all i know there's something
like a bird within her sings
music sweet and sparkling
in a place too far to see
when i try to go there
she will always fly away
always making nonsense
of the things i almost say
all i know there's something
like a child within me hopes
treasuring my wishes
in a place so secretly
if only i could tell her
of my feelings still unsaid
wasted like dear flowers
on the deaf dry desert air
i just hope there's something
like a voice between us both
a little humming story
like a daydream in a boat
drifting past the seas of
i don't care
and
i don't know
and
i don't know
looking for a place to land
though we don't care where we go
After reading the poem thoroughly, I feel almost like a deep sad feeling in my heart. I think the poem has such beautiful and meaningful diction to it. I think this verse of the poem is so saddening
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of my feelings still unsaid
wasted like dear flowers
on the deaf dry desert air
I think the writer really wants to tell his lover about his feelings but there is something holding him back. Because of that, the writer chooses not to tell her his feelings and left those feelings unsaid. This makes the writer feels as if the feelings unsaid were wasted like flowers on the desert. In my opinion, the writer should have told her his feelings and just be brave. I think it is better to talk through something rather than keep everything to himself because later on it will transform to regret.
Even though I am not sure about who the writer is, but I can say that this poem is frontal enough to describe what he or she felt. He or she might have feelings toward someone which they could not confess it to the one they love. In third verse which saying, “all i know there's something, like a child within me hopes treasuring my wishes in a place so secretly. If only I could tell her of my feelings still unsaid, wasted like dear flowers on the deaf dry desert air.” Explains enough the dilemma he or she felt toward his or her own feelings. I do not think confessing our feelings toward people is easy but some people say, “If you never try, you’ll never know.” So, I think this quote could be one of the considerations whether you want to tell him or her about your feelings. But, don’t be too hard on yourself, it is not healthy.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this poem, I remembered a poem I once read before. The poem goes like this:
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Is there somewhere you belong?
Is your world now filled with laughter?
Is there nothing for which you long?
Do you ever look behind you?
And wonder about what you see?
When the memories come to find you –
do you ever think of me?
Do you think that love can lessen,
if you pretend it isn’t there?
Do you ever, ever question,
what could have been if we dared?
Are you happy to let it linger?
Does it ever cross your mind?
The world that slipped through our fingers –
I think about it all the time.
This poem is in an old favorite book of mine: Sea of Strangers by Lang Leav.
The idea of an unrequited love fascinates me so, a person who has intimate feelings for another so much that the person starts to picture their love in all of their thoughts is puzzling. When you truly feel love for another you simply cannot let go of that person in your thoughts, you hope everyday that the person you are in love with would simply recognize and return your feelings with equal gusto and just fall in your arms and for you that is a slice of heaven, a sign that the world is lighting up and everything is going to be okay, maybe more than okay, maybe even perfect. The line 'if only I could tell her of my feelings still unsaid wasted like dear flowers on the deaf dry desert air' perfectly describes that feeling of longing and fear of rejection, how you imagine that your life simply cannot go on if you are rejected and how all would be meaningless if you are not together.
ReplyDeleteI loved reading this poem, as short as it was, it really expressed that sad feeling you get when you repress or let go of the things you were meant to say. Sometimes it’s the things we leave unsaid, whether they be dreams, wishes or confessions, that are the most precious and valuable things. They are so precious to us, they are too complex to be translated and said verbally. The scenarios that the writer used to paint the feeling of letting your thoughts go unsaid was beautiful, the pictures provided also made reading the poem much more enjoyable and easier to imagine it. Poems don’t always have to be long and carry hard hitting deep messages about life or criticizing society to be considered one. Short little poems like these that explore and use the normal and plain language we use everyday and turn them into a beautiful image to convey even the simplest of message is what makes poetry so beautiful and enjoyable to read.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why almost all of the poems that Mr. Adrian posted in this blog, are so relatable for me personally. I always have so many thoughts showing and going inside my mind. There's so much I want to tell to other people, but I can't. I've tried to choose and string words to make the best arrangement of sentences inside my mind, but when I tried to speak them out, I've always got tounge tied and my mind suddenly just went blank. Fortunately, I have friends that really understand me whenever I freeze in between moments when I speak to them. I'm very grateful for them, and I'll always be thankful for that. Regarding the poem, I personally hope that anyone who wants to be close to me can understand me that way. Some telepathic kind of thing. I know it's hard for them to understand my mind and say, but I'll always try to speak my mind out in a very simple and understandable kind of way.
ReplyDeleteI pretty much know how it feels like to be afraid of facing my emotions and I’m not confident enough to express what I feel. It is a human behavior so I think nothing serious about it, because there are actually too many people who have great knowlegde and ideas but they don’t know how to express them in words. But in this poem, I think it’s much about love. Different from expressing ideas, love must be express in any ways. In my opinion, in every relationship, you show a person that you love them by what you do. The saying is important, but not as important as showing the love to them. But how can we show the love in action if we don’t have enough guts to express our feelings to them in the first place? It doesn’t need to be too romantic, because as long as it’s pure from your heart, I think love is not blind.
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