Interesting bit of work, I have to admit. But when I read the following stanza, it really reminded me of something John Donne had written:
Originally posted by insanejester
reality is just an illusion *
life simply being part of this dillusion
when at last I see what is real
and thats not what we taste see hear or feel
A VALEDICTION FORBIDDING MOURNING.
by John Donne
13 ) Dull sublunary lovers' love
14 ) —Whose soul is sense—cannot admit
15 ) Of absence, 'cause it doth remove
16 ) The thing which elemented it.
17 ) But we by a love so much refined,
18 ) That ourselves know not what it is,
19 ) Inter-assurèd of the mind,
20 ) Care less, eyes, lips and hands to miss.
In line 13, "Dull sublunary lovers" (or lovers from 'beneath the moon' ie human beings) in this case do not know of any form of love ouside that which consists of the five senses. Therefore, "absence" or simply being apart from eachother negates said love.
But the "we" in line 17 have a more "refined" love and therefore don't miss eachother's "eyes, or lips, and hands" during the same absence, because they are connected by their minds.
I guess when you said "thats not what we taste see hear or feel", I was reminded of John Donne's expressions of a love that can exist in a state of absence. Which I find metaphysically very enlightening, since the poem is about losing a loved one through death (in this case, the author).
I spared you the length of the entire valediction, which can be found here: http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/donne/mourning.htm
Nice work Josh.
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