Built with Berta

  1. So and If

    a poem by Maria Barnas 

     

    So and If

    On impression and the impression

    Of reality

    And

    The reality of impressions

    And

    And

    And the impression of reality

    And how

    Reality

    Impresses

    As such

    As

    Such such

    Reality

    - - -

    On which note I would like to suggest

    That impressions

    In general are

    Of course

    Notwithstanding

    The impression

    Of what it means

    To be impressed

    By

    In

    On

    Along

    And so forth.

    - - -

    So

    and

    For example

    If

    A

    Fire

    Burning

    For what else can it do

    With its furious contours

    Raging.

    - - -

    So and

    For example

    If

    There is a word

    I cannot find

    Ablaze.

    - - -

    Not even a trunk

    Or branch

    Nor twig or leaf

    - - -

    The space between

    Crests

    A lake in itself

    Lapping

    The question

    What is a lake in itself

    And so and if

    Looking is a form

    Of touching a careful

    Listening and mumbling

    Stumbling

    Blissful Avoidance

    And suddenly

    A forceful sailing away

    On the right word:

    Tree or: wind

    Or:

    - - -

    A rustling

    In what remains

    Rustling in me