, seeking answers to questions that only posed more questions. Her mind became a box of snakes, her thoughts wriggling around each other, stuffy and chaotic.…
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