THE GLASS MENAGERIE

01 23 05

I'm helping myself to your voice from my pen
like the paper you nurture and scribble you mend
when there's something to say and yet no way to talk
leaving you to draw keys to a mouth that's a lock

I tuned into you like the end of a song
I was hooked for the price of a second upon
the reflection of you in observance of me
and whether you happen to see what I see

I've been to the zoo you've compiled and petted
the  creatures anointed for zoohood and yet it
unnerves me to witness you own self-containment
long after you've offered me your entertainment

Like Emily Dickenson you're under wraps
Will an effort pry open a window perhaps?
I've asked many questions and kept many more
to myself, dare I ask you to open the door?

Eccentric you are yet it's all in your room
where the art and the animals dutifully loom
in the peace of your aura where none would assume
I'm at war with the muted defence of your womb

Author's Note

Inspired by the Tennessee Williams play of the same name.

Reviews

[Emma Lee-Riviera]

Wow... O_O That's incredibly powerful. It makes me think that you're communicating mentally with the other person in the poem. I really like your fourth line: "leaving you to draw keys to a mouth that's a lock" It gives a very distinctive image.

I like it a lot, and I really enjoyed it. Sorry it took so long to get back to you on this!! =_=

[kublakhan27]

Oh that's ok :) I think this one has the potential to suggest several different forms of communication :)

[Emma Lee-Riviera]

TeLePaThY fOr ThE wIn!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;)

[kublakhan27]

lol indeed XD

[An owl on the moon]

I absolutely love the play, and your words capture the tender, bittersweet beauty of it so well. Such a flawless form and flow.. Wondrous!

[kublakhan27]

Thank you very much^^

[Muse]

Digging the title.

And...

I've been to the zoo you've compiled and petted
the creatures anointed for zoohood and yet it
unnerves me to witness you own self-containment
long after you've offered me your entertainment

A really enjoyed this.

[kublakhan27]

Thanks very much^^

[Rhianne Ney]

It's good that you can get inspiration from everything and write it with an excellent pace... Keep writing (;

[kublakhan27]

Thanks so much :)

[Rhianne Ney]

You're welcome

[Pax]

this is inspirational write..great!

[kublakhan27]

Many thanks :)

[Bewitching Sensations]

brilliant as usual.. enjoyed this

[kublakhan27]

Thanks very much^^

[Bewitching Sensations]

thats ok :)

[kublakhan27]

:)

[Androglossia]

This, my friend, really made me read Tennessee Williams' play. As I did that I came to understand that you were indeed giving voice on behalf of one of the characters. I was wondering if it is Tom's character who hated most of his life because his mother seemed to overlook his labor for the family because of Laura's disability. Or if it is Laura who was able to see life within the glass menagerie she possessed or if it is Amanda whom like the glass menagerie, delicate and fragile. Whichever of the characters' voice you were trying to give justice through your pen, you penned it so well. And it is noticeable that your distinctive style has remained over the years:)

[kublakhan27]

It means a lot to me to know I inspired you enough to actually read the play :)

Ironically, I haven't read it myself in a little while so I'm a little murky on some of the details, but I was most likely referring to Tom's friend, who essentially handed Laura the shaft by getting her hopes up for a relationship, only to "remember" he was already engaged. One could certainly find the voice of Tom and/or Amanda in the poem but I will reveal to you that Laura was the one who was being addressed. She is the only character I liked at the end of this thing (I HATED the rest of them :P) cuz I know how it feels to be that way, and to be misunderstood/screwed over/etc. Actually, apart from the gender, her traits line up almost perfectly with mine, right down to my collections of little ornaments and stuff lol

That would be why my style is so prevalent in this particular piece. I knew I had to write something for/about Laura and I absolutely had to get it right :)

[Androglossia]

It's really hard to be misunderstood and I myself have experienced that but that haven't affected me in any way. But based on Laura's character you are saying that you are a very private person with low self esteem? I don't believe it. With your intelligence and talent, you can be very private person but I will never understand why you have such low self esteem. Then again we all have our reasons.

[afra]

amazing poem ...i really enjoyed it

[kublakhan27]

Many thanks^^

[Abdul Batin Osman Bey]

very nice and I get that Old timey feel,good stuff keep it up

[kublakhan27]

Many thanks^^

[Belinda]

This is a great read. I loved the line "I tuned into you like the end of a song". Keep it up!

[kublakhan27]

Thanks so much :)