Showing posts with label endings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label endings. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 03, 2013

Language



"I want this music and this dawn
and the warmth of your cheek against mine.

The grief-armies assemble,
but I'm not going with them.

This is how it always is
when I finish a poem.

A great silence overcomes me,
and I wonder why I ever thought
to use language." 

      ~~ Rumi from "A Thirsty Fish"



Words are so inadequate. The more I write, the clearer that becomes. I fear if I continue trying to record my thoughts, they will soon become sheer gibberish. 

Maybe they already have.~~GH