Breathe

[Erthona]

Thanks fim. Yeah I guess you could say it is somewhat multi-layered. On one level I guess I meant it as the difference between the external trigger (that which inspires) and the "internal" muse, if you will. Generations here being used as "creations", i.e. poems. Thus referring to the poet who only is aware of the external, and not how that interacts with the "internal muse" to cause creation. Poems that are missing both sides are not inspired and thus end with a period. There are several other levels of which I am aware, but I suspect there are those I am unaware of, as the muse is generally in control of the depth. I know I have read poems I wrote from many years ago and find meanings there that I know I was unaware of at the time. Thank you for the meter comment, I try to make things lyrically fun.

Tom,

I would imagine you could not see your end without a mirror. "Et tu?" I was not consciously being autobiographical, but I suspect mine will be more as a whimper, as I have neither the courage nor the energy to do much else Yes, expiration is the subtext rhyme, or the implied extension. Very clever of you.

Dale