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Numbness is not living Oct. 23, 2012

 



 

She floats in the ether

Of non feeling

As lithe as a leaf

Blown astray

By a furious storm,

Cast out,

Or aside,

And yet in a strange way

At peace,

I almost envy her

Not the trauma or pain

But the numbness

Embracing her

When all else

Is said and done

Her rapid heart beat

The only remembrance

Uneven,

Even desperate,

Pattering on

Like an old gas guzzler

After the ignition

Is switched off

Not yet fully

Cognizant about

The end of the affair,

Yet numbness

Is not living,

To feel is

To be alive,

The deeper the feeling

The more we live,

She is so powerful

She scares people

Even me,

If left to what

She might become,

A potency

I fear I might

Someday have come to serve

All that remains

Is the quiet,

Where she finds peace

For the moment,

With nothing else left

By her beating heart

To tell her

She’s still alive


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