November 22, 2006

I'm saving nothing

You will be slaves in a castle.
For every kiss there will be a snicker.
For every bottle there will be a pupil.
We are free and can climb mountains,
But for every passport there is an entrance
And for every flake there is a drop.
Grains of former mosaics haunted us
And for every shred there was a sob
And for every sob there was a silence.
For all our freedom we had been chained,
But for every laugh there had been a caress;
But for every love there had been a smile.

2 comments:

Jiling 林基玲 said...

this poem reminds me of this weekend, when lying on my hoho, staring up at the stars, i suddenly felt claustrophic and caged, noticing the curvature of the sky, how it bends overhead like an overturned bowl, trapping us, as we all lie rooted to this earth by the forces of gravity and otherwise

The pleasure seeker said...

I really like this one Jeff. I "live" your style. note: "live" is my invented word and it falls somewhere between love and like.