Brevity

by Karla   Mar 15, 2012


I got an old book
and spent some time
with it in my arms, cuddling it
making love with it.

Spellbound by that cover
again, my precipices and ideals awaken:
nothing was embalmed,
life was not a stupid expectation of
decoration, recognition, whatever.
That dog-eared page made my mind still
and I could remember who I was and
how frightening it was to be myself now.

For some time a silent disheveled middle aged woman
searched for all those things she needed once more:
she was the only one who could rework the puzzle.
She started to read the poem shyly.
Words were shivering, getting bigger,
engulfing me.

The universe had written a story which
I was compelled to live. The universe.
Calculating the distance that separated the woman
from the girl, I drank the poem, going back through
adulthood to flowers, seeds and idealism.

Unbuttoning my soul and in foetal position I was
in this heroic encounter.

How briefly everything exists!

Karla Bardanza

2011

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  • 13 years ago

    by Lifeless Doll

    For some time a silent disheveled middle aged woman
    searched for all those things she needed once more:
    she was the only one who could rework the puzzle.
    She started to read the poem shyly.
    Words were shivering, getting bigger,
    engulfing me.

    wow this is just amazing :)

  • 13 years ago

    by Paul Gondwe

    Well written Karla. I must say, i really enjoyed reading this, just the first alone made me realise that this is a great piece. I really liked how you introduced the whole poem, remarkable, very brilliant. And to top it all up, you had a wonderful ending.

  • 13 years ago

    by Mostafa

    Inspiring as usual Karla : )

  • 13 years ago

    by Lioness

    Oh Karla this is so beautiful and lovely about something as simple as a book.
    The idea of cuddling it and making love with it shows how connected you are with this old book of yours. There is history between the two of you. I love how you have personified the book in such a beautiful way.

    When you mentioned that you were reading the poem shyly, I was wondering if this book was where you would write your old poems. I have one of those books and it's still in my cupboard. I read it every now and then.

    A beautiful poem that I clearly enjoyed reading!!!

  • 13 years ago

    by Ms Happiness

    Ya it is a amazing poem:)
    I enjoyed reading it:)

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