Displaced internally am I
I dont see
though I am sitting opposite you
I am talking to you
yet I am listening to something else
I am here
yet, I am not here
My thoughts are indisciplined
I dream about things
I have never seen
I see photos of places
I have never been
I live in dream
with men I know not
My dreams are composed of emotions
I cannot ever conceive of
I do things
which I never intent to do
I speak words
which I never have thought of
I act in a way
which is incoherent to myself
Am I not displaced Internally?
My body parts vibrate
or rather shiver and shake
without my brain messages
attimes I can watch my own body
moving without any warning
I wonder who am I
living in or out of this body
and who controls me
or am I a slave of my senses
who like masters or spirits guarding me
dictate what this body should do
or not to do........
The poem very effectively conveys the sense of the internal displacement with good lines and strong imagery...Poetry does become a way of exploring one's emotions and state... Reading the poem, to the persona of the poem (which is not necessarily the poet) I would say: All the tension and displacement one feels is due to the struggle and the dichotomy between past and future. The power of this tension is dissipated with understanding of what actually is: simply observe. For example, observe each thought as it arises, as it lives and as it subsides. One need not be judgmental - just observe. This observation produces understanding of what is and of 'oneself' beyond words and therein flowers harmony. And do not hold on to this observation either - for that is to create a past again. Simply observe and this observation and wisdom therein is ever new. do things which I never intent to do I speak words which I never have thought of I act in a way which is incoherent to myself Am I not displaced Internally?
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
There are spirits that indwell a person. Seek the good and pray