There’s something quietly resonant in that final image Daniela — the scattered Scrabble board, NO’S circled and set aside that perfectly align with the title on the piece:
“Torn between time passages…”
There’s a sense throughout — both in the poem and the board — of transition, of knowing what doesn’t fit even if what does is still forming.
Like you say: not quite left outside, not quite within.
The placed words — CREATIVE, QUIRK, VIBE — feel like little affirmations trying to land in a space still full of uncertainty. And the NO’S, held aside but clearly seen, speak just as loudly.
I love how this piece allows a chance for clarity and blur to exist side by side. One doesn’t cancel the other out — they coexist, like seasons brushing past each other in passing light.
However, it's the rhyming in the poem that almost sings to me, bouncing along from stanza to verse.
I really recognize that feeling of being halfway between belonging and drifting. I find it can be hard to balance ambition with not wanting to climb a ladder that doesn’t even feel right. The way you put it into words makes it feel a little less lonely. Thank you!
I had to read it very carefully, let it sink in, and I'm still asking myself, ‘What the hell is going on here?’ I guess I need to practise letting things sink in a little more. 🙌😁✨💫
Hello Daniela, indeed thought provoking and beutifully said.
A job is what you do for a living. A career is what you do with your living. And in both, you will find happiness and struggle - without limits, without guarantees, and without fixed thresholds.
Funny thing about Berlin airport. Berlin is famous within Germany for not having finished the new airport until 2020, well after 2012. Some weeks before the planned opening in 2012, I had to plan a journey and preferred the much longer way by train, as something felt off about it. I didn't feel like "being a guinea pig" and straying around, being late (7 hours), just because they might not get their check-in counters ready or something. But generally I avoid in-land flights anyway.
Oh wow! Fastest first like ever! Was there a line which stands out from your point of view, has made you stop and think anything special about it? *just curious*
There’s something quietly resonant in that final image Daniela — the scattered Scrabble board, NO’S circled and set aside that perfectly align with the title on the piece:
“Torn between time passages…”
There’s a sense throughout — both in the poem and the board — of transition, of knowing what doesn’t fit even if what does is still forming.
Like you say: not quite left outside, not quite within.
The placed words — CREATIVE, QUIRK, VIBE — feel like little affirmations trying to land in a space still full of uncertainty. And the NO’S, held aside but clearly seen, speak just as loudly.
I love how this piece allows a chance for clarity and blur to exist side by side. One doesn’t cancel the other out — they coexist, like seasons brushing past each other in passing light.
However, it's the rhyming in the poem that almost sings to me, bouncing along from stanza to verse.
A wonderful piece of writing and poem!
Thanks for sharing.
You really capture that in between feeling so well! Beautiful meditation on belonging!
I really recognize that feeling of being halfway between belonging and drifting. I find it can be hard to balance ambition with not wanting to climb a ladder that doesn’t even feel right. The way you put it into words makes it feel a little less lonely. Thank you!
Different! But still a masterpiece!
You outdid yourself (and it's not easy when you're YOU)
I had to read it very carefully, let it sink in, and I'm still asking myself, ‘What the hell is going on here?’ I guess I need to practise letting things sink in a little more. 🙌😁✨💫
Hahaha we all do 😅
Hello Daniela, indeed thought provoking and beutifully said.
A job is what you do for a living. A career is what you do with your living. And in both, you will find happiness and struggle - without limits, without guarantees, and without fixed thresholds.
Yes, happiness and struggle is part of almost every role.
There is no "paradise on earth" thing of a job. But struggling for success can make happy, too.
Funny thing about Berlin airport. Berlin is famous within Germany for not having finished the new airport until 2020, well after 2012. Some weeks before the planned opening in 2012, I had to plan a journey and preferred the much longer way by train, as something felt off about it. I didn't feel like "being a guinea pig" and straying around, being late (7 hours), just because they might not get their check-in counters ready or something. But generally I avoid in-land flights anyway.
Oh wow! Fastest first like ever! Was there a line which stands out from your point of view, has made you stop and think anything special about it? *just curious*