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The Fleeting of Inspiration

If only we could capture
The moment of connection
The electric fire and energy
All cosmic flowers blooming
That moment
That microsecond
Before rinsed away
By the wash of time
Of thoughts and senses
Living and life
And forgotten
Lines and lyrics
And visions lost
<sigh>
For want of a notebook

We’ve probably all had those flashes of brilliance at completely inopportune times. The perfect lyric or book title or even snarky comeback that strikes while you’re in the checkout lane, or in a public toilet, or walking the dog two blocks from home. If only you could remember it you could prove to the world how absolutely brilliant you really are, but…

You never remember it quite right and you never ever have a notebook. Damn!

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Life Poetry - Posey

Diaphanous Muse

If only we could capture that moment of connection

The fire and energy, all cosmic pieces fitting

That moment, that microsecond before rinsed away

By the wash of time, of thoughts and senses, living and life

Oh woe for the lines and lyrics, and visions lost

For want of a notebook


There are so many times that I’ve had a brilliant flash of inspiration only to have it vanish into of other thoughts. It’s frustrating to think that our lives are so very limited and the true sparks of the muse even more so. But yet we can watch them slip through our fingers so very very easily never to come again.

Scotland