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Coaxing Out Existence

11/22/2020

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By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground – because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return. –Genesis 3:19
 
Lately, I’ve been wondering about
The line between existing, and
Thriving.
 
I don’t think I’m dust in the wind,
So much as dust behind a bookcase –
Waiting to be swept out.
 
Pioneers worked so hard to make dust thrive –
Tilling the hard-packed stuff into something valuable,
Engaging in ironic tasks like sweeping out dirt-floored sod houses,
 
Watering the earth with tears and sweat – until what
They were doing was finally
More than surviving.
 
They were one with the land,
Embodying their surroundings.
That must be thriving.
 
I want to embody my surroundings, too –  
Turn the dust of me into worthwhile words
In books on the shelf I hide behind.
-st
4 Comments
Sylvia Green
12/3/2020 09:05:32 am

Such lovely imagery communicated with such thought out use of language! I am a huge fan of Samantha Terrell’s works!!

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Samantha
12/3/2020 10:32:02 am

Thank you, sweet Sylvia!

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Amy O’Brien
12/4/2020 10:54:22 am

Oh wow! Wow, is all I can say!

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Samantha
12/5/2020 03:19:21 pm

Thank you, dear Amy :)

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