Monday, January 18, 2010

chaos


' vacuum
' -


haiti
,
the quake fractures everything
splitting the earth
collapsing the brick and mortar
like loose trousers
sliding down a child's legs ,
wherever you look
disintegration
chaos ,
the words have cracked too ,
i slip through the chasms
get past comprehension ,
soaked into the eyes of a kid
with no inkling of death
or life ,
i am trapped inside
a still(-ed) image ,
incoherent
disjunct
numb ,
the questions
they would come ,
where is mom
where is dad ,
not finding them around
she would look for her doll ,
buried below the debris
with the memories . .


/ original / z.g.


[ haiti _ tues jan 12 - 2010 - quake ]

( Ed : Line 18/19 - paralyzed / disarticulated ? )

12 comments:

  1. Unimaginable how fragile worlds have crumbled. It is hard to find the words. I'm glad you did. Thank you for writing "haiti".

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  2. You've written the images of this disaster in such a viable fashion. Thank you!

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  3. It had to be said and who better than you? My thoughts are with them, thank you for reminding me.

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  4. this is sending us a message that the end is near as prophesied in the Bible.

    very nice poem!

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  5. You have put this tragedy to words. Such devastation, such loss.

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  6. Ah, the feeling here touches my heart deeply. The horror is too much to think about. But you have and have invited us to feel....Thanks.

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  7. Zoya,
    Touching.....sad......fresh in our minds and yet, one just has to remember and move on.....this life!

    Beautiful, Zoya

    Julia

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  8. Hard, hard place to go and you go there with such courage and insight. Gripped my heart.

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  9. Touching one. Sad to see whats happening in Haiti.

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  10. You have captured the starkness, the fear, the utter chaos so well. Only in my imagination do I tread there...

    Thank you Zoya...

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  11. How timely and how a quickly ordered life can be turned upside down in chaos

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..namastey!~