perspective

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    perspective

    how clever,
    cruel perspective is
    to make the tree grow
    smaller in my eyes
    for no more reason,
    than the distance that lies 
    between us.

    how well i know,
    that time will surely see it grow,
    its branches reaching
    sun-ward with each day
    its girth unchecked, expanding
    till my poor arms can be
    no measurefor its vigor.

    what tricks the laws of physics play,
    perceived through mortal eyes,
    on hearts and minds that wish to be
    unbound by technicalities
    of space and time--
    those vague distorted mirrors of

    the real

    the true

    the wise.

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    In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.

    Franz Kafka (1883-1924) Czech writer.

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