Notice of absence from arqios
🕊 🙏🏻 often and again, away 🙏🏻🕊️
🕊 🙏🏻 often and again, away 🙏🏻🕊️
The Thread Between Us
The street moves beneath us,
shifting without command,
we say we walk freely,
but the road has already been carved.
Someone chose its shape
long before our steps left their weight.
A voice rises, measured, cautious,
another shouts before listening—
the argument swells, ripples outward,
each side gripping their claim
like dry earth clinging to rain.
What if the road is neither theirs nor ours?
What if we pull too hard,
and the thread between us frays?
This world tilts in fractions,
some lean into history,
others push toward tomorrow—
the balance flickers,
a candle resisting the wind.
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crypticbard (Pseudonym) (
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Deep thought here Cryptic although many meanings are possible it seems to me to speak of humanity as a whole and the conflict amongst humans even though it is written more personally about what appears to be just two people. I particularly like the last stanza ( the balance flickers a candle resisting the wind) Such a vivid visual image that says so much. A fave
I like that one art as well! Thanks Soren🙏🏻🕊️
About it being between 2 people- that’s such an engaging point of view! 🕊🙏🏻Thanks again..
This raises a profound question about free will and wether it exists or not.Made me think.Excellent
Thanks David. The idea of free agency always intrigued me🙏🏻🕊️
Dallying and hesitation stifles
So many "things" stymie me.
As they do me 😊
Profound. Philosophical. Important. These questions get to the heart of what it means to be human in a world where nothing is new and things have been laid out before us. It's hard to imagine a world otherwise. I love the interconnectivity built into this poem. Well done, my friend. The stuff a fave is made of! 🌹👏
P.S. The last line reminded me of Elton John, and that's never a bad thing, either. 🤣
Thank you so so much man🕊🙏🏻
You are most welcome, bro!
Oh, now I remember… Diana’s song 🕯 haven’t heard that song in a long while 🕊🙏🏻
The paths we walk in our lives can lead to both good and bad but eventually we come to the place we are meant to be arqios.
Andy
And that’s the beauty of this journey 🤩thanks Andy🙏🏻🕊️
I get a sense of are we as free to do and say as we humans wish,or has it all been laid and planned before and we just follow the path, there are implications in the write but that was the main one for me, enjoyed the read
Thanks most kindly. Good to see you around, you’ve been somewhat missed. 🙏🏻🕊
You are very welcome
Fascinating and chockful of gorgeous imagery rendering a sense of now and of humanity so beautifully with a gripping, haunting poignancy. Thank you so very much for sharing.
Thanks so much Cheeky Missy🙏🏻🕊
Excellent work!
Thanks John. You are much appreciated 🙏🏻🕊
Thanks for the Fave @Cirawrites01 🤩🙏🏻🕊️
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