Poetry is for strangers

Poetry is for strangers

not for the loved ones.

Poetry is a trip, a journey

an altered state of mind;

but that's not how we should

talk to each other

when love is the subject,

and the object.

Love is down to earth.

Love is embodied.

Love is feral

it's flesh, fluids, emotions:

we should never talk poetry

never forget the body

nor the animal

when it's a matter of love.

Love should be spoken simply,

it should be a sober language

stripped of any artifact,

decluttered of all the

redundancy, empty promises, lyricism

it should be washed of all the

you're the apple of my eye

I can see a common ground

all the nevers and forevers

all the illusions, and delusions

all the projections and expectations:

love should be spoken more like

do you want this, or don't you

do you like the way I touch you

could you do this differently, cause it hurts

would you like to see me more often

would you like to be my only lover

would you like to create a third life

together - despite the fact that we might part

or not

with no additional need to explain:

either you do, or you don't,

love can't be compelled

love isn't mandatory

therefore

we should welcome any answer

and move on.

It will hurt, eventually, but not as much

as the breaking of a chimera.

Pain is not to be avoided.

Pain can't be avoided.

It's not a matter of pain

but of neatness.

To share a part of our journeys,

with sober, simple, and clear

words: that's how I think love should be

spoken.

Poetry is for strangers

not for the loved ones

as poetry talks symbols,

and I'm very much in love with symbols

I really am

but symbols are transcendent, ambiguos

and opposite of humble;

symbols are magic, enchantment,

and trickery,

and should be mastered by experienced

shamans or priests, through rituals.

Symbols should be handled like

fire, or an explosive chemical, or poison:

powerful, yes; the essence of power!

And beautiful, of course; nothing is as beautiful

as something as perfect and abstract

as a symbol.

But ultimately

they're extremely dangerous

and they shouldn't be used

with our loved ones – don't we all agree.

So poetry should be for strangers

for an audience of unknown people

as words would be taken

and swallowed

and misinterpreted

misunderstood

distorted, processed, digested

broken and reassembled

re-shaped into new ones:

like oracles

their fogginess and lack of

precision leaves room for the untold,

for the omitted, to be filled;

and that's fine

that's how it's meant to be

that's poetry's power


but love

is another thing


and should be left out of this.


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