NO THNKNG ALOUD

A Cycle of Poems by Stephen A. Schrum

Additional Material by COLLABorators

13. Silence.

... Silence.

Turn off the radio.
Turn off the TV.
Go into a quiet room
Breathe quietly and listen to it:
The silence,
And your thoughts.

For many it is frightening
To pause in silence
And think--
Just think--

Ah, the terrible thought...doubts...lies...fears...
contemplation of suicide--the closest to thinking of death

Listen to death--
All those thoughts of death and darkness
Live with death

Freud was wrong--it’s not sex and death
It’s life and death
(sex is closer to the dark side--
desperate thoughts of returning to the womb
dying for a moment
reproducing amidst Dionysian passion)

and death...
and silence..


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© 2003 Stephen A. Schrum