Acedia
Why cry?
Tears left home long ago
Why cry?
I need to close myself up
Unaware that’s where I am
Need to go away, escape
Unaware I am already there
Yet this feeling
This numbness follows me
Far and wide
Why cry?
Can’t walk and if I do
My heart weighs so
Bearing this melancholic strain
Isolation and alienation, my friends
Why cry?
No matter how much the bells toll
Or just because
Reminding me my life will also
Soon be concluded.
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Woman on The Wall by Linda Gregory
10 comments:
Sad and poignant ....best lines:
Need to go away, escape
Unaware I am already there
Happy Sunday ~
Girl...After this post of escape, numbness, isolation, alienation, tolling bells and desolation, I am saying you need to call "Desk-Help"...wait! I mean "Help Desk". Soon!
Oh..."Help Desk" is closed on Sunday and Monday.
Sorry. So, I shall substitute: I shall diagnose your condition as ENNUI, which is not precisely ACEDIA, nor one of those deadly sins in itself.
Usually, this syndrome of boredom will go away by itself, upon tomorrow's changing of circumstances, because that's the way life IS.
I would only do these diagnoses for a friend, OKAY? PEACE! With tonight's moonrise, it will all pass away....
Oh I know that strain too well. Happy thoughts to you dear.
Wonderful poetry!
The numbness can be just as bad as the pain sometimes. Well done, primita. Always in tune with your emotions, you bring us great poetry! Abrazos, Ily ♥
felt poem dulce...numb is not a good place to be...i was there back in january...
I really felt this Dulce...and it makes me sad that you feel this way. Life sometimes is so darn hard but then the good times come again...that amazing joy....the awesome connections....and love rules again. And it will...it always does. Stay strong okay...and safe.
You so eloquently expose the melancholy heart of the poet, for we must confront ourselves and deal honestly with our emotions... Life is so often filled with disappointments, the cards are dealt not to our choosing, dark ones are overturned facing us demanding our attention, we then later wonder how we overcame those moments and stood straight and solidly planted. But carry on we must.. Thank you dear Dulce...
joanny
... but think of all the joy and excitement to be packed into the space between now and life's conclusion.
It may seem an agony to think so now, but not in the future xx
I often feel such sadness but can rarely express it so well!
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