Bliss(fully-un)aware
perception times time
i didn’t know
what was real
i didn’t know
what to feel
i didn’t know
how to share
i didn’t know
so i didn’t care
it was so much simpler
because i was blissfully unaware
shielded by what i assumed
to be a back home ignorance
‘twas nothing more
than a suit of petty arrogance
soul and conscience
knees and elbows
proud, defiant and threadbare
oh to just relish in the simple
and be blissfully unaware
echoes from ancient mirrors sing to me
those banshee slivers of yore
wail a keen but garbled dirge
traces of a half heard melody
flit in an out
amongst the sighs and screams
both leave the throat
aware of the death beyond the lips
there is no conceding to fair
it would all be so much simpler
were i blissfully unaware
to many thoughts
i now know,
i know too much
i now know,
i know how i lost touch
dust and cobwebs from then
litter this now and its air
life was so much simpler
when i was blissfully unaware
About the Creator
Bren
"It's just a token of my extreme!" - Frank Zappa
"Cause it's all in the heat of the moment It's all in the pain!!!" - Devin Townsend
Centre Stage with the wonderful Heather Hubler
Comments (5)
I totally agree with this! Ignorance is bliss! Loved your poem!
If I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then Perhaps would be a happier when If I did know then what I do know now I’d have still screwed it up .. somehow Nice job Brenton. So very true and well written.
This is so well said. How many times in my life did I wish that I could go back to that state of mind.
This is so good, the transition in your language really brings it to life, and the message, too, is fantastic.
Great poem!