Tag: poetry

  • Goodnight

    By Louis Warner

    The monumental mystery of the [my?] mind is
    stuck between wires, between witnesses, between worlds
    the white paper spans infinitely in front of me
    broken by no color, by no texture, by no sound
    a single word between joy and despair
    one whisper separates wholeness from confusion


    hear me.
    as I fumble between fact and truth
    learning where to be soft and harsh
    delivering syllables and satiety
    standing feet down, head deeper, holy,
    baring my innocent soul, free from flesh
    a rookie magician with no doves,
    only love.


    join me.
    sit with me and manipulate your hands,
    your mouth, in the peculiar ways we all
    learned to understand as infants
    link your fingers, hand, mind
    with mine in absolute silence
    waiting impatiently for the page to tell
    a perfect story.


    tell me.
    so I can let your gentle words in
    your endless, beautiful scenes
    and sudden, horrific discoveries
    hearing with every atom, every neuron
    dying to feel what you feel know if I
    feel it too.


    release me.
    and yourself, as we bury
    deeper into the earth, into the heath
    of the heart.