scratches in my mind - per sempre
Another thought-provoking, inspirational senryu
release the pressure
rename forever "until"
our future remains
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Author's Notes: I am having an interesting time writing these senryu that make up the unexpected and unplanned "scratches in my mind" series. Perhaps there is a chapbook in the making. We shall see. Anyway...hope you are enjoying it.
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Paul Stewart
Scottish-Italian poet/writer from Glasgow.
Overflowing in English language torture and word abuse.
"Every man has a sane spot somewhere" R.L Stevenson
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making space
Since the only thing that might pull us back up is caring, it only makes sense that here, long after I’ve let my anger born of heartbreak and grief misplace, multiply, misdirect itself, let the enormity of my solitude turn into something I don’t know how to dispute with, something thick and heavy and suffocating, let the coldness thrash and fight under my skin, deeper still, in between the arches of my organs; here where the ground is always close and the fall is easy and I surrender to it often, lie without purpose for hours, it only makes sense that it is here, I decide to show up and surrender to the possibilities of the night. Show up to those who I deserted. Drawn to the sense of accomplishment, something I haven’t felt in a while, to memory of finished dish sending its aroma into the world and with it, wrapping the room with a strong sense of sweet nostalgia, I get up and decide to cook. I pick up my phone, type a message that reads “Dinner at mine @ 8PM, don’t bring anything” and before my courage deserts me again, drop it in our friends’ group chat, the way one would do when diffusing a bomb in the movies: one eye closed, snip at the wire, hoping for the best.
By Mesh Toraskar2 days ago in Feast
Comments (6)
Oooh! Like this one a lot! Like the use of “replace, rename, remains” made it quite lyrical
Beautiful and thoughtful
You've gotten me thinking, Paul.
Never really noticed how threatening the word ‘until’ is until now.
Now that's a wise way to go about it. Loved your Senryu!🍩🥐
Some thought provoking words