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Array ( [sid] => 142757 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => The Root of Knowledge [time] => 2008-05-29 05:13:07 [hometext] => [bodytext] => That glimpse of light
Sprouts the seed of logic,
The Big Picture,
narrowed down
making sense
practical,
and the way
it ought to be,
The roots,
never to be seen.

The source fuels and dispurses
on its way up,
protected,
and held onto
for dear life,
the cycle consistent
causing no harm
Taking no more
than it NEEDS
Nature the selfless
giver of life,
a mother and patient wife
tending to every broken branch
providing shelter,
and sprouting seeds
for future fortunate fools.
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The Root of Knowledge

Contributed by SeanAlexander on Thursday, 29th May 2008 @ 05:13:07 AM in AEST
Topic: abstract

That glimpse of light
Sprouts the seed of logic,
The Big Picture,
narrowed down
making sense
practical,
and the way
it ought to be,
The roots,
never to be seen.

The source fuels and dispurses
on its way up,
protected,
and held onto
for dear life,
the cycle consistent
causing no harm
Taking no more
than it NEEDS
Nature the selfless
giver of life,
a mother and patient wife
tending to every broken branch
providing shelter,
and sprouting seeds
for future fortunate fools.

Copyright © SeanAlexander ... [ 2008-05-29 05:13:07]
(Date/Time posted on site)

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Re: The Root of Knowledge (User Rating: 1 )
by ingeniusidiot on Thursday, 29th May 2008 @ 05:47:32 AM AEST
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Interesting piece. Kinda describes the way the world is...I like the way that you wrote this...Good job.

Rich

Re: The Root of Knowledge (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Thursday, 29th May 2008 @ 07:35:13 AM AEST
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As we sit at our desks in our robes....

We realize that we all seem to neglect nature. The essense of God. The nuturer of all things. Indeed nature is a sacrificial lamb. Cutting of a tree provides shelter and to us the poets, a canvas. Breaking an aloe stem heals a burn, a cut, a sting. The roots form into the ground and plant nourishment, and yet we do not see this sacrifice. We take them for granted. We can't stop cutting trees, but we can certainly grow more than we do. We can't stop what we are doing to hurt nature (not in our opinions) but we can certainly help her to heal.

A very moving abstract work. While we cannot say for sure your full intention (because it is indeed abstract) this is what we got from it. It moved us, and that is many movements for we are many.

May a talking tree toss apples at you and call you bad names like Dewey.

The Ghost Alarms

Re: The Root of Knowledge (User Rating: 1 )
by safetyinnumbers on Thursday, 29th May 2008 @ 06:43:52 PM AEST
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Nice piece....deep and thoughtful write.....and makes me think that the designs of Nature
are the best and most beautiful.....of the things that are seen and unseen....Good work....

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