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Sylwia's avatar

Ja jeszcze nie rozumiem spodu

Brandi Lynn's avatar

The poem captures the humbling realization that our most desperate pleas hold no sway over the relentless, rhythmic movements of a universe that remains beautiful even in its indifference to our words ✨

Emma Steel's avatar

Thank you for such an insightful comment, and I hope you enjoyed your time searching for new words and found them 🫶

Brandi Lynn's avatar

It’s always a true ‘rabbit hole’ 🐇

𝙹𝚘 𝚂𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚘𝚗's avatar

This has a beautifully wistful feel to it. I love how you ended on the prompt. Great work.

Emma Steel's avatar

Thank you, Jo. I hope you are well, and enjoying the weekend.

Antonio Castellaneta's avatar

“The sea refuses to explain” is such a strong closing line because it quietly dissolves the human need to justify every ending.

I like how the poem never dramatizes grief directly. Instead, it places human helplessness beside something tidal and inevitable. The moon does not argue. The sea does not defend itself. Things move because they move.

There’s a calm sadness here that feels older than explanation.

Emma Steel's avatar

Sometimes things are, not asking for explanation, noty offering apology.

Nature will run its course, regardless of how we feel about it, and we are helpless to do anything about it, except accept and in doing so, hope for some peace.