Creation

Creation

A Poem by Trevor Bergshoeff
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Also done as an assignment. See Creation: critical appendix for further explanation of the poem.

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In the beginning

Is Darkness

                                    And

                   And there,

Among the mirrors I see me,

            Reflecting.                             

I am      between          you

     And

You are              between        me,

      And

You are                       them

Reflecting

             Endlessly.

I reach to you,

and you reach,

and we move together, until

I touch you,

And you touch

                        Me.

You reach me,

And I touch

                        You.

 

But,

What if I walk?

I step, and you step, and I step and you step, and

I am, and you are, and you are them,

Endlessly,

Walking,

them and you and me.

But,

What if I say bat, and

You and them are silent?

And what I if take it and

run and hit you,

and you hit them,

And we all together break

I  N  T  O       a         M  I  L  L  I O  N         l  I  T  T  L  E         p  I  E  C  E  S….

 

…behind me

And in front                              I see glass,

Small and sharp around the edges,

F r a g m e n t e d

And

Reflecting,

Not me or you or them, but I read,

P,

And O,

E

And T,

R,

And Y, and

Behind it I see

Darkness…

And there,

A man sits at his desk, faceless,

Hair touching the ground, and

His skin, both withered and grey,

Writing with his finger as ink into a book

And in it, it reads,

‘ …                                    …

I am                                you,

                Endlessly.’

And there, behind the pages I see

A man sitting at his desk,

And in front of him is endless,

A library, and books, and pages, and words, and letters;

Language, and phantoms, and fictions, and lies.

Representations,

Mirrors,

Endlessly.

Reflecting… 

And me…

Among the endless,

I consult a dictionary

 Dictionaries define representations as they are commonly represented.

And I read,

Language: 1.):

…Communication… thoughts… symbols…

And 2.):

…System…rules…

 And 3.):

…Body…

 To 9.):

And it said it is.

I turn the page,

And I said I am

                        And I see me,            reflecting,

            And behind me they said

You are we,

And who are we, I ask,

And you said,

We are they.

Reflecting                                         Representing

Mirrors mirroring mirrors

… End            …                                 less                       …                          ly …

 

‘…And then there was light…’ 

© 2014 Trevor Bergshoeff


Author's Note

Trevor Bergshoeff
picture belongs to http://jonathoncomfortreed.deviantart.com/

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Trevor Bergshoeff

Melbourne , Victoria, Australia



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