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The Forest For The Trees

 

We know in our heads

how things are supposed to be

yet we miss some things

like spelling or punctuation or

a line that is incomplete

 

we never see the obvious

the mistake right in front of our faces

our mind sees something different

skips over the error

and keeps right on going

 

we omit words

we misspell

but our minds give us permission

because we just don't see

our own mistakes

 

we concentrate on what comes next

and hurry past the obvious

lost in a forest of thought so dense

we fail to see

the forest for the trees.

 

◄ SHADOWS

The Road Of Life ►

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Shifa Maqba

Wed 2nd Dec 2020 16:46

Profound!

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M.C. Newberry

Wed 2nd Dec 2020 16:37

The mind can be forgiving and able to insert meaning when not
made apparent. Just as some people can fill in the "holes" in
crossword puzzles and others can de-code cryptic messages.
As for a more general "Mother Nature" situation -
The Amazon may have its loggers but elsewhere the situation is
more upbeat - with the UK on target with a tree planting programme
and also the USA, it seems, despite all the doom and gloom -
planting more than are harvested according to recent online reports.

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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Wed 2nd Dec 2020 15:15

You can read this poem from base to top too.

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