1492; Semicolon Love

One dot and one not
Mesmerise my longings
For origins
To know which mind
First conceived
The secondary clause to
Paint the primary
In colours unknown

Along the street from Titian
The grinding of a black ink printer,
Manutius, performs
A Venetian copulation:
The black hole ovum
And its spermatozoan lover
Swimming forever closer
Never to fuse, but

There is an elegance about you.
You will not conform
To those calling for symmetry,
A false perfection.
You belong in the real world:
The two sides of everyone’s nose
Not two distinct persons
But isonomy, rich in uneven smiles

From you has issued
More than a literary mark
A duel, disdain, devotion
But, for those who are too close
To a premature full stop,
A life-preserving pause.
“When an author could've chosen to end their sentence but chose not to.
The author is you, and the sentence is your life”

Who would’a thought?

Project Semicolon was born from a social media movement in 2013. Project Semicolon exists to encourage, love, and inspire those in mental distress. But why a semicolon? "A semicolon is used when an author could've chosen to end their sentence but chose not to. The author is you and the sentence is your life."

So, here I am, sitting at my desk
Wondering if you can see
The next phase of your life?
Exploring the other side
Of your nose.
Similar, but distinct.
There’s more to you than you know
Walk on, into colours unknown.