Day470【Threshold】

A photo poetry NFT of photographs and lyrics that asks you questions about everyday events and gives you answers

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Day470【Threshold】

DEAR naozo,

Is it

an entrance

or an exit

　

You seek a name

　

Call it an entrance

and you believe

there is something ahead

Call it an exit

and you justify

what brought you here

　

But the moment

you name it

thought stops

　

Safety

is the end of thought

　

If you have known it

release

　

What comes next

arrives only

to an empty hand

　

And yet

if you wish to know

hold

　

Shallow minds

rush forward

　

Depth

remains

　

Those who release

gain quantity

　

Those who hold

gain depth

　

Both are right

both are wrong

　

To move

is to abandon

　

To remain

is to refuse to abandon

　

Do not desire only beginnings

Do not be drunk on endings

　

Accept both

　

Receive

while you sever

　

Gain

while you lose

　

Be born

while you shed

　

You who stand there

decide

　

What you abandon

and what you still refuse

to abandon

　

That alone

names the place

　

Is it

an entrance

or an exit

　

Do not answer

　

Stand

undecided

　

Only that trembling

turns a threshold

into fate

From NZ

This story is a work of fiction. Except for the named individuals, all elements are products of imagination. The boundary between reality and fiction is intentionally ambiguous, and its interpretation is left to the reader.