THE RUSH TO DEATH
bereaves the living
even more
we say or think
forgetting
what played out in those
who took their lives
in hand
the fatal lapse
they seek
the freedom death
affords them
when the world
still senseless
leaves them empty
inward desolation
horror of
great darkness
great things
on the ocean
break
& counterfeit
infinity
21.xii.08
[italicized lines after Coleridge's notebooks]
Charles Bernstein’s ”Eulogy for Emma”
A note from Felix Bernstein
The program for Emma Bee Bernstein’s funeral
bereaves the living
even more
we say or think
forgetting
what played out in those
who took their lives
in hand
the fatal lapse
they seek
the freedom death
affords them
when the world
still senseless
leaves them empty
inward desolation
horror of
great darkness
great things
on the ocean
break
& counterfeit
infinity
21.xii.08
[italicized lines after Coleridge's notebooks]
Charles Bernstein’s ”Eulogy for Emma”
A note from Felix Bernstein
The program for Emma Bee Bernstein’s funeral
3 comments:
An admirable, though haunting piece. Amazing, however, that the creation appears more like light in the dark than merely more shadow. Can tone get lost in content, or is its presence a heroism that will always battle for its right to stay surfaced?
You have courage to attempt to articulate such a great loss.
At a time like this I recall Wordsworth's description of poetry as "emotion recollected in tranquillity."
Some of us lack the requisite calm.
Diana Manister
Thanks for sharing...
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Julie
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