This is a series I’m calling “Write the Damn Poem” where a take a list of prompts and make a poem. They’re all first drafts that maybe will turn into something more! We’ll see!
Tag: poetry
poetry: the act of feeling
i always wondered
why i got the words for
feelings (الشعور)
and
poetry (الشعر)
confused
they were always so jumbled in my head
I could never get them straight
then I learned that
feelings (الشعور)
and
poetry (الشعر)
are one. they stem from the same root
they belong to one other
from the root for
“to learn or understand intuitively”
“to notice or realise”
“to perceive, feel, sense”
“to be conscious or aware”
“to notify or inform”
“to be conscious”
“to be filled with feeling”
sometimes i think that
some languages are smarter than others
in their intertwined meanings
and linked words
poetry is the act of feeling
(الشعور)
and / و
and act of feeling is poetry
(الشعر)
shock
there is no comfort in inevitability
it doesn’t make it any easier
shock is shock is shock
there are expectations then there is hope
hope is a light that drives out all thoughts of what could happen and
shines brightly on what we want to happen
whereas expectations are the balloon getting bigger and bigger
dangerously close to the pin
shock is shock is shock
spend your entire life preparing
doesn’t matter
you won’t be ready
feelings will overcome you
beyond anything you thought possible
so it doesn’t matter whether you were on the edge of your seat or not
pain is pain is pain
i want to be everything for everyone
i can’t even be me for myself
do you see the problem here?
regardless, i’ll be here
please don’t try to convince me
everyone and everything i encounter lives under the mask of your projection. i’m convinced nothing will fill the space.
you’re truly one of a kind: it’s just a fact of human existence. i’m convinced that’s not a bad thing.
and maybe i’ve written “i hate you” 100 times and maybe i’ve erased “i hate you” 99 of those times but even that 1 remaining means nothing compared to my constant, actual, tangible outpourings of love. i’m convinced nothing will distract my feelings.
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