Not Brownian Motion
By onemorething
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A story may float a sea
for a while, a shadow
separated from its life,
buoyed by waves
until it is fractioned
into particulates and
subject to an action
that is not Brownian Motion.
They are not invisible,
these drowned tales;
a fragment can be caught,
bent and remembered,
by light.
They are not random;
each movement
has been nudged
by another, but known, and
under the will of the other,
a direction of slow diffusion
where hope lies
in the promise of a shore.
And it is true
that sometimes hope deceives,
applies a fire, urges kinesis
and we leap into loss:
the ocean is full
of the migration of tragedies.
Image is from wikimedia commons: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brownian_motion_gamboge.jpg
Image also on Twitter: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miranda_-_The_Tempest,_by_John_William_Waterhouse.jpg
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after a quick visit to mr
after a quick visit to mr google ... wonderful imagery and thank you for the new (to me) concept
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Such great poetry, Rachel,
Such great poetry, Rachel,
and as always a pleasure to carefully read through. I knew of the BM phenomena, having once spent the night on a live mattress in a B & B in Hull! No, joking apart, I like the way you apply it's action over to human life in metaphors; everyone has, or has had, the story of their life to tell, the result of many dynamic interactions, pulling and pushing, willingly or unwillingly; external influences nudging in all directions, for good or for evil, even though we erroneously, think it was we who steered the whole way. History full of the flotsam and jetsam of the lives of people, who never made intended landfall? All impressions awoken while enjoying the read.
Regards, Trevor
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