This poem is about a girl in a song and another girl who lives on a planet of perpetual music. To see my life, you must also let the music take you.
The girl has drowned
Not in water
But in sound
.
Salty and material
Like the sea
It washes over and
Satisfies all her
Desires
.
Her voice has stopped
Becoming one
With the song
.
Lone remembrance of
Real love
As she lets go
.
This is the way
To die
She thinks
Drowning not in water
But in sound
.
Ahogada
La niña se murió
En un mar
De sonido
Azul
.
Quieta
Tranquila
Solo la canción y
Algunos recuerdos
De ti
.
Sin más que sentir
Sin más que decir
La niña soy yo
Ahogándome
En la música
.
.
.
Inspired by the song La Noyée by Yann Tiersen
Featured Painting by Sofia Ghassaei
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4 Responses
Sofia,
Drowning in sound, NOT in water.
So beautiful, so peaceful.
Your poem wakes me up from the dream-fear I’ve had of inhaling water and dying.
I’d much rather inhale nice, peaceful and beautiful sounds.
THANK YOU for the suggestion which your words thus brings to the brain bank.
Congrats!
Your words are so tragic yet so beautiful at the same time. Bravo! Fine poet.