by KittyKutabare aka Candy Pole
Member since:
February 26, 2011

Plugged In To The Alloy Forest~

June 11, 2012 10:19 AM UTC
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Leaves dress the bridge of years

In deep sienna between my foliage eyes

Forest sweeps its sweet pleas against my tattered cheeks

I open the well of bone in my brows and temples

For blood roots to reliven the ash of my youth

The secret of the crow tattooed in mercury under my wings

Calligraphy left in cloven prints down my spine

To the base of my immortal case

I make before the judge of the universe

Only to be told

I’m on my own . . . .

We are not bodies with souls

We are souls that wear bodies

There’s a dark side to this

Did you know   ?

Leaves dress the crown of my braids

Smooth pearls between my Asian eyes

In emerald

Trees separate for my blood prints

To the city

My trail in rubies

For the following Endz

 

 

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Comments: 52

Dennis Gilman Jun 11, 2012, 10:35am UTC
I have to read this a few times. The imagery is not complex and is actually very familiar. You just wander seamlessly from one image to the other, each connected and generated by the previous scene.

Here is where we differ in view:

We are not bodies with souls

We are souls that wear bodies

For me:

We are not bodies with souls.

We are souls that are bodies.
KittyKutabare aka Candy Pole Jun 11, 2012, 11:40am UTC
~ let's just say I had an odd encounter with Epiphaneia~ =)~
Dennis Gilman Jun 11, 2012, 12:12pm UTC
:-D
elizabeth evans Jun 11, 2012, 5:22pm UTC
I have to disagree with you Dennis...I think Kitty has it right....we are spirit (souls) that have freely chosen to live a dream where we clothe ourselves in a covering.
KittyKutabare aka Candy Pole Jun 11, 2012, 5:52pm UTC
yes~ it's a costume, this amazing human body~ but without animus there is no animation~ insight comes in the most amazing bursts of supraconnectivity~
Dennis Gilman Jun 12, 2012, 10:35am UTC
I'll leave the difference in beliefs alone Elizabeth because it would distract from such a wonderful post.

We all definitely agree on the fact of the disguise. Our covering is only a tiny part of the disguise as Selena has hinted.

The disguise usually works so well that we deceive even ourselves, however, every now and then, "insight comes in the most amazing bursts of supraconnectivity".
G.M. Jackson Aug 18, 2012, 12:52pm UTC
Gee, I wonder who's right? Is there an experiment we can perform? What if the soul is really an ancient Greek invention?
Dennis Gilman Aug 18, 2012, 7:21pm UTC
The soul as presented in the churches is a Greek invention Gary. Every learned person know that :-D

Besides, every belief system must include the unprovable.
JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ Jun 11, 2012, 10:36am UTC
Interesting, RT. Much to think about . For you and your readers. Xx
KittyKutabare aka Candy Pole Jun 11, 2012, 11:41am UTC
thank you RT~ manifestation of deep diving~ =)~
Kathryn Flynn Jun 11, 2012, 10:36am UTC
The inner secrets tattoed into the soul of the speaking character.. . brilliant. . . absolutely brilliant.
KittyKutabare aka Candy Pole Jun 11, 2012, 11:41am UTC
Epiphaneia~ =)~
Kathryn Flynn Jun 11, 2012, 1:13pm UTC
ah epiphany!
David W. Jun 11, 2012, 10:41am UTC
Decoding the inner you?
KittyKutabare aka Candy Pole Jun 11, 2012, 11:42am UTC
discovering~
David W. Jun 11, 2012, 11:58am UTC
Ah, the undiscovered country.
Dennis Gilman Jun 12, 2012, 10:40am UTC
Yes John. The person you really are is a most fascination discovery; much more interesting to me that the one we each present to the world.
Ann Marcaida Jun 11, 2012, 12:54pm UTC
Cities are fatal places for most living things other than man. This feels like the end of nature to me.
KittyKutabare aka Candy Pole Jun 11, 2012, 1:21pm UTC
and the beginning of antinature~ the alloy human in an alloy world~ not necessarily bad~ maybe just the next step in that chromosomal divination dance~ =)~
Ann Marcaida Jun 11, 2012, 5:07pm UTC
Tweeted by me, and retweeted by #tagpagan, who are one of your biggest Twitter fans.
KittyKutabare aka Candy Pole Jun 11, 2012, 5:54pm UTC
tagpagan~ hmm~ do we know her/him here? or elsewheres?~ and thank you, Ann~


Ann Marcaida Jun 11, 2012, 7:41pm UTC
@tagpagan is a Twitter account that retweets items of interest to Pagans. You wouldn't know them unless you are on Twitter.
william d. Jun 11, 2012, 1:06pm UTC
As a teen...a friend and I drove across the ridge and down to a trout stream to fish. A horrid storm swep across the car down by the creek. I can remember the protection of the car's metal as huge hail stones bounced. It was a bit surreal watching the hail bouncing there in the road and pelting in waves the car.

