A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. ~Maya Angelou

I've discovered a personal truth about a month ago. It's neither good nor bad. It would appear to be my natural center and where I revert to unconciously. Maybe it will not be forever and ever. Maybe it will continue. It hasn't always been the case. Simply put, right now I can be very literal minded. If someone asks rhetorical questions, my instinct is to answer them. If I'm given the task to illustrate a poem (which is what Creativity Exchange is quite a bit of the time) I will illustrate literal images and graspable thoughts. At least, I will if I can't think beyond what appears to be the obvious illustrative points.

 

One half of this week's CE is below. To see TheRacket's half, head over to his blog. You won't be sorry, I'm sure. Remember, words are by TheRacket and final image is by me. Though I got the original image from a stock photo site, from m constant: http://www.sxc.hu/profile/m_constant.

[beyond the frame] 

i woke up this morning
and the world
had gone away


i opened the shades
to see white
light and

nothing

just empty space

no texture
no heat
no color

everything
beyond the frame

gone

no motion
no sound

nothing


i wanted to gasp
to shout
to ask what happened

but my voice
has run away
with the world

and i

am left to fade

fade out
with the last day's light