Out Beyond

[tastes_of_honey]

"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field. I'll meet you there.

When the soul lies down in that grass,
the world is too full to talk about.
Ideas, language, and even the phrase 'each other'
doesn't make any sense."
-- Rumi

Comments

[killwithmymind.livejournal.com]

"I've got that list for you. The one from my world."

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

Thanks. This might be really helpful.

[killwithmymind.livejournal.com]

"I hope so. If you think of anything else that might be useful, let me know. Things are getting busy, but I'm not involved in a lot of it."

[man-of-means.livejournal.com]

"Nice poem, though I don't quite get it. I should work on being able to have deep thoughts."

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

Lots of chicks love men with depth. Once you fake that, you got it made.

For me the poem is about how the world gets so much larger and more interesting when you think outside the box and color outside the lines. No fences. Let's all get there! That kinda thing.

[cursed-bird.livejournal.com]

::♥ I'm partial to "Not Here" or "Freshness", myself, but this one is lovely.::

No "Halfhearted holding back, well-enough getting by" here

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

::Thanks. Since you're the kinda guy who takes life by the neck with your teeth, I can see you for "Not Here." "The Freshness"... always seemed to me to show an almost obliterating love.::

::Then again, I think Shriekback's "My Spine (Is the Bass Line)" is high art, so what do I know?::

Re: No "Halfhearted holding back, well-enough getting by" here

[cursed-bird.livejournal.com]

::Obliterating? Aye, I suppose it could be. I've always thought of it more as... unrestrained, and open, a sudden warmth in the rain. Surrounding, rather than obscuring. *g* And I've no grounds to comment on Shriekback when I've such an appreciation for Andy Bell.::

"Do unto yourself as you see fit for your brother"

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

::I'm more familiar with heat than warmth. I think it's the "nowhere" that gets to me.::

::Who can argue with immortal lines like "I don't wanna look like some kind of fool / I don't wanna break my heart over you / I'm building a wall / Every day it's getting higher / This time I won't end up another victim of love"?::