Poem of the Day: “Ellipsis” by David Pring-Mill, Frequent Contributor Poet of the Week

Songs of Eretz Poetry Review is pleased to present “Ellipsis” by David Pring-Mill, a Songs of Eretz Frequent Contributor and this week’s Poet of the Week.  A biography of the poet may be found in the “About Our Editor & Frequent Contributors” section.

Ellipsis

David Pring-Mill

We wander beneath

barren, dusty hills,

and in secret,

we all dream of the next place.

As a people, we are

chronically restless,

undiagnosed,

undying,

desperate and desirous.

Earth our common grave,

Earth the only womb,

The womb our grave, the grave

our womb…

With nothing truly barren.

We may be chained,

but there are moments

of release.

When smiles stretch…

and laughter lights up faces.

The feeling of happiness is the same

as the feeling of slipping –

Exhilarating, yet still promising

a crashing conclusion.

There is more to life,

but it is hidden,

concealed within the ellipsis.

For in the ellipsis we find

something altered, omitted,

some promised continuation,

the knowledge of

and absence of

something more.

If you let experiences

pass through you,

then you will be

a person…

you must absorb

each experience,

then release it all

and let impressions

linger over your mind's eye

if you wish

to be a person.

drinking the water

and sweating it out

through your pores;

or else

you will become a pattern,

and patterns are not people.

And you will not even know

the day when you forgot

the size of the world.

Poet's Notes:  In this poem, I wanted to use punctuation as a focal point for philosophy.