“Descending Down” by Dale Innis AI Art
I’m Baaaack!)
Ahhh..I feel the need to gloss over a bit my quick exit from the online world and
retreat into bird watching,
I have lived most of my life in two very superstious countries, Costa Rica & Jordan. I have absorbed much of the beliefs and superstitions and have actually felt at times there was a real wisdom working there.
My precious cat was killed on Good Friday (I was still in Ramadan) and 5 days later my 6 month old, top-of-the-line, 16″ Macbook Pro self destructed. The screen, it seems, just spontaneously cracked. I had to replace it btw on my dime as their 1 year limited warranty, is VERY limited and does not include screens. I just got it back 2 days ago. The thought of “Bad Luck Comes in Threes” did cross my mind and then a few days later, I broke out in more areas of a strange (seemingly incurable) skin rash I have been battling for almost a year.
Now suddenly it’s on my face, my back, my legs so I immediately went to the doctor and after a biopsy was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease that interestingly, affects more people who have Ashkenazi Jewish DNA (I have 50%) or Middle Eastern, I am a 1-5 in a million.
How about feeling special!!
The good news is… I am responding very well to cortisone cream and so far do not need to to take oral steroids. My new lesions have all but disappeared and the old ones are finally giving way to the treatment too,
Soooooo I picked up my field glasses and went bird watching. I needed to de-stress after my
bad luck streak (in threes) and it did me much good:)
Now…my bad luck streak is OVER!
Here I am ready to read you and I won’t probably catch up, but I will start to comment on all your posts from today.
I offer you this recording and poem, The illustration above, by Dale, goes with it and I hope you will enjoy. To the music “Olt Eih” by Omar Diab…..
It’s about a different time by the way…always nice to remember those:)
Descending down into my sleep,
I dream a dream now falling into larger seas.
Lower me, to the depths below the basement walls,
of your very most bottom floor,
I will let myself float down,
a soft pink scarf, into your ever waving open hands.
All the imaginary trials and tears,
have been lived and photographed inside your halls,
In the spaces left between,
I lived two lives in awe and raptured creativity.
Grind the sweet and juice- filled -fruit,
the colors pour all over crimson mountain tops.
Sinking in nostalgia’s moving sands,
I comb the raided basement rooms,
I feel an earthquake shake my heart,
nothing is what it was, now just tumbled disarray,
Going down and further down into my sleep,
drugged on fantasies that technicolor me.
Coming off of all that beauty, everything’s too normal now,
for a glutton-colored poet such as I
Yes… I sucked the magic ink up in my straw until,
the skins dried on the empty page,
Then poured it over unborn lives,
perhaps the bitter- sweetest virtual moments of my memory.
Descending down into my sleep,
I dream a dream now falling into larger seas.
Lower me, to the depths,
below the basement of your very most bottom floor,
I will let myself float down,
a soft pink scarf into your ever waving open hands.
Karima Hoisan
2011 Costa Rica
Digital Rabbit Hole 
Beautiful poem and recitation! Thanks for sharing what you’ve been going through, and I completely agree the bad luck streak is over now! :-) Good things coming.
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InshAllah Dale….I feel it too. Thanks for the image and your kind words:)
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I’m so glad!! ❤
Much, much love,
David
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Thank you so much David…Yes, I am feeling very positive about it all…and nice to have my computer back too…Thank you for the love too:) Love is always needed:)
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bizabt!
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Anjad!! Sah!!!
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Karima it is so lovely to have you back !
Your presence here was missed, especially your spoken word🥰
I am glad to hear the cortisone is helping 🙏
Hugs Maggie 🌹❣️
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Oh thank you so much Maggie and I have missed you too but I am back and slowly getting my WordPress rhythm in gear:) Yes It is almost like a miracle cream this cortisone,, I have never had to use it before,,I was misdiagnosed about what my original rash was.. but this doctor, a dermatologist caught it. I am not putting the name on my blog because if you look it up… omg the pictures look Horribel and beleive me much worse than I look too:) Big Hugs will be reading you soon gracious poet:):) 🌹
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Karima I am glad you have the correct diagnosis now 🤗🙏 and the cream is working.
Big hugs bsck dear friend ❤️🌹
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so glad your rash in vanishing, what a threesome … so now your good luck and creativity can flow once more 🙂 My new video tomorrow is from my dream too!
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Oh I can’t wait to see your latest Kate and I have missed YouTubing with you too:) (as well as WordPressing:) Thank you for your welcome back:)
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no need to catch up I’m sure you are supporting many of us 🙂
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Glad you’re starting to feel better! Good luck hopefully comes in threes as well.
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Ahhh yes Good luck can come in 3’s and 3X3 too:)) Thanks so much Ben, and good to see you writing and recording too:)
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Oh, Karima, I’m so sorry for all of your difficulties! But I’m glad you’re back and doing better.
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Big hugs Dawn!! Thank you for welcoming me back..It’s good to be here too:):)
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Welcome back, warrior!
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Thank you my wise and loyal artistic friend!!!
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So happy to see you back here and so glad you’re doing better!
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Thank you Pooja…I am doing much better and happy to be creating and enjoying other’s posts:)
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I’m so glad to hear that 😊
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Very glad to know the three has passed and you bounced back. 🙏
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Thank you so much Cassa..it feels great to be back:)
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I agree dear Karima. Bad luck, death and problems seem to happen in three. Good afternoon dear friend. I loved hearing you read your words.
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I’m so glad you enjoyed it.Thank you John for always inspiring on:)
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You are welcome dear Karima.
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NICE 💚💓💖
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