"You, Again?" / Original Poem
You, Again?
You again, of the singing wound
here again, lost and found and lost
trafficking in metaphysics and eternity
as your nearest hopes
where to, pilgrim
outdistancing chasms
rationing emotions
seeking sustenance
for the self too subtle and proud
for words
nocturnal flower, nurtured solitude
watered night
there you go, restraining the impulse
to say it all at once
even surrounded by silence
still filled with noise
now, having stirred some thrumming
hour when the moon throws
her full-bodied light
over all, like a silver screen night
of silent films, the whirring
of the reel...
© Yahia Lababidi
(Images: Pixabay)
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seems as through the internal struggle the narrator is confronting is one of contrasting pressure and release, maybe finding self in solitude?
certainly a provocative read, and the film real metaphor at the end there to tie everything together in one extended play is strong, Yahia, well done.
Thank you for sharing, good sir!
You are a sensitive reader, @carmalain7 & pressure/release is a fine way of putting it.
All poetry is a kind of spilling over, after pressure, no? A kind of fine-tuning of exquisite tensions...
As writers, one’s relation to Solitude is conflicted — on the one hand, we need it, to overhear inner world, on another, as social beings, it’s a torment.
Thanks, for your satisfying attentions, my friend.
That end to tie it up back to complete the cycle is beautiful
I do hope he doesn't end up too much "lost" than finding himself again.
Awesome read!
Glad you enjoyed it :) Is one, ever, fully found and completely secure of never bring lost, again? I hope so, but it’s a process—perhaps, a lifelong one.
Thanks, for reading 🙏🏼
"even surrounded by silence
still filled with noise"
Definitely a line that speaks to me, the solitude that you bring within you everywhere, its comforting.
Interesting readout - it’s not what I meant - but, I might prefer your interpretation to my intention.
Great poem, I like it :)
I can count on you, Hatim, thanks :)
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