When Will I See?
Different, this distance
in time of sickness. Neighbor
more distant than new moon
beyond my reach.
Within sight again,
soon enough, will it taunt me
with its presence, my neighbor
still out of sight?
This is my second response to Poetics: Now I Can…, from Mish at dVerse PoetsPub.
She offers the haiga shown above, with a quote by Mizuta Masahide,
“Barn’s burnt down, now I can see the moon.”
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I like the comparison of the absence of our neighbors with the presence of the moon.
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Thanks, Frank.
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“Neighbor more distant than the new moon. . .” There’s a lovely-lonely sound to that. I
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Thank you, Merril.
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Even the shortest distances seem immense right now. (K)
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Yes, indeed.
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Oh boy…hope everything is alright with your neighbor.
Pat
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As far as I know, yes. This is in more general terms. ( creative license 😉 )
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Aah! Good. OK😊
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This one I truly like … human nature to define limits, access options, map it all out. That’s difficult with inadequate light (during a dark moon … during this dark viral blurring of norms we take for granted).
You raise a good question – when the veil of stay-home orders lifts, will we be more or less embracing of our neighbors? Will we simply rush back to our old scramblings expecting others to take care of their own needs? (I hope a higher sense of brotherhood/community will emerge from this ordeal.)
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Thank you.
Yes, will our self-reliance continue as future strength? Hopefully our concern for others will carry on.
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Will it taunt me? I’m sitting with that for a while, the incongruent feelings and detachment are stirring.
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Thank you, Paul.
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Very welcome Ken.
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” Neighbor more distant than new moon”…..love this. Hopefully the “moon” enlightens us all. I’m repeating myself from a comment on another’s poem but I think that we have the opportunity for a shift in humanity, if only we take it beyond this pandemic.
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Thank you. Yes, lessons for moving forward.
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I think the moon is closer than we think..
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And it keeps coming back.
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This is wonderful–the sadness is palpable.
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Thank you.
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Welcome 🙂
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This is why I love poetry…you’ve given social distancing a new slant. I’ll have to think of this one.
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🙂 Thank you.
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