“Waiting For You” by Dale Innis on Midjourney AI Art
Chance Encounter
So the first thought in my mind
when I walked through the door was…
“Wow what are you doing here?”
“What are you doing without your scarf on?”
“What are you doing without yours? she said
and we laughed as if cued by the director.
We laughed and she handed me her fortune cookie
“Let’s see how our luck is today, she said
teasingly, impishly,
her eyes giggling with laughter,
tears in the corners.
“You know I’m dead.” she said matter-of-factly.
“Of course I do,” I sighed remembering,
“I held your hand when you took
your last breath.”
“So what are you doing here then?
I asked again, wondering now if I were dreaming.
Your friend prompted me to take shape
The funny thing was, he didn’t really want a face
like mine; he was trying for something else.
“Prompted you?” I asked curious to know what she meant.
“Yes, AI Art, it’s the latest thing for us who passed over.”
“It’s a door to be seen once more”
“Wow, I had no idea!! How fascinating!”
But, if we don’t get framed, we will fade back quickly.
“Could I just hug you?
Why don’t you just frame me
and take me home and have me forever?
And I did.
Karima Hoisan
December 19, 2023
Costa Rica
Digital Rabbit Hole 
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Excellent poem!
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Thank you so much Gabriela for reading and leaving your comment. I just adore this picture and will have it made to canvas and framed for my house…Inshallah.
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My pleasure hon. The picture is wonderful too indeed.
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I love the idea that the afterlife (and who knows what other worlds!) are slipping back to talk to us via the AIs. 🙂 Happy to have provided the pathway for her to show up and say hello! And to inspire this little gem of a poem.
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How amazing in all your prompts and shorthand word descriptions, you conjured up Umahamad again (Allah yirhamha) As soon as I saw her I thought, no she won’t work for our project but I LOVE her:):) Thank you!
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What a beautiful idea, I love it! 🙂
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Awww thank you Joey:) It certainly would be pretty cool:):) At least I am going to have her printed on canvas and hung in my house. She really called out to me:) and I knew I must bring her here:) So glad you enjoyed it:)
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Karima,
Your poem’s a trip, blending laughs, memories, and a touch of the supernatural. The chat about scarves and the matter-of-fact “I’m dead” moment are so intriguing. The idea of AI Art for the afterlife? Super cool. And framing and hugging for eternity? That’s both heartwarming and a bit eerie.
~David
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Big smiles, you nailed it David! There Is a lot going on but as I have explained in some replies, I was not expecting to see someone conjured up with prompts and shotcuts and weirds directions by Dale that I Knew, Remembered and Loved. Dale said, “I see she is not what we are looking for ( we started a new project similar to The Klara Trilogy but based off of my blog series The Colored Dreams and I saw he was right, but I just fell in love with this image..and like automatic writing..I wrote what I saw:)as soon as we we hung up:):) I love when things like this happens..Thanks so much for your observations and yes..don’t worry, hugging the painting would be weird..I promise to only talk to it hahahha:) not weird at all….*giggles
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What a delightful poem Karima. I love this intriguing heart warming poem. So awesome.. love it❤️
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Aww thanks so much Cindy! I feel I had little to do with it:) These words just flowed out of this image:) After I read it over, I thought what a bizarre concept, I would have never come up with on my own..but yes Umahmad came alive again in this beautiful image that so reminds me of her. I’m really glad you found it intriguing:)
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What an amazing poem, Karima, and one that flows to such an organic and beautiful ending! ❣️
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Big smiles Layla…I’m so glad you enjoyed it. It certainly had a life of its own. I think the image “wrote “ most of it Thank you for visiting my site🙏
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What a wonderful poem!
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Thanks so much Dawn. You read a karima marathon of poetry this morning on the last day of the year . Happy New Years to you Dawn!
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Smiling big, thank you. Was just such a pleasant surprise… to see “that face” again:)
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