Late Night Murmurs

Music: Erik Satie- Gymnopedies, 3. Lent et grave (03) 
Text:
A Tango of the Mind
You wandered. So did I. You felt a tug at the gut. and so did I. You marveled at the dichotomy of inability. and so did I. You looked your mother right in the eye and giggled, in fear of what madness lay beneath her clutching parched honeycomb eyes, and you went, silent. 
As silent as words are evasively torturous. as silent as the man who watches the mosque burn. as silent, as silent as the adverbs and adjectives that have crooked spines. as silent as expressions, as they fidget in bed convulsing, shuddering, cramming their sense of belonging into that little knuckle mid-back. 
Silent. 
As silent as an addict who's high has worn off. as silent as he feels the unbearable depth of the pit we call a now. Silent. 
Not the sage's silence of rising above, nor the silence of meeting one of the Gods. No. Nor the silence of mistrust between two broken ceramic crumbs of lovers. but silent. The way your mother used to cover her ears in fear of the God of the weather. Thunderstorms and a 5 year old girl, silent. silent. silent. 
Silent. The silence of your father as he watches you inhale and recounts 75 years of disappointments. Silent. 
Without similes, or analogies; without metaphors or "feel with me"s. Silent. 
Here. Now. Crammed in-between pregnant seconds of countless possibilities. 
Silent. 

A Tango Of The Mind

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Maysan Nasser aka MC BooBoo is a spoken word poet. I Want You, is her first recorded poem with music.

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