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Justin Deming's avatar

Well this one will make you sit and think a while. Beautiful work, Mark—thank you!

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Mark Starlin's avatar

Thanks, Justin. 🤓

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K.C. Knouse's avatar

There is a lot of Truth to contemplate in this one. Of the many with which I connected, this one is classic: :confusing abundance for Abundance". Great work, Mark.

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Mark Starlin's avatar

Stuff doesn’t make an abundant life. Thanks, K.C. 🤓

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K.C. Knouse's avatar

Amen to that, Brother.

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Richard Ritenbaugh's avatar

Many people are on a restless search for meaning. You have identified a common solution: returning home, back to what you know, back to where you can find comfort and perhaps start again.

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Mark Starlin's avatar

It is good to find your way home. Thanks, Richard.

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Ah, Mark. We are both in a melancholy mood today! Both of us writing of the pathways through our lives, and the ultimate understanding that home and family are everything. I loved this line "I wandered in the land of Identity, A lost traveler." I know this feeling well, my friend. Thank you for this lovely work.

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Mark Starlin's avatar

Thank you. Every once in a while, I get introspective. Then things get back to normal. 🤣

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Jack Herlocker's avatar

Awwww! 💚💚💚

Thanks for letting your inner muse wander out and about, Mark!

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Mark Starlin's avatar

A good thing to do occasionally. Thanks, Jack.

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Joseph L. Wiess's avatar

They always say that you can't go back home.

You proved them wrong.

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3musesmerge's avatar

Fellow traveler—

Ooomph!

Hit me straight in the heart.

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Mark Starlin's avatar

Thanks, 3. 🤓

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Lana Yakimchuk's avatar

Sending you a hug. Can we give back home?

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Mark Starlin's avatar

Yes. Home is waiting.

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