Want

Want

A Poem by Rosa Carlyle-Mitchell

It was chaos:
a homogeneous collection of...

Insipid ideas. 

I poured myself a cup of tea
and stirred it. 
Almost as if I take sugar. 

It warmed the little mess. 

The entire illusion had become dubitable,
somehow reduced to desire and tactic!
It's a very squalid, selfish thing - 

We want, so that we can feel;
we don't feel so that others can not want.

We don't generate responsibility, 
so everything lacks essential consequence. 

We just want eloquence,
beige trust,
and adventure. 

Anything,
everything,
nothing,
something. 

A thing. 

Stuff. 

© 2012 Rosa Carlyle-Mitchell


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Oh, this is good. 'beige trust' that's such a great statement, not to mention the rest of the 'stuff' you wrote.

'We don't generate responsibility,
so everything lacks essential consequence.'

I want that on a plaque in my office, can I steal it? :)

Posted 12 Years Ago


Rosa Carlyle-Mitchell

12 Years Ago

Haha, yeah of course! Steal away!
Frieda P

12 Years Ago

:-)
such an intrguing write, much enjoyed

Posted 12 Years Ago


Rosa Carlyle-Mitchell

12 Years Ago

Thank ya! X

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Rosa Carlyle-Mitchell
Rosa Carlyle-Mitchell

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa



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