He sees himself as a harmless adventurer, a learner as well as teacher. It is never about conquest, he says.
He loves, he says, says love is a borderland, its borders permeable and transient, a place for walls to crumble, for barriers to come down, an exercise of dissolution, a pursuit of communion. Each encounter, he says, is the coalescing of commonalities and of differences, exploring paths of shared experiences while discovering new paths that lead to new territories, unbounded.
Yet inevitably comes the withdrawal, the retreat behind invisible lines. One already looking to the next frontier, the other surveying the breach, taking stock, shoring up.
This week’s cue is BORDER.
Profound thoughts, well written.
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Why thank you. I appreciate your coming by and commenting.
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this is so philosophical and your words are beautiful.
https://ideasolsi65.blogspot.in/2017/08/border-hope-and-homecoming.html
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Thank you. I am glad you think so. This was a little different for me, I wasn’t sure about it. So thanks for coming by and commenting.
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I was so busy following the drift of the writing I didn’t even look for or find the the word border until I read it through again.
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Me too! But it is tucked in there. Thank you for coming by.
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That’s not the way many people like to think about love. Those who don’t get very hurt by those who do, it seems.
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Oh, this guy loves himself the most, is in fact unlikable.
Thank you for reading and commenting.
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You always do such a great job, get your point across with beautiful words. Good job!
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I appreciate your kind words. I enjoy playing with words and ideas behind the prompt. I don’t always have a point though.
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Oh WOWwwwww…as they said in the 60’s, “heavy!”
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Go heavy or go home.:)
Yeah, this guy might have gotten some of his ideas from the sixties.
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He oughta jump in that there Buick and try to get outta town, ‘fore she wakes up angry.
‘cellent post.
(Dude(ette)! synchronized museina?*)
* There are those that say I make up word because I’m too lazy to go looking for the correct one. To which I reply, ‘Well, duh!‘)
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He drives an aging Subaru, even though he is single and doesn’t have a dog. And she is not angry, just wiser. And I thank you for the complimentary comments.
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A lot can be read into those 6 sentences! So many definitions of love, non?
Jael already used “heavy” so the next word comes to mind is “deep” 🙂
Very enjoyable read.
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I am so glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for coming by and reading my six sentences.
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My goodness, he’s a deep thinker! Love is butterflies, flowers petals and fairy dust! Each to his/her own I ‘spose.
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Hi Keith. You are right. Really, he is thinking about the same old thing.
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He doesn’t seem to realize the pain he is causing in these relationships, if one can really call them relationships.
This well written. A bit of humor here. I read part of the last line as ‘surveying the beach.’ 🙂
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Hi, thank you for coming by. I appreciate your comments.
They say life’s a beach, but my intention was “breach”.
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