I've heard it a few times....kinda from far away...sorta, but not really.....in a song or two....a long time ago...but it might have been a dream...i keep listenin' tho.
i am a painter who began my career as a child coloring outside the lines of my coloring books. i am a writer who started out by composing adventure stories while riding my stick horse around the backyard. as a child, i got in trouble for asking too many questions...i question that.
"the emperor's new clothes" by hans christian andersen
this fairy tale has been a companion to me as i have traveled through my life.
briefly, it is about an emperor who was deceived by two tailors who said they were making a set of clothing out of a "dream" fabric. in reality, they used no fabric at all. to make their scam complete, they announced that only those who were wise enough would be able to see the beautiful clothing. and so, no one, not even the emperor, admitted to being unable to see it.
wearing his new "clothing", the emperor paraded through his kingdom. no one questioned his appearance; no one wished to appear less than wise.
until a small child asked, "why is the emperor not wearing any clothes?"
so it is that i ask, if i question rather than believe i am wise, what will i see?
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you will get pregnant, and there is no dark side of the moon...THAT is an illusion.
since "they" say that life is an illusion, does that mean that i am not the dark side of the moon?
if you can tell me who "they" are
the illusion
well....yes, you are NOT
the dark side of the moon,
of course, anyway!!!
(This too will pass)
are "they" the illusionists?
if i am not the dark side of the moon, does that mean i am the sun's reflected light?
no, (although you MAY be), there is a third possibility,
but I cannot tell you what that is.....only you can speak that language.
and if i am the only one who can speak that language, then what i discover i can tell no one?
fortunately/unfortunately
that's the way it has appeared to me
so what i discover cannot be contained in words.
that valley gets awful lonesome
are there words for that?
I've heard it a few times....kinda from far away...sorta, but not really.....in a song or two....a long time ago...but it might have been a dream...i keep listenin' tho.
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