Within the Speech

By Paul Andrew Bourne, 2006



I see emptiness in their jargons
I see corruption in their intent
What is uttered is not meant
in their speech its not words,
it’s a craft -
a toy engineered for fools
it’s one that ostracized, but divide
I see through the speech -
for within the speech it’s emptiness
crown master

they label a speech,
they label a tale,
they label the Bible,
they label poverty
but they label not its solution
but they say
“I can”
“I can” they say -
“I can be anything” but little did I understood

but within the structure
the obstacles are plenty
For it has taken
Observation’s experiences
for the lesson to ferment in my wounds
that “I can”
wasn’t for I man


It is as though I’m lost in the challenges
of trying to survive
that what I hear, Is
“ I can die”
“I can die poor but happen”
for the its easy for a rich
man to enter heaven
before the camel goes through
a needle eye

You can die is what is meant
but in the increment of time
what is echoed is “I can”
is a dialectic within the speech -
as you could
if they wanted you to
it has nothing to do with your effort
as if I could, I would
Yes I would have done it already
but it’s to decipher the message
within the speech
as only a revolution will foster
“I can” with the same set of
challenges as those who preach,
within the speech