The Only Room

EvilToasterElfEvilToasterElf Posts: 1,119
edited April 2005 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
My life has been a period of pacing,
long walks of broken circles
in the antechamber of human potential.
A Spartan room with a single lamp,
with wattage fit only to cast dim shadows across the walls
I stare into these walls
as if my existence is the center of a vast mosaic,
too massive to ever yield it’s meaning,
until I pace out of this room,
out of the numb gray habits
that have become my world.
There is a spot on my brain,
which some have said it the true resting place
of the human soul,
but it is dormant,
devoid of the electrical impulses
that move my limbs,
open my mouth
let words exit the dark tunnels of the mind,
into the invisible reality of their sounds
This speck, lay like a pilot light,
the dry kindling of the modern world,
waiting for the electrical embrace of lightning to set it alight
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  • coleencoleen Posts: 938
    nothing profound to contribute...just a note to let you know that i enjoyed this poem, think you are a fantastic writer and i'm glad to see some new offerings from you. :)
  • EvilToasterElfEvilToasterElf Posts: 1,119
    well thankyou for not letting another one fade into obscurity with the dreaded 0 replies
  • nailz100nailz100 Posts: 1,176
    I enjoyed your poem Evil...I definately feel like that at times.
    Only with our eyes closed can we truly see
  • EvilToasterElfEvilToasterElf Posts: 1,119
    this kind of feeling is the strongest when you're stuck in a shitty job, life is just a period of waiting for life to begin
  • nailz100nailz100 Posts: 1,176
    I think sometimes you kind of have to make life begin...you know. Unless you are stuck in school, and waiting is the only option.
    Only with our eyes closed can we truly see
  • EvilToasterElfEvilToasterElf Posts: 1,119
    well the position is short term for me, I'm going to Prague this summer to get a teaching certification and then I'm popping over to Japan to teach English for a year or so
  • nailz100nailz100 Posts: 1,176
    Sounds like you've got it all planned out.
    Only with our eyes closed can we truly see
  • EvilToasterElfEvilToasterElf Posts: 1,119
    When you've got a degree in English, a plan is the only thing you can arm yourself with
  • nailz100nailz100 Posts: 1,176
    Still....teaching Japanese would be cool, and I hear you make really good money.
    Only with our eyes closed can we truly see
  • EvilToasterElfEvilToasterElf Posts: 1,119
    some of the programs have better than average benefits, I'm just looking forward to all the sushi
  • nailz100nailz100 Posts: 1,176
    I would be too if I was you
    Only with our eyes closed can we truly see
  • pearlmuttpearlmutt Posts: 392
    "I'm going to Prague this summer to get a teaching certification and then I'm popping over to Japan to teach English for a year or so"

    English teachers = cool creatures.

    That's awesome -- you're going to get a degree, teach, and travel
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Posts: 7,265
    well the position is short term for me, I'm going to Prague this summer to get a teaching certification and then I'm popping over to Japan to teach English for a year or so
    I stuck to the mosaic image and the low wattage lightbulb image. I find mosaics beautiful-all those little seemingly incongruous pieces forming a masterpiece. Also, in a low light room the eyes and mind have to work harder, the air has to be touched gently so as not to hurt oneself. A person has to be conscious only of one moment of a time. With these images I see an adventure, figuring things out.

    I've read a lot about classic Japanese arts as in haiku, ikebana, and the tea ceremony. What inspired you to live in Japan for a year?
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • EvilToasterElfEvilToasterElf Posts: 1,119
    I stuck to the mosaic image and the low wattage lightbulb image. I find mosaics beautiful-all those little seemingly incongruous pieces forming a masterpiece. Also, in a low light room the eyes and mind have to work harder, the air has to be touched gently so as not to hurt oneself. A person has to be conscious only of one moment of a time. With these images I see an adventure, figuring things out.

    I've read a lot about classic Japanese arts as in haiku, ikebana, and the tea ceremony. What inspired you to live in Japan for a year?

    To be honest my knowledge of Jappanese culture is far from extensive, and I don't speak Jappanese, but since I've done a little bit of travelling in Europe I wanted to get out to the far east for a while. Most programs in Japan pay very well and don't require you to speak jappanese because they begin learning english at a very young age, so most are fluent by their teens.
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