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I don’t get it…

Is it supposed to be about somebody reaching “the top of the world”, and then killing themselves because there’s nowhere else to go but down?

Reaching the “top of the world” as you say means that you left behind all else. You climbed to the top, but there was nothing there, and all that effort was wasted. You forsaked your land to reach the heavens, but found no sanctuary. This was meant to be given meaning by the reader, so whatever you take from this is all yours.

Anonymous wrote:
Reaching the “top of the world” as you say means that you left behind all else. You climbed to the top, but there was nothing there, and all that effort was wasted. You forsaked your land to reach the heavens, but found no sanctuary. This was meant to be given meaning by the reader, so whatever you take from this is all yours.

Well, if it’s meant to be given meaning by the reader, then I would have to say that the poem had no meaning at all, because I don’t understand it. It’s Word Salad Philosophy, with two scoops of Ice Cream Koan.

Well if there’s absolutely no emotion striken from this poem to you, then i guess it did not have any meaning to you. Did you not get a mental image? Did you not empathize with the underline story? I don’t understand half of the abstract pictures I see, but some still have meaning.

Anonymous wrote:
Well if there’s absolutely no emotion striken from this poem to you, then i guess it did not have any meaning to you. Did you not get a mental image? Did you not empathize with the underline story? I don’t understand half of the abstract pictures I see, but some still have meaning.

Well, I got emotion from it, but it wasn’t something I could identify with. It just seemed like gibberish dressed up in the guise of profundity. The only imagery I got from it was a person climbing a mountain, and then killing himself by letting go and falling to his death. But that doesn’t make sense, and doesn’t fit with the rest of the poem. There are also contradicting and ridiculous statements like:

“Every ounce of my mind screams no
but my body craves the rush of the drop.”

That kind of phrasing, mixed with the random conglomeration of ideas and emotions, brings me to the conclusion that the poem is just nonsense. I also conclude that you’ve never actually been mountain climbing; physically or metaphorically. Because whether it is a mountain in life, or a mountain in the mind, there is something truly thrilling and awe-inspiring when you get to the summit. For the only thing you can say is “Wow…”

I actually wrote this from a dream I had. Vivid imagry in the dream. It’s a really simple message to me.

When you start to climb, you often forget about how you’re going to get down. You’re then stuck climbing a mountain with no escape, and can only get down by falling. It’s really clear to me, but not as much to you.

Your mind symbolizes rational thoughts and decision making skills a person has
Your body symbolizes the simple urges and instincts you have

You never reach the top of an imaginary mountain, beacuse you can always improve. What would you prefeR? Keep on climbing? or to see if you are welcomed back below?

Anonymous wrote:
I actually wrote this from a dream I had. Vivid imagry in the dream. It’s a really simple message to me.

Oh good. I was hoping you didn’t just make it up. Dreams are pretty random and senseless to begin with, so I get it now. It probably has some personal meaning to you (since it was your dream), but not to me, a person who typically has dreams about gliding through water.

ours have the same meaning. If you stop, it will not end well.

If you stop gliding then you might drown. If i stop climbing, I will fall.

I guess there might be a similar thing implanted in both of our minds. Would explain why you’re on my friends list on my non anon account.