Created to Hold but Never Reach


My gray metal face
hangs on nails..
functional.. necessary.

In my corner of clutter
I sit below a butterfly
who escapes being
defaced by magnets
and sticky notes.

Created to hold but
never reach I yearn
to feel a Neruda
inked poem push
its way through
frenzied reminders
to rest on my cheek.

I have the freedom of
a possession… the grand
description of a utilitarian
prosthetic purchased
to assist an absent mind.

 ©Susie Clevenger 2019

#NaPoWriMo2019 




Comments

Kerry O'Connor said…
Created to hold but
never reach..

I think these words are a most excellent capture of your viewpoint. An amazing existential poem.
Anmol (HA) said…
"the grand/description of a utilitarian/prosthetic": That is so well said.
Coupled with the title, I couldn't help but think of Camus while reading it. A wonderful poem!
Sherry Blue Sky said…
A difficult thing, being created to hold but never reach. So well said, Susie.
tonispencer said…
Created to hold but never reach...such a truth! I feel we all of us will never reach what we truly want, except in some sort of distant way.
Beautifully written, Susie.
Delightfully and convincingly described.
Kim M. Russell said…
The title made me think, Susie, and I was intrigued by the position below the butterfly that escapes the magnets and sticky notes. I love the yearning for a Neruda poem!
Sanaa Rizvi said…
"I yearn to feel a Neruda inked poem push its way through frenzied reminders to rest on my cheek." This is so beautifully evocative, Susie!
Rommy said…
All of us have a need to be more than simply utilitarian, no matter how we've been shaped. Wanting to touch and be touched by art and beauty is a universal need.
Thotpurge said…
I yearn
to feel a Neruda
inked poem push
its way through
frenzied reminders
to rest on my cheek.... yes! that is lovely!
Wonderful to the core:)