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Miracles

Around me, the unseen miracle

Of the past: the birds in the tree—the hills—the clouds—the people passing by,

I am at the centre of my time

                And they are all in the past

What stranger miracles are there?

 

After Walt Whitman, Miracles

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Chris Armstrong

Sun 9th Feb 2025 09:58

Thanks, Maria. Because light takes time to travel, everything you see is - by a fraction of a fraction of a second - in the past. So you are the centre of - for you the only - present.

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Marla Joy

Sat 8th Feb 2025 17:06

Chris, I'll have to read this a few more time to better understand, but it is good. Marla

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