There Once Was a Star

Inspired by Nietzche's "On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense"

The thing in itself

incomprehensible chasm

first metaphor then meaning 

the great X in the sky

and the nerves that feign feeling

pain, sorrow, and stimuli

then as an image

iconic and reified

and last as a great mouth

of breath and a sound 

of which all is lost

to the fables 

the myths

the portraits of presidents 

the rings and the promises

transparent, aesthetic

and ultimately nullified

to dreams and believing 

without even seeing

the thing in itself 

beyond all our reasoning.

Reviews

[Capricious Clouds]

Thanks for the warm reviews, Coyote and Jerusalem Cricket. I'm relocating from another poetry board I've been on since 2006. I look forward to reading and sharing and constructively supporting my fellow writers!

[Coyote Poetry]

Logic and reason in poetry. I liked the poem. You left me with thoughts and things to ponder. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Jerusalem Cricket]

This is absolutely gorgeous.