That later I forgot,
I held your hand strong
Only to –later– let it go,
I’ve walked across continents
To find myself thirsty, fatigued, and alone
I smiled at my solitude though
& it smiled back! And softly with a little frown
It drew for me the Earth, The Moon, and the Sun
Then it all, lastly, seemed to be worth
Now me and my lonely shadow
Hand in hand, merrily we go
“In solitude, where we are least alone.”
~a Lord Byron quote
9 comments:
To discern the difference between aloneness and loneliness is a skill many people never achieve...
true spoken great words my dear Dr. Jay!! and yes, it's tricky to learn so many things in this life, but glad we are given the chance, huh?
warm salutes for you from Sunny Diego, hope you are not melting in Philly, it's not so hot here, wonderful weather indeed, take care!
Time is magic Frau Bere! :)
Love your thoughts very much...
Great foto too!!! <3
ah herr Thilo
yeah time is magic and magic is always uncertain, right?
vielen Dank for your kind words... und ich glaube Sie waren in Italia! heh heh, i guess not... fahren Sie bald dort?
Solitude by choice...yet, there's a lingering loneliness in those words...one that truly depicts Byron's solitude where "we are least alone".
A pensive but captivating write Berenice.
Bonjour Berenice,
Just be kind and explain the photo showing the concrete slab. Or is the subject not the stone but your shadow on the wall??
Can't help thinking that loneliness is our true destiny though, from time time, friends, lovers, family around us convey the impression we are not alone.
In reality, every human is a lonely planet. When you are ill, you are ill in your own body and the others stand around but cannot enter. And so it is from the beginning to the end.
That might sound totally negative but it isn't. It means - at least to me - that one should not ask for too much but try to get pleasure and satisfaction whenever possible.
Just as you seem to say.
Carpe diem.
Georg
hola dear Id and herr Georg
oh thank you both for your kind lovely words
as for solitude, yes, i do feel a little lonely now & then but ONLY when it comes to erotic/passionate love, but it's strange for me to share a space with anybody, i was raised as an only child with working parents so for me a natural state is to live pretty much alone in a house, and i wonder if that's why my relationships with men seem to never work heh heh
but at the same time, for the 1s time in my life i do feel single but complete! :D before, whenever i was single i felt i was missing or looking for something, these days, i feel much more complete by myself, and whenever somebody 'intrudes' my space i feel like losing a part of me, so i hope this explains a bit better my attempt of poem, huh?
dear Id, i am thrilled you find my attempts captivating since i admire your writing so much! thank you!
and herr Georg, as for the photo, just like any other attempt of art, it has NO logic explanation, but anyhow my intention was NOT to focus on either my shadow nor the block but on both, since when i took the photo i felt, him, the block, as me, was a lonely entity, poor block attached to a pavement floor without being able to move around and make friends with other blocks, i feel my own created solitude drives me to behave like the lonely block... hope it makes sense, it's hard to explain
but herr Georg, i do love your words about solitude and loneliness and i pretty much agree with you! one and oneself knows how one feel, and that's why love and sex are so magical, 'cause for a few moments, one being with another being came come close, but again, it's only for a few moments, since our nature i feel like you, is to be rather alone
thank you all for your great words!
i am flattered every time one of you, Dr. Jay, the Thilo, herr Georg, ID, and other friends share with me these wonderful thoughts
ahhh the weekend is here, so to enjoy! :D
berenice,
I like the shadow standing by the object that implicating the photographer (i.e., YOU!). It looks as if you are getting fatter!
- MT (from Sao Paulo)
hola dear Masanobu, thank you! i am glad you liked the photo, and YES! you are a good observer, and yes, i am a bit chubbier these days ;) too much cake ;) heh heh
i hope you continue your visit in Brazil with health and happiness, hope you are taking more photographs and enjoying your time :D
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