Beholding

Possibility and limit.

silhouette of a man during sunset

At every encounter, a mutual question, what is this something? and revelations between presences, of possibility. Here fire, here ice, here the light, heat, cool, drip––to be named, maybe, but still not known, and it matters to return often to this place, to remember the limits of language, to avoid equating naming with holding what won’t be captured or even grasped. At best, I can behold, be beholden to––at best, I can be held in my unknowing.

Author: Stacey C. Johnson

I keep watch and listen, mostly in dark places.

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