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Exaltation No. 11 (Real)
with your love surrounding me
soft, gentle, cloudlike
a fulfillment previously unknown
it was a gentle in-filling
this dawning comprehension
the fullness of love
together: complete, whole
apart: missing pieces of myself, of you
I still don’t fully understand it
me and you
but I do know, in you, I am at peace
the world’s troubles don’t disappear
but they become faded,
smudges of reality
the real world is me resting in your arms
the real world is gazing into your eyes
the real world is your heartbeat in my ear
the real world is you
tara caribou | ©️ 2026
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Lovely, Tara. “Smudges of reality”. 🙂
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You know how it is… out of focus (because it’s not your focus). Smudgy.
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Definitely. Hope you are doing well. <3
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Some days I’m great. But I am full of anxiety and stress (this time real world issues rather than emotional or OCD issues). I’m okay.
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Seems to be going around :-(
Hope it gets better soon.
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It’s beautiful, Tara.
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Thank you so much ☺️
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Delightful, Tara.
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😌 Thank you Chris.
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This is so so so lovely. I love it.
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Thank you, my friend 😌💕
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Wonderful piece, Tara. Always best to sink into the reality that is those we love and not the nonsense which the world attempts to thrust upon us.
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That’s it exactly. Easy to get fooled into what’s important and what is not.
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I like the sentiment of this, Tara – and for me the lesson in minimal punctuation through use of line length – I use far to many commas! All the best. Eric.
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Sometimes I use lots of punctuation and sometimes none at all. I think it all works!
Thanks for reading! 😌
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