Bridget Fahey O’Brien
Omnipresent
Response
Ruminations
By Annmarie Lockhart
Inspiration Piece
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Rumi asks:
What is your life about anyway?
Nothing but a struggle to be someone,
Nothing but a running from your own silence.
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freedom of language, of thought and word
the pervasiveness of possibility that pushes
the boundaries ever outward
love (transitive verb)
……….love (intransitive verb)
………………..love (noun)
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keeping from being swallowed whole
staying on the road while the backseat screeches
living hand to mouth
……….my hand across a child’s mouth
……….another mouth kissing my hand
……….food at hand feeding my ever-open mouth
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stealing time and space
stealing words to breathe on paper
stealing plot, character, and always, hope
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One Comment
I love the dissection of the word ‘love’. It elevates this poem to the realm of masterful. This photo is the perfect response.