Our Indomitable Human Permanence



Each of us is a piece of time, measured out to all eternity.  And no piece, no matter the cut or slice, is any larger or smaller in its entirety than the whole, whereof it constitutes the sum.
Each of us occupies a space in time, with our space and time coordinated uniquely to link us eternally and genetically with the past, the present; and with all time and space there is to come. By nature, we are, all of us, like the stately Sequoia sempervirens; ever youthfully green; ever curiously living; the spiritual core of ourselves ever seeking meaning.
Born to inherit the stars, the essence of our uniqueness in the galaxy is our indomitable human spirit; our presence and permanence as Homo sapiens of the Milky Way Universe.

About this poem

In 1981, I was gifted with a tiny cork book by a dearly treasured Italian colleague, friend and poet. Within the pages of this little treasure, which has survived the destruction of a house by fire, I composed short, pithy sayings or proverbial expressions. This little, and now edited gem, entitled “Our Indomitable Human Permanence,” is one of several such sayings that were composed between 1981 and 1991.

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Written on June 12, 1986

Submitted by karlcfolkes on April 28, 2024

Modified by karlcfolkes on May 10, 2024

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Karl Constantine FOLKES

Retired educator of Jamaican ancestry with a lifelong interest in composing poetry dealing particularly with the metaphysics of self-reflection; completed a dissertation in Children’s Literature in 1991 at New York University entitled: An Analysis of Wilhelm Grimm’s “Dear Mili” Employing Von Franzian Methodological Processes of Analytical Psychology. The subject of the dissertation concerned the process of Individuation. more…

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    No man is an island entire unto itself!
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