Posted by Atticus on August 23, 2004, at 17:14:40
In reply to poem...Fusion, posted by malthus on August 23, 2004, at 16:39:07
Transcendental longing. I know how that feels, wishing I could just unbecome and dissipate into the ether, merge with the elements of air or fire, leaving all physical and emotional pain so far behind that they can't possibly touch me, and render them into forgotten relics of the flesh. This was a very moving poem, beautifully written, and it felt very personal, because in the past when my depression was especially bad I'd lie in bed at night, unable to sleep but exhausted, and literally reach my arms up toward the ceiling trying to embrace an unnamable something that could pluck my essence from my malfunctioning mind and exhausted body, and carry it away, light as helium. Never worked, but the fantasy of it somehow helped, at least for a few moments. Atticus
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