Ode to Shelley

Ode to Shelley

A Poem by Epipsychologist
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Based on my friend's description of consciousness as a phenomenon, like a hurricane. Billions of water droplets make a hurricane. Billions of Neurons make a soul. maybe.

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"O Life, O World, O Time,
O heavy handed Wave goodbye,
And blind and boundless leap,
No; plunge, into excruciating Infinity.

How can it be that we are each a Universe apart, and all in that same place, the space that the soul occupies while Life, and World, and Time pass by?
How can I finish this? How can I know that before I die, I’ll have told my life?
THIS is its own death;
That I cannot ensure that the things that I Know  to be good and true, will be discovered by others.
I Need to believe that if they love the things I love that That matters.

But Matter is the root of the problem the same way that death is sown into the seed of the tree that was always already going to die.
I Must know that even when I am not me; this human proxy, that my influence will have some impact, even if it's that of a drop of rain upon an infinity of Dark and Stormy seas.

What I know, is that your Thought, to me, is Happiness. And I hope that as we plunge into fathomless depth and darkness, and this desperate, desperate Need to believe and express that we matter, we can resonate together.

© 2012 Epipsychologist


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Epipsychologist
Be kind, Rewind.

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I thoroughly enjoyed reading this poem. When I read the word "Shelley" I immediately thought of Percy Shelley. But after reading it, the poem's message reminded me more of John Keat's "Negative Capability" and how one accepts the uncertainties of certain phenomenons in life, and disregards any constraints of that particular context by just accepting it for what it is. Furthermore, this poem also reminded me of the term "emptiness" in the Buddhist religion, and how nothing remains the same but forever changes (rain drop reference to Marie). I do believe that souls can engage in valid connections through experience and relativity. The only issue -- in my opinion-- that allocates this would be that we all perceive "similar" events differently due to our perception. I believe that the closer we attempt to understand and share these experiences, the stronger the correlation of the connections between souls. Again, I really enjoyed this poem a lot. Great Job.

-Cord

Posted 11 Years Ago


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Epipsychologist

11 Years Ago

Thanks Cord,

I always feel like Shelley and Keats were such opposites, in a way. Shelle.. read more
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11 Years Ago

That is a brilliant book.



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LJW
"A thing of beauty is a joy forever"

The beauty of being a writer is that even if we only affect 1 person, what you speak of in this poem has ultimately been achieved.

As writers we must ask ourselves why are we writing. Are we writing as a means of catharsis? Are we writing to be remembered? I write in the hopes that 1 person will read something that I've written and never forget it. To me that is enough. It has always been enough.


I also love psychology medicine and philosophy. I believe Kahlil Gibran to be the greatest philosopher of all time. He didn't overthink things. He's not over state things. He was not aware he was a poet. :-)

Posted 11 Years Ago


What matters is what you leave in the heart of others and that said they remember your kindness more than your deeds

Posted 11 Years Ago


Epipsychologist

11 Years Ago

Agreed. when I talk of resonance, at the end of the poem, I really mean the influence of our essence.. read more
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I thoroughly enjoyed reading this poem. When I read the word "Shelley" I immediately thought of Percy Shelley. But after reading it, the poem's message reminded me more of John Keat's "Negative Capability" and how one accepts the uncertainties of certain phenomenons in life, and disregards any constraints of that particular context by just accepting it for what it is. Furthermore, this poem also reminded me of the term "emptiness" in the Buddhist religion, and how nothing remains the same but forever changes (rain drop reference to Marie). I do believe that souls can engage in valid connections through experience and relativity. The only issue -- in my opinion-- that allocates this would be that we all perceive "similar" events differently due to our perception. I believe that the closer we attempt to understand and share these experiences, the stronger the correlation of the connections between souls. Again, I really enjoyed this poem a lot. Great Job.

-Cord

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Epipsychologist

11 Years Ago

Thanks Cord,

I always feel like Shelley and Keats were such opposites, in a way. Shelle.. read more
.

11 Years Ago

That is a brilliant book.
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Pax
profound, i read it a couple of times to get your point, thought i get little actually... must be language barrier again lol....
i see you're a seeker of reasons...
you seeks answers, truths of what lies beyond our imagination...
awesome write made me think deep.. :D

Posted 11 Years Ago


Epipsychologist

11 Years Ago

Thanks Pax. I'll try to explain it in prose, if I can. Try to imagine that the soul does not move th.. read more
Dean

11 Years Ago

I do not have a soul. I am a soul.
Pax

11 Years Ago

our souls connections is a fascinating event.... and your explination brings light... thank you for .. read more
The first stanza made me think of Melville's Moby Dick. I read it back in 03 when we were in Afghanistan. That was one long, boring tour in the shittiest place on earth dog. No s**t. I get the impression you sit around and talk a lot of s**t with other intellectuals. That's cool. I do remember reading a Buddhist thing that said the seeds of misery are sown into our own desires. The Buddhists nailed that one. They nailed a lot of s**t. They have the only Spiritual discipline that makes any sense to me

Posted 11 Years Ago


Epipsychologist

11 Years Ago

Yeah, I do philosophize a good bit. But actually I go out and do crazy, dangerous, and illegal thing.. read more
As the drop slide into the shining sea, it does ot lose it own escence but is expanded by others at it expands them.

Posted 11 Years Ago


Dean

11 Years Ago

you are correct
Marie

11 Years Ago

I'm not so certain about that. The little carings could be lossed in the greater. But being mortal I.. read more
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what i think grants us the ability to be remembered are the things we impress upon our children giving them our wisdom ahead of time so they do not have to live and learn the hard way.
My duty in this life is clear
pass love from the child within me
Along with prayers from those that died
for all the hopes of things to be


While I tie my child to the past
going back to antiquity
He takes me into the future
granting us immortality

Posted 11 Years Ago


Very well done. liked it very much

Posted 11 Years Ago


sweet dude, very interesting style words heavy..

Posted 11 Years Ago


I enjoyed this, it was different for me to see all those words capitalized, every time I'd hit one it'd punch me in the mind... Great job, great flow.

Posted 11 Years Ago


Dean

11 Years Ago

Perhaps so, But your list will change. By the way, I've also enjoyed your
previous exchang.. read more
Epipsychologist

11 Years Ago

Thank you Dean. I try to take psychology by its Latin roots, the study of the soul. I think that if .. read more
Dean

11 Years Ago

Objectivity, I think, is not the answer. But openness is.

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Added on October 31, 2012
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