O at the Edges

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In This I Find You Again

Posted on June 11, 2015 by robert okaji

In This I Find You Again

If there is truth to be found
let someone find it. The yellow

rose rests in its jar. Day and
night it looks out through the glass

at the world of altered
lines, sensing, perhaps, beauty

through its failure to prevent
fading. Each morning I wake

and think of you. The hibiscus
on our patio readies itself to blossom,

but pauses as if to prolong
the moment, waiting for a reason

to end its denial. Then it unfolds.
You are all I care to find.

37 thoughts on “In This I Find You Again”

Athena on June 11, 2015 at 9:16 am said:

Love the simplicity of the poem and the bloody-red hibiscus!

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- robert okaji on June 11, 2015 at 9:58 pm said:
  
  Thank you.
  
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Annika Perry on June 11, 2015 at 9:17 am said:

Beautiful:-) Thank you.

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- robert okaji on June 11, 2015 at 9:58 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Annika.
  
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Jin Okubo on June 11, 2015 at 9:20 am said:

Reblogged this on Jin Okubo.

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- robert okaji on June 11, 2015 at 9:58 pm said:
  
  Thanks for reblogging!
  
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amitavchowdhury on June 11, 2015 at 9:22 am said:

Lovely write.

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- robert okaji on June 11, 2015 at 9:59 pm said:
  
  Thank you.
  
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cote8050 on June 11, 2015 at 9:24 am said:

very lovely…

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- robert okaji on June 11, 2015 at 10:00 pm said:
  
  You’re very kind. Thank you.
  
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zdunno03 on June 11, 2015 at 10:33 am said:

Just beautiful.

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- robert okaji on June 11, 2015 at 10:00 pm said:
  
  Thanks, Leonard. Much appreciated.
  
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A Former Prison Librarian on June 11, 2015 at 10:33 am said:

Magnificent!

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- robert okaji on June 11, 2015 at 10:01 pm said:
  
  You are always so generous. Thank you !
  
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klh048 on June 11, 2015 at 11:16 am said:

Reblogged this on Writer's Cramp and commented:
I can relate — nicely said

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- robert okaji on June 11, 2015 at 10:01 pm said:
  
  Thank you for reblogging.
  
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Francis.R. on June 11, 2015 at 1:24 pm said:

A fading rose says evoke many things in a subtle way. Thanks vey much.

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- robert okaji on June 11, 2015 at 10:02 pm said:
  
  Oh, yes.
  
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Sunshine Jansen on June 11, 2015 at 2:29 pm said:

Qué romántico… Sigh.

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- robert okaji on June 11, 2015 at 10:03 pm said:
  
  Gracias, SJ. I have much to be grateful for.
  
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JMD398 on June 11, 2015 at 9:26 pm said:

For whatever reason the thought came in my head, all this waiting, all this beauty, perhaps we are not longing for the moment to capture beauty, yet beauty is watching us waiting for the moment to be noticed. Very beautiful work…I know my thoughts are random right

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- robert okaji on June 11, 2015 at 10:05 pm said:
  
  Random, but wise! Thank you.
  
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- Jan Schaper on June 13, 2015 at 3:05 pm said:
  
  You have expressed a beautiful, tangible truth. Thank you.
  
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  - robert okaji on June 14, 2015 at 3:52 pm said:
    
    Thank you, Jan. This rose has been in its jar for nearly 31 years.
    
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AIG on June 11, 2015 at 10:21 pm said:

Beautiful and moving!

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- robert okaji on June 13, 2015 at 7:10 am said:
  
  Thank you!
  
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Alexia Lauren on June 12, 2015 at 8:04 am said:

So beautiful : ” The yellow
rose rests in its jar. Day and
night it looks out through the glass
at the world of altered
lines, sensing, perhaps, beauty
through its failure to prevent
fading.”
♡
Of course, the whole of it is beautiful, but this portion has something special about it.
Good day (:

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- robert okaji on June 13, 2015 at 7:14 am said:
  
  I’m so pleased you find it so. Thank you.
  
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Carolin Messier on June 12, 2015 at 4:57 pm said:

This is gorgeous. “… waiting for a reason to end its denial” I found particularly poignant.

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- robert okaji on June 14, 2015 at 3:53 pm said:
  
  You’re very generous, Carolin. Thank you.
  
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Jan Schaper on June 13, 2015 at 3:13 pm said:

I still have dried yellow roses petals from my grandmother’s funeral 15 years ago. Seeing your poem and the image reminded me of her gracious heart. Thank you.

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- robert okaji on June 14, 2015 at 3:54 pm said:
  
  I’m so pleased the poem found a place with you.
  
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milliethom on June 25, 2015 at 8:18 am said:

A beautiful poem. I love the idea of that seemingly everlasting rose looking out at the beauty around it. Lovely imagery throughout.

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- robert okaji on June 25, 2015 at 5:09 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Millie. That rose has been around the block!
  
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  - milliethom on June 25, 2015 at 5:12 pm said:
    
    Well, you certainly wrote a great poem based on that fact.
    
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gertloveday on August 16, 2015 at 2:57 am said:

at the world of altered
lines

a beautiful turn there, in fact the way you work your line endings throughout the poem is very subtle and elegant.

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- robert okaji on August 16, 2015 at 7:12 am said:
  
  Thank you. I enjoyed playing with the line endings.
  
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