We are the synapses firing
In the obscurity of night
In the clarity of morning’s light
Firing thoughts we trigger on keyboards
Or mobile devices
Bouncing around the world and back
Where time is nothing
And everything
We weave a trading blanket
That covers us
To a degree
While we play with each other
In the dark warmth
We like our comforts
Shared
Like the thoughts we send out
Elegantly crafted
Metered rhymes
Form fitting testaments to creativity
Shocking thoughts of lust filled musings
Reinterpretations of perceptions
Random synchronicity
Illusions
Outright lies
We take facts and deconstruct them
Reassembled into feelings
Or emotions
We paint pictures with words
We admonish and cajole
We hunger for feedback
And feed on the cornucopia
That keeps our tables filled
With thoughts and words and memes
We are the synapses
We versify
Our words sing the truth of creation
But it’s not always pretty
David Trudel © 2012
Stream of Consciousness
Some days it’s hard to know which stream of consciousness to listen to
Since there seems to be more than one cascading between my ears
As if a wall of radios, TV’s and computers
Are feeding me a nonstop flow of information
Perhaps a torrent of consciousness is more accurate
Or maybe my stream is a flood
Fueled by the melting snowpack of my glaciers
Allowing chilled voices to shout stories or complaints
Or just sob in relief at being out in the open
Like prisoners being released from the Bastille
On the day the walls were tumbled
But it could be that this flood is a mere reflection of the arctic melt
In this global warming of consciousness
Where everyone gets to have a voice
Not just the man at the front with a megaphone in his hands
But everyone who takes a moment to speak up
And add a word, a phrase or a thought to the conversation
More drops in the stream
Leading to the ocean of consciousness
David Trudel © 2013
Leave a comment
Filed under Poetry
Tagged as blank verse, connections, creative writing, creativity, free verse, information overload, internet, metaphor, poetry, social commentary, stream of consciousness, truth, universal peace