More poetry from the depths of time
Title: Negative Space
Author: Lferion
Fandom: Blake's 7
Pairing/characters: Kerr Avon
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Blake's 7 is not mine, nor is Kerr Avon.
Inspiration: 'Duel'
Summary/tag-line: Silence may speak louder than words
Content Notes:
Author's Notes: Written in the long-ago, and I vaguely recall that it might have ended up in one of the Gambit zines put out by Jean Graham. I did once have the opportunity to show it to Paul Darrow, and he said he thought I had caught some of the essence of the character, and thanked me for letting him see it.
Archiving & Use: I believe that poetry is meant to be shared. All I ask is that you keep my name attached to it, and if you use it in/for a paper or story or discussion, I would love a link!
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Negative Space
4/1/88
Hear the words I don't say
Not just the ones I do
The questions I won't answer
Are an answer, of a kind
Unspoken, not untrue.
See behind the smokescreen
See beyond the stare
Percieve the doubled seemings
Subtle meaning, hidden truth.
(I will not prove I care.)
Ask me, I may answer
Ask me, I might act.
Expect the unexpected
Unsaid is not rejected
But think before the fact.
Penetrate proud armor
The glittering array
Of double-edged decisions
Sere precision, sharp defense
Such deep-wrought wounds betray.
Necessary hardness
Necessary hell
The walls are for a reason
Bitter seasons, brittle words
And lessons learned too well.
Trust is too expensive
Truth can't hurt a stone
A promise once extracted
Is exacted on the soul,
And pain is bourne alone.
Passion is betrayal
The price in pride concealed
There are no second chances
Speak in glances - said is so -
And best left unrevealed.
Listen to the pauses
Listen to the pain
Its what's unsaid that matters
all that matters, in the end.
Or is it all in vain?
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Author: Lferion
Fandom: Blake's 7
Pairing/characters: Kerr Avon
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Blake's 7 is not mine, nor is Kerr Avon.
Inspiration: 'Duel'
Summary/tag-line: Silence may speak louder than words
Content Notes:
Author's Notes: Written in the long-ago, and I vaguely recall that it might have ended up in one of the Gambit zines put out by Jean Graham. I did once have the opportunity to show it to Paul Darrow, and he said he thought I had caught some of the essence of the character, and thanked me for letting him see it.
Archiving & Use: I believe that poetry is meant to be shared. All I ask is that you keep my name attached to it, and if you use it in/for a paper or story or discussion, I would love a link!
Permanent link to this piece on An Archive of Our Own.
Negative Space
4/1/88
Hear the words I don't say
Not just the ones I do
The questions I won't answer
Are an answer, of a kind
Unspoken, not untrue.
See behind the smokescreen
See beyond the stare
Percieve the doubled seemings
Subtle meaning, hidden truth.
(I will not prove I care.)
Ask me, I may answer
Ask me, I might act.
Expect the unexpected
Unsaid is not rejected
But think before the fact.
Penetrate proud armor
The glittering array
Of double-edged decisions
Sere precision, sharp defense
Such deep-wrought wounds betray.
Necessary hardness
Necessary hell
The walls are for a reason
Bitter seasons, brittle words
And lessons learned too well.
Trust is too expensive
Truth can't hurt a stone
A promise once extracted
Is exacted on the soul,
And pain is bourne alone.
Passion is betrayal
The price in pride concealed
There are no second chances
Speak in glances - said is so -
And best left unrevealed.
Listen to the pauses
Listen to the pain
Its what's unsaid that matters
all that matters, in the end.
Or is it all in vain?
This entry was originally posted at http://lferion.dreamwidth.org/190654.html, where there are currently
comments. Please comment there using OpenID.