"I patiently close my eyes on all the grins and smirks"
What do you need to close your eyes to in order to feel the light inside you?
“Yellow Rocker” by Bernard P. Schardt
I Am Completely Different
by Kuroda Saburo
I am completely different.
Though I am wearing the same tie as yesterday,
am as poor as yesterday,
as good for nothing as yesterday,
today
I am completely different.
Though I am wearing the same clothes,
am as drunk as yesterday,
living as clumsily as yesterday, nevertheless
today
I am completely different.
Ah—
I patiently close my eyes
on all the grins and smirks
on all the twisted smiles and horse laughs—
and glimpse then, inside me
one beautiful white butterfly
fluttering towards tomorrow.
by Kuroda Saburo, translated by Bruno Peter Navasky, from The Paris Review, Issue 21, 1991
Creative Invitation
1. What do you need to close your eyes to in order to feel the light & beauty inside?
Think of a person you know well. How are they different today than they have been previously? Choose 3 adjectives.
Imagine yourself, or this other person, as a fictional character, a personage. How would you choose to show outside forces acting upon them to create change?
How are you different today than you were at this time last year? What have you gained? What have you let go of? What is different in the landscape inside you? Is there anything you must do?