you wake
to a big world,
bigger than yesterday,
can barely reach the door handles
today

#cinquain #poetry #desert #photography

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 Meaning is more than shorthand
or a structure we demand
facts to fit in, like a faith. 
It takes time to understand.

Original painting available at https://xxyxxy.com

#acedia #englynCyrch #poetry #painting

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