Fragments From Cahiers – 20th April 2025

~ shaun tenzenmen

Can our futures be forgotten?
It seems impossible for us to breathe,
Our corpses are covered in jewels
from strands of daylight that we weave

Ideas of satisfaction and dread
Time is eating its own tail,
Involuntary memories of the future;
Pre-emptive deja-vus assail

Art takes our breath away
to trick the universe with meaning
Painting pictures of our words
absurd enterprise, intervening

Every path becomes a detour,
not trusting even the simplest thoughts;
Flattered by the frivolous
from fragments of a few reports

No solitude is enough for us
– We cannot be hidden from God
Death found us as children
and unwilling to spare the rod

Inspired by what I could read in this article by Philip Traylen where he translates Cioran.
Shared with dVerse – magical realism
11th Dec 2025 – Shared with What’s Going On – lonely

Feedback wanted on this SUNO AI version – is it any good, does it make the words more interesting or take away from them?

26 thoughts on “Fragments From Cahiers – 20th April 2025”

  8. “Our corpses are covered in jewels
    from strands of daylight that we weave”

    Such an interesting fusion of past, present and future, life and death . . . with arts that “trick the universe with meaning.” Going with the theme “lonely,” the vision is solitary. Love the images, the progression, and the sound of this poem.

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