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The poetic city: “Musings Under the Oaks: From the Linear to the Circular”

Dec 07, 2020 • Creative Writing

Celebration in the Oaks. (Photo: Renee Peck)

 
Musings Under the Oaks: From the Linear to the Circular
 
In the moment 
We cease to be
Time turns on itself 
To bring the end 
To the beginning 
And the parts of each life 
Fall into  place 
To make a coherent whole
 
In the moment 
We cease to be 
The whole of each life
Settles into its place 
In the tapestry of time
To live forever 
In the eternal present  
Of everything that will happen
After we cease to be
 
Reece Burka
11/27/2020

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