Words, fucking words
Another poem from around 98. This one written to try and express my frustration at not being able to express myself.
Words, fucking words
a passion unknown
a fruit untasted.
Everywhere I go
my ears fill with the thoughts
of others that
echo my deepest longings,
deeper than me, than mine
and yet still a haunting sound
that calls out to an unknown future
and broken platitudes flow out
to fill the gap inside
that burns with every touch of beauty
from another's lips.
And as for me my dear,
foolish knowing that weeps dry hard pebbles into sand
I cradle the ache in my belly
like a mother nurses the child
that grows inside.
A twisting panic reaches out
to express more than these feeble scratches
even in subtle nuance can convey.
So here I am,
fucking words.
"Mocking and denying the pain of white, middle class men is unlikely to win them over. You might not care that this is true, because you have other priorities which is fine, but it's still true."
