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rezzeJ  ·  4292 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Today's Writing Prompt: "Every man, every woman is a place"

  What qualifies as I? Who experiences your existence?
  You can feel hot and cold, that's freezing or will scold
  But can you locate the I that is you, your consciousness?

  Divert you gaze inwards, become aware of yourself
  Not your thoughts, senstations or personal relations
  But the entity within, receiving these stimuli.

  Through lack of this ability we find the 'I' is a nihility, 
  Every man, every woman is a place.
  A location bound by our senses and experiences.

  We fail to discover ourselves, let alone each other
  There's no core I, that makes us who we are
  Our individuality is our separate perceptions

  This isn't a negative, just a fresh perspective
  Whilst we define our existence, it also defines us
  Appended to one until it is ended.




lil  ·  4292 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    We fail to discover ourselves, let alone each other

We fail to discover ourselves, let alone each other

My navigation tools will not lead to you or me

Without a compass, adrift on the cosmic sea