I interpret your poem as such awareness for you. That your soul, being seperate is objective. Do you consider your independent soul safe? Or are you sort of confused about that?
KittyKutabare aka Candy Pole Jun 11, 2012, 1:22pm UTC
I consider my independent soul the primary~ I am learning that it's the spirit~the animus that is the hardrive of the biophysical components of the hominid biology, and NOT the other way around~ we're not slaves to the body~ it's like a costume for the soul~ interchangable with the maturation of animus~ =)~
elizabeth evans Jun 11, 2012, 5:24pm UTC
Absolutely, Kitty.
KittyKutabare aka Candy Pole Jun 11, 2012, 5:54pm UTC
=)~ and good gracious~ when that insight hits~ EVERYTHING shifts . . . . for the better~
Jerry Kays Jun 11, 2012, 7:49pm UTC
The Soul is Subjective, it is the body which is Objective ... objective (ego) oriented people see Objectivity as Primary ... a few of us appreciate more the Subjective, even Loving it.

IMnsHO.
william d. Jun 11, 2012, 10:09pm UTC
Kitty...my wife looked after a woman with a brainstem injury for a few years. She was paralysed except for moving a hand and smiling out of one side of her face. She was on a feeding tube. This went on for 15 years (from her accident) without her being able to talk.

Well, I somehow connected to her world one day. And found out (contrary to what folks thought) this woman was not only highly intelligent but also aware of everything. And she was also happy. She had learned to control her world. I mean, this woman could shut her door to keep out idiots. Women who bathed/cared for her over an extended period of time were (some of them) locked out of her world.

It was amazing getting to know her! We developed communication! And what she taught me opened up the communication world of those in comas and the autistic, etc.
KittyKutabare aka Candy Pole Jun 12, 2012, 5:43am UTC
amazing~beautiful~strength of soul~
Sandi S. Jun 24, 2012, 4:39pm UTC
That is incredible, William!
JOHN BECK Jun 11, 2012, 1:19pm UTC
Interesting weave of metaphor and thought. Very personal, yet it reaches out.
KittyKutabare aka Candy Pole Jun 11, 2012, 1:23pm UTC
thank you John~
elizabeth evans Jun 11, 2012, 5:25pm UTC

Featured in Diving Deep at the Triple Name Club.
KittyKutabare aka Candy Pole Jun 11, 2012, 5:55pm UTC
thank you Elizabeth~
stephen berwaldt Jun 11, 2012, 7:32pm UTC
It would seem obvious that that is the case...that the body is just a container for the spirit, otherwise the body would never yield or fade with time. Death is like taking the lid off a jar containing a never ending supply of fireflies and letting them spread unrestrained to imbue the universe with their twinkling...our bodies being the jar, of course... :)

Beautiful imagery, per usual...

Thank you submitting to Gathers Luminous Writers and Artists.
Rose Hill Jun 11, 2012, 9:08pm UTC
Why Stephen that is the loveliest description of death I've ever read.
stephen berwaldt Jun 11, 2012, 10:10pm UTC
Thank you submitting to Poet’s Weekly Muse.
KittyKutabare aka Candy Pole Jun 12, 2012, 5:44am UTC
Rose is right, it's a lovely, comforting description~ thank you
Chris Brockman Jun 11, 2012, 8:03pm UTC
On the other side of the bridge of years
The grass is emerald greener,
But only if we realize
It's not a pasture.
KittyKutabare aka Candy Pole Jun 12, 2012, 5:45am UTC
=)~
Rose Hill Jun 11, 2012, 9:14pm UTC
I'm always in awe of the fine words you weave.
We are spirits, perhaps that is why we long so deeply to reach the heavens or that state of oneness with the universe. We may have agreed to be here, but only because we know we will return one day.
KittyKutabare aka Candy Pole Jun 12, 2012, 5:46am UTC
yes~ thank you Rose~
Kool Boy Jun 12, 2012, 5:51am UTC
Thanks 4 Sharing!
KittyKutabare aka Candy Pole Jun 12, 2012, 8:15am UTC
kay
Kelly Kay Jun 22, 2012, 5:05pm UTC
The core of it all lives inside of you, wise woman.
KittyKutabare aka Candy Pole Jun 26, 2012, 12:05pm UTC
and you~ =)~
Sandi S. Jun 24, 2012, 4:40pm UTC
We are souls that wear bodies. Could not have said it better myself. Just wonderfully done, Kit. Be proud.
KittyKutabare aka Candy Pole Jun 26, 2012, 12:04pm UTC
thank you Sandi~ =)~
Jai S. Jun 29, 2012, 12:26am UTC
KunteKinte to Kittykutabare ....Namaste ;) nice to see your lovely proses prancing in delightful ways.
KittyKutabare aka Candy Pole Sep 18, 2012, 11:32am UTC
merci bouqet of tulips~
G.M. Jackson Aug 18, 2012, 12:57pm UTC
Interesting. Kind of reminds me of an abstract painting.
KittyKutabare aka Candy Pole Sep 18, 2012, 11:32am UTC
thank you!

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