Invisible

Cherry

By Ed Crane

Mon, 06 Nov 2023
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I wear invisible black shades

So I won’t see.

I wear invisible headphones pounding

my ears with imaginary white noise

So I won’t hear.

I shout out loud with a silent voice

So I won’t speak.

I seal my eyes with invisible glue

So I won’t cry.

 

I walk my dog on the towpath.

Buy my food in the nearest Aldi.

Drive to the gas station to get fuel.

Watch mindless game shows on BBC.

Stream exaggerated movies on NetAzon

I go to bed a 22.00.

And all is well with the World.

 

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Certificate PG
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Comments

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Like the three monkeys all in one? I've noted your grieved comments elsewhere about giving up on humanity, Ed. Not only do we know our own hearts, but we know how easily misunderstanding, misjudgments, mistaken condemnation of others happens especially where culture and verbal language and body language differ, and how viscioius people can get.

You may not understand him or how and when he works but the only hope is in the promise of justice and life to come, by the One who came, and who can help even when death comes to us all. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

'No alarms and no surprises' (Radiohead) - do listen if you don't know it

 

Submitted by Ed Crane on

I will listen to them thank you

I think 'Blood on the Rooftops' from Genesis kind of sums this up. A bit old but still relevant reminds me of my grandparents and how the managed to forget all the things they went through (which I was so fortunate not to have been through anything similar) 

 

just listeed excellent lyrics 

 

Submitted by Ed Crane on

This is mostly about trying not to care or in another way blocking out the stupidity of man. 

I don't want to get into a theological discussion and if having faith in God helps people this is a wonderful thing.

Personally I don't think it helps me although I do try to live by the philosophy behind the lord prayer which seems to be about lifestyle and can apply to any religion or culture.

best wishes  to you x

 

 

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

There are so many worlds to hide in now, the real one being too awful to face when we feel increasingly powerless to change it. Are we or is that we 'they' want us to think? Exaggerated movies to dull our senses. Real life, somewhere, is always worse than the exaggerated movies.

 

Submitted by Yutka on

it is one way of survival putting one's head in the sand for not falling prey to the demons around. Technic allows us to do this. What better playing computer games, listening to music with your earphones on, so to protect from the ouside noise of wars and destruction. The outside world becomes indeed invisible. 

Some people use other means. They tend their gardens from morning to night, in summer and winter, without the need to know what is going on outside their cocoons.

We all try to survive.

Yutka