positivity

[joel]

The positive in me, the positive
in you: as if we're analyzing art
and all we see are lines that never live,
but stretch and angle till dimensions start
to tickle animation like it's real—
but I’m not painted. You’re not sculpted. We’re
not so discernable— and yet I feel
there’s something positively true and clear
that we can say about our common walk
together: here we are and life is sweet.
And that’s the kind of thought I like to talk
about— the kind of words I think of— Meet
me in the galleries of who we are
and be a friend to me, the way you are.

[mnaz]

needed that. not feeling too positive these days...

[saw]

we have a lot more in common that most realize, as we tend as a whole to isolate into factions of this or that that is, "the most important thing on the planet today"

but as your needs for the basic elements of life disappear, many are drawn together that never expected to be allies....it's only through privilege that we can opt into special interest groups....

much of the world is hurting pretty bad.....the migration across borders all over the world, as people seek escape from oppression and hunger is the ultimate expression of hope...of seeing the positivity that still burns in broken down hearts

for us that have it better, we can do our part by trying to unite our neighbors to help make a difference....to look at our common interests rather than our often silly differences...we can do this by our good examples of seeing the positive, ....the possible.....as we work for those less fortunate

perhaps this is a slightly different take than your intentions, but it's how the poem struck me this morning.....thanx for the setting the gears in motion, joel.

[dadio]

you have the talent for placing words just so. This is one heck of a good poem.

[Diana Moon Glampers]

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