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The certainty of EOL

Or the certainty of twists and turns before then

And the joyful encounters and intersecting paths that are certain

Where do I focus?

I think I’ll Alt-tab between them all.

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May 27·edited May 27Author

Haha Sanjeev! I burst out laughing as soon as I read EOL 😀 Your comment makes sense ofc and savoring what arrives is a must and perhaps the only revenge, so to speak. Thank you for your comment!

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Thank you, Reena.

Maybe we humans experience less time but more intensity as a compensation, than our kin the turtles and the trees who live for more placid decades and centuries.

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Thank you Switter! That’s a very interesting thought and I also wonder if there are different dimensions for that intensity and its expression… good one.

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Thanks.

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Thank you Harish!

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May 26Liked by Reena Kapoor

Loved them both!

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May 26·edited May 26Author

Thank you, dear Shabnam! So happy to hear you enjoyed my words.

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May 26Liked by Reena Kapoor

Playful reminder all things must end. Love your writing and love you Reena.💕

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May 26·edited May 26Author

Thank you so much dearest Lalitha! Your visits mean so much, you have no idea. Love you 🥰

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Reena, as I approach my 80th birthday, reading your “Certainty” left me in remembrance that I am / we are held by something very, very big. It expresses so much of what I feel. My blessings to you on this day.

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Thank you dear Tim and congratulations on your upcoming 80th birthday 🎉

You’re a model for getting on with living instead of pondering the uncertainty of it!

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May 26Liked by Reena Kapoor

I enjoy reading and re-reading “The Escape Hatch,” Reena, with its almost playful acknowledgement of the inevitable. Have fun with life and don’t fear death.

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Thank you Carolyn! Love that it meant something to you! You’re a model for those wise words you said!

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And we crave certainty in every area but this one 😁

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😀Yes. Good one. Although there are those chasing it on this one too. The longevity crowd…

Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts.

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I read with attention 'Certainty' and found it to be a wonderful, moving poem. Our certainty is this life, so let it shine and the fat that it is bounded by death and is therefore limited makes it shine even more. A lovely poem even though, for me there is through the Christian God and the Messiah even more and better to come. Thanks and Happy Sunday, Dave.

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Thank you Dave! So glad you enjoyed it and that it meant something to you. Happy Sunday to too.

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