what actually is

arqios

 

"what actually is"

  

moving through a city route,
noting the way a bus door opens,
the way two strangers negotiate space

 

    at a crossing,
        the way afternoon light
            angles across a shopfront,

 

            all rendered in a single,
    continuous line that feels improvised
but what actually is deliberate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • Author: crypticbard (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: May 12th, 2026 05:18
  • Category: Unclassified
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  • sorenbarrett

    This poem speaks to the mind asking what is coincidence and what is planned, what is correlation and what is causation. Introducing man and city creations brings into mind what is real what is not what is man created and what is nature and are we not nature as well and all this just our perspective. Nicely done Cryptic. I think I dove too deep this time

    • arqios

      Not at all dear Soren, very much in that state while observing whilst within one’s skin and milieu πŸ™πŸ»πŸ•ŠοΈ

      • sorenbarrett

        Whew...

      • nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson)

        a most observant write

        • arqios

          Thank you Norman , most truly appreciated πŸ™πŸ»πŸ•ŠοΈ



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