RISING out from the detritus we call society
a weathered sign flamed the words meant to inspire:
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Hope is eternal:
Shadows are fleeting
The spark of rebirth
could be instantiated
Within
The blink
< Of
An
Eye >
‘Create-your-own-Civilization’ corporation:
Hiring the humane
Beings bring their crayons
to colorize a world outlined in grey
The Reward:
It’s Intrinsic
(the product, incidentally, will be the pay)
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It begged a wonder… I, the wanderer, off the beaten path of time,
set sore eyes on peculiarity: as the sign’s words burned colorfully into my mind
Is this an open-ended opinion of fancy words entwined?
Or just some godly euphemism patterned poetically line by line?
I couldn’t tell. Nor would you,
But the script continued…….
….in deliverance of its righteous point of view:
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We, the Imperfect, wear the following beliefs sewn on our sleeves:
1) That civilization, and the ultimate potential of its people, are obtained though the creation of a global community made aware of humanity’s accomplishments and catastrophes.
2) That the knowledge derived from the experiences of life promulgate thru the memories cultivated within the fertile garden that is the mind.
3) That living out a more sympathetic coexistence requires continued audit of the mistake and lesson-laden history of our species.
AND
4) That even the pedantic tenets of a probabilistically-unattainable utopia have value as substances of serious contemplation.
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I read these words--- How they stung my eyes!
The sign’s complexity was unexpected, and I was surprised
If reality is a conglomerate of truths and lies
Ambiguity bridges the certainty common to the foolish and the wise
Then I remembered something I learned not long ago:
And the message simply clicked!
Here’s how it goes:
If one listens carefully to a silence rarely found
The resulting quietude often brings clarity to a background of sound
So patiently I mulled through the nothingness ---
For the musical silence not resonating inside of my head
In an attempt to extract meaning
Wondering……..,
if such a sign could be interpreted fairly.
You see I soon realized that the sign was allegorical; rife with metaphor
Touching on circumstance, happenstance, and how it’s all ‘meant to go down’
Making the essence of fact
quite difficult to extract
but as the science of living is seldom exact,
perhaps its true meaning never was meant to be found.
AND SO IT CONTINUED:
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Can we validate an existence nested snuggly here on Earth?
Does life lose all meaning at our death or does it diminish from birth?
Like most other forms of life on this planet, we fight for survival.
Yet we make the struggle worse treating each other like strangers or rivals.
Why?
IF, the grass seems greener on the other side,
Perhaps we just cannot relate
IF, we were born to the toss of the die
Maybe our intrinsic beliefs bind us probabilistically with impunity…..
Although we enter the world naïve as newborns, bound to the self-vested interests of immaturity, the time soon comes when all of us must embrace maturity in the interest of our own well-being and for others coexisting alongside us. If ‘civilization’ is to become more than a throw-out term--- a global reality rather than a dream, then working together to make this world better is as important as it seems.
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I’ve journeyed the Earth far and wide but never have I felt what I feel now inside. So many signs of creativity and calamity along the way
BUT, this sign struck a chord:
What if we could always walk at least two steps ahead of apprehension? Maybe then, we’d be skirting anger, anxiety, and yet another wasteful war. Oblivious are many to the fears and tensions held world-wide: Poverty, political oppression, and renewed nuclear proliferation to name a few. But a heightened awareness is all that such a sign asks of you.
I’ll uproot it from the earth if it will help our cause. Bear witness to the upheaval or let it go. Some of you would agree with me that this philosophy should be spread.
Some of you might not think so.
Hey, that’s okay. The sign is free.
It’s the message that I’m willing to carry visibly. If it hits you, do your part and make it count. Even the smallest attempts at peace, add up to great amounts (when all are on board).
As I walk beyond, I say ‘Be Brave and Be Strong’, to you as a smile is shot your way:
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‘I hold in faith the truth embedded within these words I now carry
Faith in the temerity of the righteous
Faith that their convictions can be translated into a universal language that makes sense
Faith that solidarity can develop across diverse populations
Faith that each of us might someday hold the hands of those more fragile
than our own’
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And with this faith I see us living out better days
After all, a little faith in humanity goes quite a long way
~ The outcome for tomorrow is determined by the actions of today ~
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