Author’s Note:

Inspired by “The Call To Adventure”, by JoshBond.  To me, the underlying message is to do freedom responsibly. For me, this involves a mindfulness of both the internal and the external. In this poem, Josh incorporates subtle, irregular structures, such as: Broken stanza, slide rhyme, sparse punctuation, phantom rhyme structure as well as lower case letters in the beginning of lines, which gives the feel of a conversation, whilst staying with the poetic weave.  I reflectedon the effect of beginning lines with all lowercase vs all uppercase. I think that upper case, with similar line length gives a more overt aestheticism, while, beginning lines with lower case can add an element of being both: Humble and high minded. Where the artist intentionally implements elements which shall communicate mostly with the unconscious of most readers. 
For this piece, I incorporated the 11 section structure that I call: Walking the flatline. Lately, I have been thinking of the effects of what I call “disembodied standalones”. I conceived of the idea to try doing 11 standalones. In such a case, you could vary on the “disembodied” aspect of the standalone, some coming more out of nowhere than the others, modifying the application of the spaces between. 

The Calling Of The Currents

I

The opening door, a stream of a dream - Into a dream of a stream.

II

Streaming/Dreaming, depths of thought which gleam – Clarity, in the: Unseen 

III

All things are both, question? and answer. giving insight into the meaning 

IV

The sun breaks free of a stronghold of clouds as I walk out of my flesh…

V

comprehending the language of shimmers overs rivers and star shine 

VI

down by the river, ghost swans of time flowing into the future of themselves 

VIII

reminded of time as it drifts into the distractions of its own reflections

IX

humble and impeccable, allowing ourselves grace, is the best of things 

X

watching the growth of things deeply rooted into the higher language of time

XI

pathway into the great adventure of existence.

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