I am... mute
Formless
Doubtful
Strange
Without my exponential use
Of words
In the solitude
Of my own room
Where the window greets
The sun and moon
A Curtain never closed
To shine through
Marx said
Only practical
Is consciousness
When papered
Or penned before
Which spellbinding
Bind and bend
Ideas through a convex lens
To magnify societal trends
And distribute thoughts through
A universal orifice
To file the proof
Words like numbers
Signify
Conventions of
The plane
The sky
They draw lines in sand
Afar off from the people
Betwixt like clay
Permeations of dust
Of beating hearts
And of the mind and soul
That carries us
To explain
Reality
Sombre dissonances in clarity
Intrusions into the mental nest
Through the stretch lines
Of a 5th Century mothers breast
As we learn to feed the hatched
With powdered milk
To keep her figure lean
And class of ilk
And bring consciousness
To the masses
I am mute...
Without a verb
Incommunicable
Without a word
Speechless when lacking vowels
Indistinguishable
From the bleating owl
Without my consonant bough
Languageless
I am unreal
Without translation
I am soulless
Comments
Blessing | September 18, 2011 - 12:39
Takes me back to that film ... "Children of a Lesser God ..."
EpheLuwe | September 18, 2011 - 13:13
I've never seen that film. I'll be sure to check it out :)
Blessing | September 18, 2011 - 14:01
Given what you've written, I look forward to learning how it touches you then ...
EpheLuwe | October 26, 2011 - 08:19
That was a truly remarkable movie, thank you so much for the recommendation!
I see what you mean, I found it really touching... especially loved this quote: "
This sign...
to connect...
simple.
But it means
so much more
when I do this.
Now it means...
to be joined in a relationship.
Separate, but one.
That's what I want.
But you think for me,
think for Sarah.
As though
there were no "I."
She will be with me,
quit her job,
learn how
to play poker,
leave Orin's party,
learn how to speak.
That's all you, not me.
Until you let me
be an "I,"
the way you are,
you can never come
inside my silence
and know me.
And I won't let
myself know you.
Until that time...
we can't be like this...
joined. "
I'm sorry I didn't watch it any earlier, I have started my half term, it's been on my to-do list for ages though. Thank you again, you've brought me to a realisation of one of my own works :)
Blessing | October 26, 2011 - 11:59
You are most welcome!!!