Dyslexic Thinking and the Origin of Thought
In the beginning there was not the Word
It was late in coming
Before the Word
There was the Picture
An image
A concept
A shape in the Mind
Forming the Landscape of Thought
Rolling indistinct and whole
Spiking into hyper-realms
A quitoxic state
For to show the Picture
To form the Landscape
In another’s mind
Took the Word
And the Word arrived late
In *a* beginning there was the Word
And it was praised
The power of External Thought
And the Image was relegated
The Word made the Picture
In the Mind
Shaped the Landscape
And formed the Concept
But the Word
became the Fence
The Scaffold
And the Chain
Buttresses formed
And armaments armed
The Word was drenched in Convention
Thought began to die
The Word to – fail
In The New Beginning
There was the Word
But the Word was stale – Old
The Image escaped the Word
And wrapped it in protective cortex
Where it grew once more
Driving the formation of the Landscape
The Word *and* the Picture
Became the Shape
Became the Concept
Indistinguishable to drive the Thought
And the Thoughts were whole and distinct
Changing rapidly
Into something new
Until the conveyance of Concept
To Others
Fed back on itself
Shaping the Landscape
Into the realms of Hyper-Thought
Stretching to cover Humanity
In the end
The Thought is the Picture *and * the Word
The Word came late
But that does not matter
Posted: Thursday, November 12th, 2009 @ 12:13 am
Categories: Poems.
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November 12th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
You have a wonderful concept to convey, and you do it beautifully with the language you choose.
The poems I write are closer to my physical/mental/emotional experience. I try to convey moods, emotions, states.
The challenge with abstract poetry is that a reader can only connect to the ideas; and ideas are harder to connect with.
But your poem reminds me of a poem I once wrote called “Love and Greatness Sutra”
April 10th, 2011 at 6:57 pm
that was bloody-Brilliant! You have pretty much summed up years of my thoughts, ponderings, confusions in a succinct, pretty way.
ok, that was totally inadequately put. I hope you get the drift – I really like(ed) it.
April 10th, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Thankyou so much