Thank you, but if you look: Thank you, but if you look closely at my reply you will see that I already made a fool of myself. I meant to write 18th dynasty and wrote, instead, 18th century. The Aten movement in Egypt, during the last of its 18th dynasty, had long been forgotten by the 18th century. It was only beginning to be rediscovered in the late 19th century. But thank you for tolerating my blunder, and for your kind words.
And so much truer when the: And so much truer when the significant other other comes to the knowing that not only what they want but also what they need! A true pleasure to read and absorb.
Thank you for sharing that: Thank you for sharing that with me. I love your comments---always a theological or spiritual aspect that refreshes and uplifts me.
My nan was a stickler for the: My nan was a stickler for the outward observations of faith. As an elementary schooler I tried to circumvent going to church one week by having only with me my swimming trunks and she towed me to church in that with a nice shirt and flipflops. The 'calling' part would 'spontaneously' arrive in the succeeding years.
Something that each must: Something that each must personally, intentionally and existentially work through; each being at varying points along the journey of reckoning.
And if only there was a way: And if only there was a way to say what is left unsaid... oh wait... there is! And this poem is definitely one of those ways.
And a far more useful way to charge our thought-filled days! Thanks for sharing.
This paints a different: This paints a different picture from what my mind and reading conjure but perhaps are more linked than what first appears on the surface. I saw Iron Man and his cohort and the whole range pov of society and the cosmos. Of course there's that and the dollar generating factor of the MCU. And this is a reading of only one viewpoint of your ironclad poem.