The Reason
Tuesday, January 15, 2008 by Fairy Cosmo
I wrote this poem in 1999... I still remember the movie I saw about the devastation of indigenous communities due to United States construction projects. It made me very disturbed and inspired the images which lead to this writing. All feedback welcome...
The Sun glancing off of freshly sharpened blades
which slice bits of sunbeams and cast them down
among scattered flesh-chips from the trees
The smithereens of ringing notes shot into the air
by gleaming axes and falling inert
among the flesh-chips and sliced sunbeams
Deafens the hearing.
Blinding light and deafening sound
has drowned the murmuring retreat
and silent vanishment of the Reason
for the sunbeams and the notes.
Where did it go?
You got soul, my friend. Anybody ever tell you that? It pours out of you. You got soul.