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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Naming of Pulse


Today, we have naming of pulse. Yesterday,

We had the inner urge to run away. And tomorrow morning,

We might have found what we were looking for. But today,

Today we have naming of pulse. Adrenaline

Running through our veins, arousing those closest to us,

And today we have naming of pulse.


This is the hunger that kept you alive. And this is the fear,

That woke you up in the middle of the night, whose use you will see

Once you‘ve realized you have to get away. And this is the feeling of home,

Which in your case you have not got. The birds

Fly away over our heads with their wings,

Which in our case we have not got.


This is the one chance, which can lead to release,

If only you take hold of it. And please do not let me

See anyone waste this one chance chance. You can make it quite easy

If you have any pugnacity in your heart. The breath

Becomes fragile and motionless, leaving your body and never coming back

If you don‘t go by now.


And this you can see is the wind. The purpose of this

Is to open your mind, as you think. We can ride with it

Rapidly backwards and forwards: We call this

Daydreaming. And rapidly backwards and forwards

Your feet carry you away, not knowing where exactly to lead you

But daydreaming their way.


They call it daydreaming: It is perfectly easy

If you have any pugnacity in your heart: Like your mind,

And your blood, telling you to get away from here as fast as possible and the beginning of homesickness,

Which in our case we have not got, and the wind,

Silent in all the others but howling inside of you, going backwards and forwards,

For today we have naming of pulse.

2 comments:

  1. Does the pulse represent life as such or did you intend more with it? No pulse, no life - goes for music, poetry and life as well...

    I like your text - it does interesting things with such 'unpoetical' words as 'pugnacity'. Very effective pastiche.

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  2. This is very beautifully written and I like the way that you connect pulse to various emotional features of life (urge to run away, daydreaming, etc.).
    I do not see the war aspect of the game stated clearly, but I guess your reference to war is expressed in the way that you have illustrated the inner struggles in life in connection to pulse? :)

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