Polarities



Mirrors are mirroring
The wholeness of  halves.
Together, night and day bathe
The roundness of Earth.

Shakespearean quest
To be or not to be,
Is just one riddle
Not two or for two.


White and black,
Are one and not other
Like poles of a magnet,
So other, but one.
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Written on January 29, 2022

Submitted by d.minculescu on January 28, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Closest metre Iambic trimeter
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Stanzas 3
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Florin Dragoș Minculescu

Once upon the time I had a friend and his name was Me. I and Me were indissoluble friends, he was I' s world. One day, Me decided to go in search of self and at one point disappeared. I is better now without him. Me was anxious, scared and had a lot of wishes and opinions about everything. Now, that Me is gone, I has discovered a peace that it didn't know it existed. more…

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