Hmmm…It seems misplaced
I know you want to- EXPLODE ME – into my place
Yet, there’s something missing
I can’t put my finger on it, but it’s
screaming so loudly
into this space
Where can you find the words?
Words to grab me, hold me
in your most compelling embrace
Words that come pouring from
the depths of your most
descriptive place
You see- I believe you are holding back
Holding back the crowds
the images, rushing the gate
the words of poets trying to escape, years
of exile from their place, their homes
their words, their ancestors
beating their tongues, their drums
their words
return- return, return, return!
Can’t you be more descriptive than that?
I’m losing my taste
Your words just seem so
out of place
These words of your ancestors,
overwhelm my ability, to grasp
control, control of their
proper place,
these ancestors, these poets
who speak so eloquently
need to remember, their rightful
place
Places misspelled, covering the trace
of words, so right, so worn, worn with words
lacking in grace
You see- Can’t you be more descriptive please?
But with taste, taste my place
this is where the words should come from
Those ancestors are all wrong, they all belong
In captivity! Capture their song
Your words are stifled, not strong
But, I see a flower waiting to bloom
Your words are steeped in a sadness that
has longed, for sweet freedom
Your words are imprisoned
your words are all wrong
Can’t you be more descriptive please?
Scholarly words, smart words, words
of intellect. There is no place for your words in this
world. If you forget those poets, those ancestors
of primitive place, perhaps
Perhaps, we can embrace- most certainly embrace
Your words would make sense
EXPLODE in my face
Words of descriptive meaning would trace
a grid for me to embrace, most certainly embrace.
I don’t understand that place
where our ancestors have been driven
Driven behind those gates
Of HELL
Their words beaten back by captivity
Can’t you be more descriptive
than that?
©Jay Mora-Shihadeh
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