And i cry
Sobbingly at a loss
Yelling at those people,
in the empty room.
waiting for a response,
The silence is deaffening.
Why?!
The inner world becomes a cyclone
The outter never so still,
and i to my knees.
i beg everyone,
in the empty room.
Disoriented, i claw, and moan,
and plead,
loosing everything on the floor.
Empty am i in this full room.
To see the future i wish i never had.
Growth from emptiness?
Undeniable.
3 comments:
In the past I have found myself in shambles, slightly insane and devastated at the loss of a relationship. After the tears and alone insanity subsided i just felt empty, small, and alone. Amazingly i can look back and see that growth can come from emptiness, much like the budhist idea of shunyata, or emptiness. THe emptiness is not a bad thing for the buddhists, nor was my feeling of emptiness in vain. You do grow from emptiness and I no longer feel empty, small, and alone.
Simply fascinating. This poem truly embarks an overall powerful message and embodies the emotional death and rebirth of the speaker. In fact, this idea is similar to Plato's Cave Analogy and even reflects on his Line Analogy as well. I am unsure if the writer intentionally included these ideas within this piece, but they are evident regardless. I can honestly state that this it the writer�s best piece of work thus far.
It is also important to note that the Buddhists truly believe in an overwhelming belief in living in the present. Now that may seem odd to state seeing as we are always technically "living in the present" but they believe that a human should focus on what is happening in their life at that exact moment. Which, in your case, should be recording poetry as soon as something relevant occurs. "Do what you are doing while you are doing it." One can assume that the relationship in this case is not between speaker and parent, but of the speaker and a past lover, which adds to the overall appeal of this piece.
Again I will state: this poem is by far the poet�s best work to date and truly undertakes harsh emotions which have been spurned into something beautiful...personal strength.
However, on that note I am curious if you feel this emptiness and slight insanity would have been better off it were completely avoided or do you believe in Shakespeare's "better to have loved and lost..." theory in which everything in life is a growing and strengthening experience/lesson?
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Hopefully my latest poem can satisfy your curiosity, if not read the comment section and you will have a more direct answer. : )
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