What she said...

Could it be possible that time or movement stops as we know it.

Yes we know on Earth or even this universe perhaps not but what about other parts of the galaxies?

Or is this impossible? What is your conclusion?

Or perhaps time and movement really doesn't exist.

What do you think?

The emotions running through me get the best of me.
The pain is almost unbearable, it hurts physical to be without you.
Time heals all, so I am told.
Leaving you behind was the hardest thing I ever had to do.
I wish I could go back to that moment.
The moment we said goodbye,
that moments haunts me.
Knowing that I may never see you, never feel your embrace.
Everything about you calls to me,
I know we were meant to be.
How can you not see it?
Do you care about me like you did before?
Move on with your life, forget about me.
I am nothing to you!

Redhead44613

Fusion, thank you for elaborating on your point of view.

I don't like to bicker over semantics, but sometimes its the best route to mutual understanding; and I'm still not conivinced that 'meant' is the best word for your meaning, as it suggests predestination and intention, with an implication of 'ought' and 'should'. According to http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mean, I think you mean:

"To design, intend, or destine for a certain purpose or end"

I agree we have an omnivore structure to our bodies, and omnivore capacity. I don't agree we are 'meant' to eat meat - and this is not because I am currently eating a vegan diet, nor because I am displeased by factory farming. In fact, in some ways I support hunting and farms managed with compassion.

In general, I think the whole notion that we are 'meant' for anything based on our bodies structure or capacity is completely flawed, and a terrible basis for asking 'what should I do' ?



Now you are talking about capacity, rather than intention or predestination. So why say we are 'meant' to eat meat? Why not say that we 'can' eat meat?

This use of the word 'meant' reminds me also of arguments that were made long ago (well... not that long ago) for why women were the 'inferior' sex and why people of different skin colors were appropriately treated in different ways. Different kind of people were 'meant' for different things. This has nothing to do with veganism, and everything to do with what is implied by the word meant.



Omnivore structure is part of who we are. Omnivore habits? You are saying this is an inherant, undeniable aspect of being a homo sapiens? Again this same kind of argument has been used & abused a great deal to rationalise things we now recognize as immoral in the past. Sexism, rape, slavery, the list goes on.



I accept this suggestion about the distant past. Today, we have refridgerators and blenders and ovens and distribution systems and most people in industrialized nations are getting too many calories and probably too many meat-based fats.



This is a bit of a tangent, but there are rare individuals who will ask themself this question, even as they are starving. A reliable friend told me his relative (in India) decided he was ready to die, and willfully fasted himself to death - in other words, he had that level of control, intention, choice. Most people are victim to their own unexamined and not-understood drives.



Why???



The person who did the raping was not damaged (in certain cultures). This development of ethics prohibiting rape is not preservation of self! Think about this.

(1a) You identify women as part of your 'group' worthy of protection from the harm of rape.
(1b) The raper did not.

(2a) Some people identify non-human animals as enough of 'part of their group' as to be worthy of protection from certain kinds of abuse.
(2b) Some people do not.

How broad, how encompassing is our caring?

Speaking of which: Bushido & Red I didn't have net access earlier, but I really appreciate the spirit and ideas you guys are putting forward in this thread!


(I'm off to an all you can eat salad bar!)

Life is what you make of it. Yes it may be. However we all walk around daily and wonder why we cant get along with the people we meet. I am showing you why as we speak. It is because no one is subtle any more and everyone assumes that we mean one thing. The art of expression is meaningless and has no true queen. We all roam day to day wondering, "What, oh what did he or she say?" All of us want answers with no clue yet we all pray. My answer to this, is as simple as three letters. We all need to remember that honesty has no definition. We render its condition. Unfortunately in today's society we all expect so much that we have no sense of the subtle. Because life is out of touch.








And that, is creative writing. In whatever sense "Mingle" wanted us to use this forum for unless we were writing poetry.

My answer to the question was "spoken" but not written-- hence creative writing.

Well pissss! I agree go for the A's.


But hey, their loss is our gain, let that you-ness shine here both y'all!!!!!

We get their you-ness oo-oo

We get their you-ness oo-oo!!!!!!!

nicely done...

a lot to think about here

it is the first time a lover has died on me. it was an entirely untimely death. this news coming in from a coincidental meeting and a removed source halted my breath and left my eyes to wander from the unknowing bearer sitting across from me.

this person who once said peekaboo walking into a bathroom where i once dressed, this person who once sang his little rendition of the righteous brothers to me where i snuggled into his arms in a big, big bed, this person who one all summer long dumped ice in my shirt and threw me into a pool over and over, this person whose friends smiled slightly to me before i knew it was done.. my memories of him come softly then harshly. it's too strange to imagine. it must've been murder. he had so much and a big, big heart.

i loved him never owning him. it was his way.

Thanks for reading my awful attempts on writing a poem

One prof said I have to tone down my "me-ness" to give the facts in a way that doesn't display so much of my opinion. It should almost read like a research paper "just the facts ma'am". It's cool though I just turn me off for the length of the paper LOL

trying to write for school is so very different from writing for fun....Thanks for asking. You start next week right?