I Have No Words

They have flown from me

Caravaggio, the raven — Moh’d Bilbeisi, collaborator — 2022

I have no words,
They have flown from me;
I suspect I know the reason why
They have chosen to fly.

I did not deserve
To host them anymore;,
I refused to pay the cost,
I refused to want them more

Than my material life.
My fading light would tell,
When I learned soon enough
To what depths I fell.

I surveyed my dreams,
I came to realize
They were not at all
What they had seemed.

Too vain to believe,
Even more to carry
A burden never meant
For me to bear.

Now I rest and ponder
What may be next,
Whether better living
Or a holier death.

This wordless space is
All my experience,
I try to understand
What they may have meant

When they spoke incessantly,
And flew so near to me,
I thought it would never end
Until the day when

They were silent.

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Notes from Moh’d:

Caravaggio, the raven — the birds at Walmart never cease to inspire me. trying to capture their naughty personality as they chase me, screaming and shaking. 12 in x 16 in watercolor pigment on watercolor paper.

Here is a quote by one of my favorite authors, Edgar Allan Poe: “Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before; but the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token”

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