Nooj

Between my shadow and my soul

Wandering hearts within butterfly nets




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The soft, beat, beat, beating
Of butterfly wings against a net
Is the symbol of Life
As long as we beat, we breathe
When this ceases, our wings lose
Their need to live, and our hearts
Forget their need to beat

9 shared ideas:

Crimson Shimmer December 4, 2008 at 5:54 AM  

aaaaaaaaaah lovely words to go by a lovely pic my friend :)
nice beat to it ;)

Az December 4, 2008 at 10:33 AM  

Off teh topic but I love butterflies...or Flutterbies...Nice poem...You're a very deep and refelctive soul Miss NJ.

M Junaid December 4, 2008 at 11:22 PM  

NJ!

Mo 785 thinks I'm you!

it all makes sense now.

Banana Peels - this is the fourth time im trying to post this as I keep messing up the word verification. please please remove it

UJ December 5, 2008 at 2:00 AM  

I like the metaphor, reminds me of societal interconnectedness .. we all live, we all die .. Mutually Assured Destruction, that now fossilized terminology from the 80's .. was really about reminding us of the need for colllaboration. Your success is my success .. OmG .. it sounds like a TJ lecture after Namaaz .. shock horror!

Nooj December 5, 2008 at 12:32 PM  

lol cs you should copyright your prototype :P

or i speak blundering nonsense az :)

(m) Mj

wow UJ that is a bit drastic. hmmm you think lenin was inspired by the fazaail-e-a'maal? whats with the concerning fanaticism- thanks for the link will reciprocate

Anonymous December 6, 2008 at 4:24 AM  

beautiful

Prixie December 7, 2008 at 3:05 PM  

nice metaphor of life, there are days when i feel we are all trapped in that glass case...searching for meaning, something bigger, greater than us

Shafinaaz Hassim December 9, 2008 at 10:43 AM  

hmmmm.... now i see the thread... im glad i keep my messages and im thrilled that words inspire rivers that flow like this!

you're one very talented lady!

*word veri says -sychoe- *

i should give up comments today. seems to be haunting me!

Nooj December 10, 2008 at 12:49 AM  

thanks emmy :)

prixie- sigh and it feels like pur worlds are becoming more claustrophobic

shafs- i adore your messages :) haha at word veri