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The Source of Our Hubris
It is our human nature,
that we are both
frail and broken in many places
Being made of dust
as we are
we juggle every sort of miracle
to
trick ourselves,
into believing otherwise
It is the inherent nature
of
our fallen state
That none of us who walk
the earth,
are exempt from this frailty
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The two excellent poets whose
The two excellent poets whose comments precede mine here have left me nothing to add. They have described this poem perfectly, so I can only add my applause for your poem and my full agreement to their remarks.
Starward
I'll take it
Thanks Starward, I’m always happy to see you reading my stuff. And being I’m an old geezer now, I’ll take applause wherever I can get it. Cheers brother.
I am an old geezer, too---64
I am an old geezer, too---64 years old, this past June, chairbound, barely able to walk (and that with a walker), with two aneurysms percolating away in my chest. Faith and Poetry are my chief delights, and, among the poems that I read, yours are stellar!
Starward
This remarkable contemplation
This remarkable contemplation is a mirror that crashes through the illusion to set us free from the exhausting "Source of Our Hubris". You shined the light with penetrating and life-altering truth.
"we juggle every sort of miracle
to trick ourselves,
into believing otherwise"
Yes! Slam dunk. Superbly penned.
Freedom VS Absolute Freedom
I think too, many confuse the difference of Freedom – with Absolute Freedom.
Hubris is not an offshoot – of Freedom.
It is an offshoot of Absolute Freedom.
Living within God’s laws and guidelines, has a purpose. It protects us from our own bad decision making, and it keeps us safe from our own Hubris
Imagine driving around – without any traffic laws.
The streets would be a heap of mayhem and death. But there are laws in place, to keep things orderly.
Yes, it curtails your absolute freedom – but for a good purpose.
You’re still free to drive around. But you have to do it within a set of guidelines. This benefits everyone.
And this applies to the world at large.
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The other side of that
The other side of that pendulum swing, to be invincible and immortal where everything else about us says otherwise, striving for perfection and the gift of flight. Very deep and inescapable truths, Spinoza. Thanks for sharing. /Rik.
here is poetry that doesn't always conform
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Good Point
I think a lot of us go through a feeling of being invincible in our youth. Youth can be a reckless thing, precisely because it lacks experience and wisdom.
That said, there are some people out there – who feel they are Masters of the Universe – and can dictate to everyone else, what they can and cannot do. You especially see this in politics nowadays. These people are drunk on power.