Behind The Wall Of Familiar Meanings Poem by Massoud Abolfathi

Behind the Wall of Familiar Meanings

He wanted to talk to himself, to him of the self

With the self that had a language problem and he had come from the land of
Meaningful words

Words that were familiar and meanings that were more familiar

He did not know how the words had swallowed the deception and how the meanings were pregnant with fears

He didn't know that not knowing was the half-sister of knowing

And the walls always killed Ophelia
And human language was beyond Hamlet's understanding

He did not know that behind the wall of innocence of meanings, countless walls of human knowledge lined up

And the powerful God of language was pregnant with all knowledge

He didn't know that behind himself, countless selves of meanings were lined up

July 2,2024
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