Post A2WpkfOL20BBOXv0AC by rgx@writing.exchange
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 (DIR) Post #A2WpkezsUwc6AgTT2O by InBabel@writing.exchange
       2020-02-12T07:38:15Z
       
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       She writes and writes to calm the restless sea, and soothe her restless soul.Like a pebble trying to resist a desert wind.The wind that erases and abradeswhole mountain ranges down to dust.She writes to leave a sun-bleached way markerpoking up from a hollow in the desert floorthat says;"I was here once, but am no more."#poem #PoetryOnMastodon
       
 (DIR) Post #A2WpkfOL20BBOXv0AC by rgx@writing.exchange
       2020-12-24T14:17:34Z
       
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       @InBabel That is lovely, thank you for sharing.I think, many times, of the hands which shaped things I see while visiting places inhabited for centuries.All things must pass. Greetings!
       
 (DIR) Post #A2WqOAIK4JWKX4wHIG by InBabel@writing.exchange
       2020-12-24T14:24:44Z
       
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       @rgx Thank you so much, and greetings to you too! :-) I know exactly what you mean, it’s really good to be reminded how finite our time is like that, while also sensing the continuum we’re part of.
       
 (DIR) Post #A2Z0NDSwBEz3w60gOe by rgx@writing.exchange
       2020-12-25T15:24:31Z
       
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       @InBabel I vividly remember my reflections earlier last year, while visiting a 17th century church in Coimbra, Portugal.A simple and beatuiful one. The altars were all made of wood, and had exquisite carving, plus fine goldleaf applied in many places. Wonderful artisanal work.They also had large areas which were hand painted, and so vivid, even now, 300 years later.
       
 (DIR) Post #A2Z0OqQGpBrZ34XTlI by rgx@writing.exchange
       2020-12-25T15:26:21Z
       
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       @InBabel I thought about all the people who worked on these - the woodworkers, the stonemasons who built the church itself, the painters who left such nice work for the future visitors.I chatted a bit with a gentleman who volunteers there for upkeeping the church, and we shared the wonder of this being touching us, so far after the work was created.Very humbling. So much of what we do today will not last at all.Have a good day! ✨🌞🙂
       
 (DIR) Post #A2Z6ZCJAuPsTXvXXv6 by InBabel@writing.exchange
       2020-12-25T16:34:37Z
       
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       @rgx Thank you so much for that, and for sharing your experience, my best wishes to you. :-)