Like a Flame

Imperceptibly
they disappear
no ghostly trace

I am a doorway –
open, transparent,
absorbing
teleporting
extinguishing

souls, spirited away
Eden-bound
no return.

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Permission to write, paint, and imagine are the gifts I gave myself when chronic illness hit - a fair exchange: being for doing. Relevance is an attitude. Humour essential. View all posts by VJ

4 thoughts on “Like a Flame”

Shefali says:

January 9, 2019 at 11:52 pm

Read thrice and it is beautiful, every word, every line… … ❤

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1. V.J. Knutson says:
  
  January 10, 2019 at 9:05 am
  
  Thank you. Such a compliment!
  
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Jazz Jaeschke says:

January 9, 2019 at 6:46 pm

VJ, this is beautiful in its sparseness. “Eden bound, no return” expresses the ultimate disappearance.
A friend of 20 or so years (older than me) passed Saturday … I’d been meaning to visit since Thanksgiving, now visits will be one-way no doubt, beyond my ability to schedule.
The sparseness implies (to me, at least) deep emotions running beneath the words. Comforting to read. Thank you.

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1. V.J. Knutson says:
  
  January 9, 2019 at 7:09 pm
  
  Thanks Jazz for an insightful read. There are times when sparseness is called for. This is certainly one of those times.
  
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