These Thoughts

[Bender]

The background to this poem is my strong interest in astrology mythology. Gemini's are seen to have a split personality so thats the perspective i am portraying here.

These Thoughts

I am not your thoughts.
You are not my perception.
Worlds wiser now quote it:
Stems support fallen attention.

I am not your words.
Think they have an existence?
Digging out the whole with a toothpick,
Search this void upon persistence.

Now being one within two,
Does that make us three, could I ask?
Guessing so without a notion,
How this did all come to pass.

Contra-indications;
Emotions clashing with the knowledge.
Will we do but see the day,
Real life taught in a college?

Now, born into this aversion.
To this system sell our souls?
Change is certain as is ends,
Be it let, but not as cold.

 

[Levendi]

This probably means something important to you. As for me i'm not that bright and have absolutely no idea what's being said here.








sorry.

 

[Bender]

The meaning is open. It's a coming of realisation type of thing, but has other references as well. I know exactly how it could seem to someone else. My poetry is abstract; I dislike poetry that try and explain feelings/emotions. We are all humans, we know what feelings feel like. My perception is one of commentary, explaining things that are known, but done in an abstract position. So when I say ' I am not your words' I am commenting on a real life situation where someone calls someone else a 'loser' for example, (in this situation its 1 personality on the other) - but how can a person be a word? Because that's all 'loser' is, a word. And if you really think about it words do not have any existence what-so-ever, they are just a sound coming out of your mouth. But what about what I have just written? this is just contrasts of colour, squiggles on a screen. Words shouldn't be attached to feelings that's wrong, that's conditioned.

There's a Linkin Park which references what I'm trying to get at:



Figure.09

"Hearin’ your name the memories come back again
I remember when it started happenin’
I see you n’ every thought I had and then
The thoughts slowly found words attached to them
And I knew as they escaped away
I was committin’ myself to em n’ everyday
I regret sayin’ those things ‘cuz now I see that I
Took what I hated and made it a part of me"

Feelings aren't words, people aren't words, thoughts aren't words, words aren't words.
I ask why are peoples feeling influenced by something that doesn't exist?
Why do people use words like they have a concrete meaning? It's like digging a well with a toothpick, hopeless.

 

[C.A.P 23]

i think it was a great piece of writing.

"Now being one within two,
Does that make us three, could I ask?"
feeling this one right here.

and since u mentioned mithology,i liked the use of the 'contra' as it is derived from greek,so theres kinda of a link there for me at least.

all in all,it was good writing,keep it up

 

[~live2tell~]

Your poem is very good, well thought and written and well delivered. My fave verse:

Contra-indications;
Emotions clashing with the knowledge.
Will we do but see the day,
Real life taught in a college?

Thought that was real clever.

I Like your perception of emotions and feelings not being words - that's given. To a certain extent I agree, but if it were not for words we wouldn't be able to describe our feelings. For some people emotions are difficult to show, so words are necessary IMO.