There is — Summary

RunaMarieContemplative

There is a time when a poem becomes more than words. There is a day when a song becomes more than just music. There is a place when a book becomes more than just a story. There is a time when a phrase becomes more than a saying. When it burries deep in your mind A mere mention of it, a glimpse sends Thousands of memories, feelings Spiraling back into the present. There is a feeling that can never be erased from your mind.

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Some words, songs and books stop being ordinary things and become something much bigger. That is the simple idea running through "There is." The speaker lists moments when a poem, a song, a book or even a single phrase turns into more than what it first seemed. The repeated opening, "There is a time... There is a day... There is a place," gives the poem a steady, almost chant-like rhythm, as if the speaker is counting off examples of something that happens to everyone.

The second half moves from the general to the personal. Once something "burries deep" in your mind, even a brief mention or a glimpse can set off "thousands of memories, feelings" that rush back into the present. The word "spiraling" suggests how they swirl and can't be controlled. The final line says this feeling can never be erased.

The mood is reflective and quietly tender. It could be nostalgic, but the poem doesn't say whether these memories are happy or painful, and that openness is part of what makes it relatable.

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