Pseudologia Fantastica

[michaelboy]

In a twist of the wrist
or even a lemon
you may fabricate
your life as it sits
but it wouldn’t
be as striking
as what you are
or just that far
and how it fits

It seems we have all run into this in a few folks over the course of our years and this seems it really isn’t something meant to harm anyone but maybe more a mechanism of internal protection. It wholly reminds me that we are all weak in ways, and all need others whether we admit it or not.

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If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend’s or of thine own were.
From: Mediation XVII, John Donne, 1624

Comments

[wayfaringwordhack]

My kids memorized "No Man Is an Island" last year and they really felt and appreciated the power of the words.

[mallorys_camera]

In a twist of the wrist
or even a lemon...

I like that! Did you write it?

Yeah, you can always count on John Donne for profound insights. 😀

[michaelboy]

Thank you. Yes, I did.

[mallorys_camera]

You write very well. (Which, of course, is why I subscribe to you. 😀)

[michaelboy]

I remember learning it in grade school and it stuck with me.

[michaelboy]

Again, thank you. I do appreciate your words.