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Buket Elena's avatar

I want to respond that with my poem because I think it is easier to show I deeply feel you and agree with you in this matter, bless your heart and pen my dear ❣️

Do not be fooled

By the logic tale that

modern zombies tell, my dear

That is the coward's road.

They've spangled fear with logic

Do not go there, cruel

That place is full of the heartless.

Look to the mind of your heart, listen.

Do not be afraid, my sigh

These lands are full of lovers.

sofiaa⭒'s avatar

this is beautiful. "the coward's road spangled with logic" you just gave me chills.

thank you for seeing it. thank you for writing this.🫶🏻

Neha Oberoi's avatar

Depth isn’t “he was my religion” and “now I’m the god.”

That’s just swapping idols.

Love without architecture is nervous-system surf, not devotion.

sofiaa⭒'s avatar

you're right that swapping idols isn't depth but becoming the god isn't about replacement it's about alchemy she didn't swap worship for worship she turned devotion into self-creation the architecture isn't in the person it's in the transformation that's the whole poem.

Neha Oberoi's avatar

If worship just moves from “him” to “me,” that’s still idol-mechanics — the nervous system just changed altars, not its architecture. For me, “becoming the god” would have to show up as a different contract with love, not just a different character in the story.

sofiaa⭒'s avatar

"becoming the god" isn't self-worship.

it's the realization she never needed anyone including herself to worship she didn't change altars. she burned the concept of needing them. that's the architecture shift.

Neha Oberoi's avatar

If the concept of worship really burned, the story wouldn’t need gods at all.

“He was my religion / now I’m the god” is still altar-architecture — just reorganized.

For me, a real architecture shift is when devotion leaves the idol system entirely and becomes a different contract with truth, not a promotion inside the same hierarchy.

sofiaa⭒'s avatar

i think you're determined to read this as "she just changed idols." and i'm telling you - as the person who wrote it - that's not what it means.

she doesn't worship herself. she stops needing worship as a structure. "becoming the god" means becoming whole enough that devotion is no longer necessary

but i can't make you read it the way i intended it if it doesn't land for you, that's okay not every piece resonates with everyone.

i appreciate you engaging with it this deeply, even if we don't agree 🤍