Void

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Mish

Space without substance

Time without tolerance

Minds apart

Stabs in the heart

Form without motion

Endless erosion

Words unheard

Intentions deferred

Reach without touching

Nudge without crushing

Anger intact

Missing the facts

Love without action

Emotions in traction

Nothing but air

Hope and a prayer

18 Comments

Posted in Life, Photography, Poetry, Relationships and tagged communication, dysfunction, emptiness, estrangement, Grand Canyon, hope, loss. Bookmark the permalink.

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Sharon K. | September 9, 2013 at 3:22 am

This is really a lovely image and poem. 🙂
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- mishunderstood | September 9, 2013 at 3:26 am
  
  Thank you. I appreciate your comments 🙂
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twoscamps | September 9, 2013 at 4:00 am

love that last line and the photo you chose.
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- mishunderstood | September 9, 2013 at 11:30 am
  
  Thank you. 🙂
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tinabrenee | September 9, 2013 at 4:05 am

Wonderful and accurate depictions! Good job!
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- mishunderstood | September 9, 2013 at 11:46 am
  
  Thanks for your comments! 🙂
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ladywithlilies | September 9, 2013 at 12:02 pm

To find beauty to pour into the void is to believe more in beauty than emptiness… there is no emptiness that an appetite for beauty can’t satisfy.
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- mishunderstood | September 9, 2013 at 3:26 pm
  
  I agree with that to a point.When I write about something dark, it is a true emotion that I need to express at the time. There is always hope for the future.
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  - ladywithlilies | September 9, 2013 at 3:42 pm
    
    I enjoyed the contrasts in your post. For me, your image reflected and portrayed all the unimaginable beauty to be found in a vast “emptiness” – even though a void can seem all consuming…
Tracesofthesoul | September 11, 2013 at 3:47 am

That caught me at the heartstrings! Funny how poetry is so much like a painting, left to interpretation often according to our own worldview and life experiences. “Reach without touching Nudge without crushing” such a an empty relationship is what I saw. Very poignant!! Blessings, Oliana
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- mishunderstood | September 11, 2013 at 11:46 am
  
  Yes, that is what I was trying to express. Thank you for your comments. Very much appreciated. 🙂
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Ms. Vee | September 18, 2013 at 2:42 pm

I love the poem and imagery. Sad, but not without hope. Good job!
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mishunderstood | September 18, 2013 at 3:15 pm

Thank you. I write better from a darker place, I suppose. Yes, there is always HOPE! 🙂
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jazzytower | September 30, 2013 at 4:44 pm

Lovely!!!
My favorite line “……Intentions deferred…..” I really connected with that one. Thanks for sharing and thanks for stopping by. Come again.
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- mishunderstood | September 30, 2013 at 5:05 pm
  
  Thanks for your comments. Your blog looks very interesting. 🙂
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Wordifull Melanie | October 10, 2013 at 2:52 am

So sad… how unfulfilling. Yet you end with hope. 🙂
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- mishunderstood | October 10, 2013 at 3:14 am
  
  Sometimes I feel the need to write about the feeling of hopelessness, even though I believe there is always a sliver of hope in the darkest of circumstances.
  Thank you for taking a little tour through my blog tonight. So sweet of you. 🙂
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  - Wordifull Melanie | October 10, 2013 at 4:07 am
    
    Trying to catch up…so many I try to follow and you all are quite a prolific bunch 🙂