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Moonlight Paradox (Free verse) by Glasseyez Have you already forgotten the moonlight paradox in your sleep? Donât
worry, because another moon is not far away. So wake up to begin again
your day. If life seems as a riddle now once more, just remember what
you forgot about how you knew what when was then. This is, again, how
the story will unfold: I will point, and you will miss the heavenly
glory well told. Now dream another dream in moons midnight display, to
awake in realization that- tomorrow never really is another day.
Riddles in the past cause you to search outside to match the clues
hidden within. The wise are wrong in this case it seems. Because what's
seen is right, but they wrongly focus on the dreams.
Is it Progress in motion or motion in progress?
End only to begin, but you donât see. 2 created 2 the sustaining I Am,
both destroy each. Hate create love still, does why explains what?
Moon- the shines above, from Sun of pure light. Listen-just; simple is
it? 2 point in views change with Focus. All, it is equal even when
changes. What Changes are as answers? Answers as are Changes, what
Changes when even equal is it all. Focus with change, views in point 2;
it is simple, just listen. Light, pure of sun from above- shines the
Moon. What explains why does. Still, love create Hate. Each destroy
both. Am I sustaining the 2? Created 2 see, donât you? But begin to
only End.
It is Motion in progress and progress in motion.
Does it Feel like you already read that verse? Is this and that all you
gat, when trying to solve that life riddles curse? The moon begins to
wake up when the sun falls asleep. Here we begin our search for truth,
or luminescence through sleep. Where order seems confused like the moons
reflected light that begins its end of easy meaning. Take your time, I
Am forever repeating, this doesnât have to be your first and last
stare. I never knew why how many who has, knowing when was what, or
now was when is, was, and will be so important in this land of
simplistic mystery and intrigue until I myself had to read it again to
believe. It's the song that sounds the same when read from behind, in
the middle of this riddle a moonlight paradox that so few can find. To
heaven's glory My finger will point soon, If you missed it the second
time it's because you concentrated too much on the moon . So quiet your
eyes and close your mind. Let the Sandman read you a moonlight riddle
that has it's own kindâ a rhyme. In my paradox, you will find- that
the only answers, outside, lie inside your mind.
What is my Moonlight Paradox?
Up the ladder:
Reality
Down the ladder:
Young Dead Flesh
Votes: (green: user, blue: anonymous)
Arithmetic Mean: 3.0
Posted: February 7, 2006 9:15 PM PST; Last modified: February 10, 2006 5:00 PM PSTWeighted score: 4.905148 Overall Rank: 9714 Comments:
I don't know....7?
Paradoxes are overrated. What's more, there are no real paradoxes in life, just people who are surprised when the cliches they live their lives by don't hold up. My favorite part of this is, "does why explains what?"
Yes, it do.
Ah zodiac, your opinion is over rated, one of bleak understanding and simple mindedness, I write usually to prove a point not to create a masterpiece. The definition of a paradox. 1. a statement that seems contradictory, absurd, etc. but may be true in fact.
Here are some "paradoxes of our times" We have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints; we spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less. We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; we have more degrees, but less common sense; more knowledge, but less judgment; more experts, but more problems; more medicine, but less wellness. We spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry too quickly, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too seldom, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom and lie too often. We've learned how to make a living, but not a life; we've added years to life, not life to years. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but have less communication; we've become long on quantity, but short on quality. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor. We've conquered outer space, but not inner space; we've done larger things, but not better things; we've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul; we've split the atom, but not our prejudice; we write more, but learn less; plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait; we have higher incomes; but lower morals; more food but less appeasement; more acquaintances, but fewer friends; more effort but less success. These are the time of fast foods and slow digestion; tall men and short character; steep profits, and shallow relationships. These are the times of world peace, but domestic warfare; more leisure and less fun; more kinds of food, but less nutrition. These are days of two incomes, but more divorce; of fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one-night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the show window, and nothing in the stockroom. Indeed it's all true. Think about it...read it again.
My opinion isn't overrated. It's certified "Excellent" by a panel of nine international judges, highest and lowest dropped. Consider instead that you're acting like a child because someone didn't tell you what a godawful genius you are. Well - now that your ego's down to size, let's consider one of your so-called paradoxes:
"We have taller buildings, but shorter tempers". This is not technically a paradox, as there's no understood or expressed connection between building-height and temper. Indeed, the opposite could be said to be true: everyone knows that walking up tall buildings makes you angry, while Aboriginals are perfectly happy in their mud hovels. But perhaps you meant "People expend a lot of energy working for something that's not an expressed priority (i.e., taller buildings), while not working very hard for something that is an expressed priority (more patience and understanding)." Well, for one, why didn't you - or whoever made that email forward list of "paradoxes of our times" - say so? And for two, it's not true. This is a time of longer tempers, as is proven by anything more than a passing glance at history. Looking through the rest of your list, I see most of those "paradoxes" fall into one or more of the following categories: (1) not technically paradoxical, (2) not true, and (3) folk pithiness; something that sounds clever to people like you because it uses "opposite words" - short/long, quick/slow, etc. - but on cursory examination deflates like guff souffle. Inasmuch as (3) is true, this should be the most profound thing you've ever heard: I am smart, but you are foolish. In short, you are not going to be able to out-sense me, neither here nor in the Thunderdome of your choice. Your "moonlight paradox" presents no paradox. Anywhere. In addition, it's misspelled, mispunctuated, rambling, focusless, and overloaded with words that, by universal agreement, should never be used in poetry again. If it helps, you can go zero all my poems now. On your way out, please considering reading some actual modern poetry somewhere. It's been swell.
The paradox is in that it IS pointless from a glance, but I wrote it so that I could reveal that so is every other religious doctrine. It is supposed to get you thinking, its next to impossible to get everything I explained, out of this alone. The Moonlight Paradox was never supposed to be about a Paradox, thus the Paradox, its unexpected. Like the Parables and stories in the bible were never supposed to be about planting a field or eating a forbidden apple. That is really all I meant to point out. We all DO have a purpose in life, just as the 2nd stanza being wrote frontways and backways in this poem had a purpose. For you I guess in was just to piss you off, but it was supposed to symbolize a balance. That email chain was horribly written, yes, but it did point out the irony of today, some were not all true but I did'nt feel the need to waste my time correcting the mistakes. Paradoxes are real but they aren't magic, you are correct. It is just an event. Ok but how easy is it to point out something is false? Why not try to point out what is true and bring it to peoples attention? It all seems more productive to me. So you might not have liked it but do not dismiss it as rubbish and post it as a comment saying how horrible you thought it was and that your opinion is gold, vote and forget it, someone may find meaning to it, that is all I want. To be honest I could care less if you're the smartest man/ woman to hit this century, good for you, want a cookie? Give me your adress I will send you a box of them, so long as you keep the pessimistic comments to yourself. If you wanted to judge my grammer usage, punctuation, or wording fine. But if you don't understand something "ask don't tell". I happen to like your work, hopefully one day I can write as good as you. Just started making mine public and do not have a hell of alot of experience. But I do read, and I do love it. Nice talking to you.
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Stanza two equals Matrix by Catholic theology. Everything's about balance and the equation. Yes.
The answer had better not disappoint.