(After watching The Aviator…)
.
Am I sane…
because i say so,
or you…
who do not know
…me?
.
If only life were as neat
as the closing chapters in a book,
but entrails creep,
seep through scars unhealed,
carry forth unfinished mortal wounds
which stain the lenses of my eyes
to colour my vision
and only You can heal my sight ~
make me fit to fight
for what is right.
.
©Denise G Allen, 06 June 2013 05:57
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06/06/2013 at 6:35 am
Good morning, early bird! I haven’t seen the Aviator. Sounds like a sad movie.
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07/06/2013 at 6:55 am
Good morning, Pussycat! It was a sad movie. There is such a fine line between genius and madness and it really make one think… Remember the movie ‘A Beautiful Mind’ – absolutely outstanding!
I only mentioned The Aviator because it triggered this poem, but one does not have to see the movie to understand the poem.
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06/06/2013 at 7:27 am
Having seen the Aviator.. I get the words you’ve penned… good one…
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07/06/2013 at 6:57 am
Thanks, Bulldog. 🙂
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06/06/2013 at 7:41 am
But to know the wounds exist, and to accept myself, wounded
And to know my own weakness, and to ask Your help
This is sanity!
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07/06/2013 at 6:59 am
John, you are such a good mind-reader!
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07/06/2013 at 9:28 am
Well, Denise, I know about having to accept my own weaknesses.
I have to ask for help every day.
John
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07/06/2013 at 9:42 am
So should we all, John. We can’t do it on our own.
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06/06/2013 at 9:07 am
Wow. This is great
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07/06/2013 at 6:59 am
Thanks so much, Nic.
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06/06/2013 at 9:13 am
good movie/great poem.
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07/06/2013 at 7:01 am
Excellent movie, I agree, Mike. Great acting. A Beautiful Mind is another in a similar vein. Thanks for the compliment!
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06/06/2013 at 9:22 am
I must see this movie in order to understand your poem, adee. It sounds quite disturbing.
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07/06/2013 at 7:02 am
No need, really, AD. The poem .stands alone. The movie just triggered it.
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06/06/2013 at 10:54 am
I have not seen the movie yet either, but will make a point of doing so 🙂
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07/06/2013 at 7:04 am
Enjoy the excellent acting and the politics of the time. Not necessary to see it to understand the poem though. 🙂
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06/06/2013 at 11:47 am
I am another who lacks the perspective of the movie …
Even without that, the words make challenging statements.
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07/06/2013 at 7:06 am
The two movies, The Aviator and A Beautiful Mind, are wonderful in portraying the ‘overload’ of one’s mind… but not necessary to see in order to understand the poem, Col.
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06/06/2013 at 12:01 pm
Insanely sane.
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07/06/2013 at 7:07 am
Exactly! Thanks, FlutePlayer.
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06/06/2013 at 12:54 pm
I’m with John …to know the wound exists and to accept myself.”
blessings to you, Denise ~ maxi
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07/06/2013 at 7:09 am
That is it, Maxi. The meaning of the poem… Awareness, acceptance and trust.
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06/06/2013 at 11:05 pm
who is to judge sanity…our wounds…we carry those for sure and they can color our lives in good ways and bad…been a while since i watched that one…
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07/06/2013 at 7:10 am
Actually, Brian, I think most of us are a little insane… quirks… makes us who we are.
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