close to right now and the future beyond

…lies the present…

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…some new influence
or encounter with nature;
the next hunt and reward
where what our inner nature dictates
lies the beginning of our work;
the tomorrow it can create.

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mostly,
it is restriction in the now; freedom later,
eyes searching for something to be dazzled by, again
but —

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all our ‘meaning’ is defined by our efforts;
by the way in which we do or achieve things;
by whatever box or boundary we are restricted by —
confined in —
on a path to some harmonious kind of being…

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where the jewels in the far light can be stared into
because we seized just a few of them;
those that were there, too
right in front of us.

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4/2021

Note: the poem on this page, is collectible as an NFT via Makersplace, and more on my Opensea writing+art collection.