[Goshen College English 210] {Spring 2011}

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

expression, outloud

sometimes
we laugh quietly to ourselves
while others are in the room

because
 we want
to be heard.

for others present
to ask

"What's so funny?"

sometimes
we cry obnoxiously to ourselves
while others ignore

because
we want
to hurt.

for others present
to ask

"Was that not funny?"

but still, our expression
may go beyound our wanting,
beyond our caring,

Laughing for sake
of joy
despite who is near by to hear.

Crying
despite our deisre
to remain invisible to all near.

Can expression outloud be forgiven
for disturbing our neighbor

with sound
with guilt
with common thought
with attempt or accident

of shared emotion?

the individual man does not exists.

if he is not accompanied by somebody,
he is always accompanied


by himself.

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