A COROLLARY TO WHAT'S EVIDENT

Forbidden

Beyond the limit lies a space unbounded

But I won’t cross the line between us

The sky looks beautiful where it reigns

And so do those down below.

 

The freedom to choose among innumerability

And the chance to meeting two different points

Still makes one asymptotic to the other

I am where you can’t create existence.

 

No matter how sweet the words,

If your lips are burned by one soft kiss

And if my light attacks you like ruthless rays,

Your claim remains a conjecture.

 

What I say may be contrary to what I feel,

But regardless of the truth of the matter,

I shall begin to mourn for the Undefined

Because love poisons the moment we touch.

 

 

Published on 

WALKINGBLIND ART AND LITERATURE

Digital Magazine 

October 2010

Author's Note

An old piece.

Reviews

[An owl on the moon]

This passage leaped out to me "The freedom to choose among innumerability, And the chance to meeting two different points," seeing in it the amazing odds in two people connecting (through space, time, and life circumstances). The different approach was refreshing and intriguing. Interesting write!

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Love doesn't mean a thing when you treat the person with disrespect... your metaphors were very calculating and added up nicely.

[Cece]

right away i looked for mathematical connection
actually to apply logic to an illogical abstraction
such as love can in itself be illogical

love is like an alcoholic drink
yo may find yo cant stomach the drink
i find mojo is poison to me

love is poison find i cannot stomach
but i am so desperate for love
i down the poison in large quantities

i love your attack on this subject
many things are evident
but there is no freedom

[shythatway]

I just loved the mathematical approach to this. =) As for the mourning part, new definitions are made ever so often. (And antidotes, too. ) Thank you for sharing, it was beautiful.

[Jibey]

Old, maybe, but still powerful. Neat use of the mathematical imagery to get across the the idea, which seems to be of someone who prefers to love from afar, knowing that the rerality will not match the dream. I liked its taut, calculated style!

[Michael X]

phenomonally emotional sundae, your work is awsome and touching, the scope of depth and thought
and sadness,loneliness, sweet nothings that fade into the skyline, the pinnacle glimpse of a heart wanting
and failing to render just cause in the eyes of another, is what image comes to mind when reading
this work of heart and artful abstraction, the wording really brings the vision to life, bravo!