Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Ironic Life

 

 

I never wanted feelings, emotion was forbidden, like animals—it was fire, showing in physicality; never needed forever, never knew the last four, boxes emptied, books shredded, wondering why we missed it. Lost associates and prose, thorns made indifferent, a giggle when we met. It seems widespread, a familiar thread, like a pattern—tell me to believe again! The river is clear, sediments are rinsed, catfish are wiggling; like days were young, early morning, greeted with eternity; showing ownership, catering to each word, seducing by mere innocence—a soul remains where it was life to mingle. Years will passby, symphonies in flesh, never as intimate as alpha with darkness. I never wanted feelings, the message was unclear, core rotten, soul pathetic, aching like grapes under sunshine. I keep a memory, designed to mourn, a chuckle at how life is ironic. Business remains suffering, skin whispers, looking at us, too many months, never met ownership, played guitar, laughed it off.     

Strumming a Harp

By language we speak to audibility and coherence. To compose to feel understood, in spite of language applied. A person spends years misunde...