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The World We Live In – 3

by Ashok Sharda


There is a world
That has a name
And no boundaries

There are worlds
With definite names
And boundaries
Sprouting and perishing
Every moment

These worlds are inside the world
That has a name and no boundaries

The world that has a name and no boundaries
Is inside the worlds that
Have names and boundaries

This is a paradoxical world we live in

10/11/2004

Posted on 09/14/2006
Copyright © 2025 Ashok Sharda

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 09/15/06 at 01:30 AM

Indeed paradoxical! You say it so well!

Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 09/17/06 at 04:07 AM

If we could but truly live in this world you describe, instead of creating our own illusions of life and meaning with restrictive boundaries. I like the circles within circles of this poem.

Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 09/18/06 at 02:05 PM

Interesting way of saying multiple dimensions and realities existing simultaneously.

Posted by Laura Doom on 10/07/06 at 04:21 PM

For me, this relates to the 'assumption' theme (as inevitably, all things relate to eachother :) - in that we all tend to assume that our representation of 'the world' coincides with that of others. The named world is a common assumption - we can only be in one physical 'place' at any one 'time' - being an assumption, the only boundaries are those we we insert into our representation of it. Yet, if we believe it has no boundaries, we are compelled to construct 'defined' worlds within what we understand to be its parameters. Without boundaries, we are prisoners of chaos, which some might interpret as 'freedom', a truly frightening and wondrous concept. He he... anyway, just to completely type myself into oblivion, these world constructs would be meaningless without reference to the assumption that masquerades as the named world, the 'one' world that binds us and divides us. ROFL - well, that's one version Ashok - yours is so much more concise and credible. :))

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