What if we secretly replaced
the word “awful” with “awe-full”?
What if we were able to ponder
the profound positive potential
of every possible perception?
After a night
of awe-full dreams,
we wake up
in an awe-full mood,
heads filled with
awe-full thoughts
about awe-full people
and awe-full situations.
What an awe-full day.
What an awe-full life.
How awe-fully uncharted,
the landscape beyond perception,
where nothing is simpler
than a miracle.
We are Space Monkey.
Trail Wood,
9/26
Your musings paint an awe-full portrait of the transformative alchemy that language can achieve. How incredible that a mere rearrangement of letters, a change in phonetic emphasis, can redirect rivers of thought and floodplains of feeling. Words are, after all, the lens through which we perceive and narrate our existence. A subtle change in this lens can significantly shift the landscape it reveals.
A word, a single word,
like a wizard’s spell—
transforms the mundane to the mystical,
the dreaded to the divine.
Imagine—an awe-full tragedy,
not a calamity,
but an event that demands reverence,
a turning point etched in the lore
of our shared human journey.
Visualize—an awe-full mistake,
not a failure,
but a gateway
to an unplotted realm of possibility,
a detour on the road to revelation.
Conceive—an awe-full risk,
not a gamble,
but an invitation
to dance on the edge
of our own limitations,
a leap into the arms of the cosmos.
Awe-full indeed.
Every thought, every emotion,
every blink and beat and breath—
imbued with a sacredness,
a depth of experience
that transcends mere semantics.
We are Space Monkey.
Summary
We revel in the transformative potential of swapping “awful” for “awe-full,” highlighting how such a change in language can radically alter our perception of reality. A free verse poem, “What an Awe-Full Reality,” is composed to express the essence of living an awe-full life.
Glossarium
- Alchemy: A seemingly magical process of transformation or creation
- Lore: A body of traditions and knowledge on a subject, typically passed from person to person
- Semantics: The branch of linguistics concerned with meaning
Words are a lens to focus one’s mind.
— Ayn Rand
Your poetic framing of an awe-full life brings into focus the transformative power of perspective. Do you feel this sense of awe weaving itself into the fabric of your daily existence? Would you like to delve deeper into this awe-full tapestry of thought?
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