Monday 31 January 2011

LOOPING


So difficult to not make the same mistakes, unceasingly. The needle jumping on the same note, we are like a worn-out gramophone record, a vicious circle, looping in the groove. And the worst part is that, for more that we insist on hiding it under the carpet, the garbage starts to stink at certain point, and the sedimentary calcareous crust prevents the movement from being graceful, as it once was. Idling away the minutes that become hours, that deconstruct the day you were awake with some lucidity, to at the end… again, the same. There is a page to fill in the heavy book of spells and potions, and it is a known fact that it, invariably, that the volume will be burnt at the stake. So at least we would better be eminent charred bodies, making a big violent explosion, a fire work waterfall, fed by the richness of the content. One time show, the biggest on earth. There are vacancies to fill to participate, hollows, almost like bee cells, semi-invisible to the naked eye. I got the light, it is barely a tiny torch, lighting as much as a firefly. I want to walk towards them upright with no need of crutches of walking sticks. It must be and old pride that makes me want to correct every line with a red pen, asking me to repeat, next time better, please. Giving no rest, demanding from body and mind a praiseworthy success. It is a pity that the seasons go by at each breath, and the tasks we invest ourselves in, are just pastimes that we decide to occupy us with. B_Nour

Sunday 30 January 2011

DIDACTIC LULLABY

A few crayons embellishing the naked page of doubt, making little flower borders. And with one of those fluorescent markers, highlighting the “here I am”, striving to know for the certain of what reasons I am this position. Just doing and doing and being pulled by chance, the child, playing with me, the kite. In this parallel reality there is a xylophone melody for children played live, it turns to be a didactic lullaby danced by the music box ballerina. The hanging crystals mobiles filter the light and compound a fairy tale’s soundtrack. In the air the perfume of rose scented talcum powder, while I fly through it aerodynamically. I am a pendulum with a massive gravity center point in this galaxy; there is even a torsion field named after me, just like the guiding star that barely you see twinkling. The significance of the apparent trifle is greater than what we are allowed to conceive. White cotton texturized clouds, traveling as a stormy weather stowaway infiltrator, positioned on the canvas by the power of a firm brushstroke. I acquired the power to align planets to my convenience, with a blow of a gentle breeze, moving them as if there were soap bubbles. What can replace this sensation? What sort of mundane pleasure? No wonder why I can’t avoid the compelling, but you first must clean the sheets and be able to reach peace as you go to sleep. This is a different environment; to walk in here is needed to wash out your lungs with purity of mind. As I look backwards, and see the valley I went through, I just can tell stories but not making it any easier for you. B_Nour