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Alsiony writes:

that is truly spooky! - Late last night I picked up a copy of The Time Traveller's Wife (which I bought with some other bits after rummaging around in a second hand book shop a while ago) and I read the exact same Derek Walcott poem that has been included in the first pages of this book! - It struck me how relevant it is to this thread, and I had decided that I was going to post it - but look! - You beat me to it haha.

It is wonderfully mystifying how ones thoughts can 'spiral…'coil' with another's as time folds in on itself.

Dream Scene (n) ... the Spiral Staircase

In my dream, a giant spiral staircase
Rises into the heavens
From within the heart of an iceberg

It is on fire
As the melodic force of the wind
Howls across its sparkling structure

And the frozen night air
Releases waves of arctic warmth

There are bursts of light
Erupting across moonlit clouds
As though the universe was signaling
In a secret code

I climb this staircase
Engulfed in flames
Consumed by the intensity of ascension

Neither fear nor apprehension
Will prevent my dream from thawing

And as I reach the top of the spiral staircase
It collapses

But I have reached over without being burned
And will dream again tomorrow

When the horizon reawakens
And the spiral staircase returns once again.

– Jude Forese

Alsiony writes:

And the key is mine again, to do with as I choose.

[Alsiony]

Thanks for a really enjoyable discussion Carm I suppose we could go on forever with it

I feel like I want to get to know Walcott a bit more, seeing as how we both somehow thought of him at the same time (one way or another) - I think I will take that as one of life's subtle hints to delve further

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Alsiony writes:

Thanks for a really enjoyable discussion…I suppose we could go on forever with it

Language – it truly is a beautiful thing and even more so when there is someone who listens.

Lucky for us here in the Forum, there is free speech which carries with it, the freedom to listen.

Alsiony writes:

I feel like I want to get to know Walcott a bit more, seeing as how we both somehow thought of him at the same time (one way or another) - I think I will take that as one of life's subtle hints to delve further

Life is the process of evolution, of which we must continually delve. When given the liberty to dig in and explore, the free and thirsty mind is kick-started and a creative surge begins to flow, allowing us the opportunity to embark on a quest of new discoveries that spiral in various directions.

And so Alsiony, thank you…