{"id":103,"date":"2025-04-09T03:31:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T03:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/namedconquer.com\/?p=103"},"modified":"2025-04-09T03:33:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T03:33:54","slug":"the-void","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/namedconquer.com\/?p=103","title":{"rendered":"THE VOID"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Space<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">shall be filled,<br \/>Silence shall find its sound<br \/>and what will it say?<br \/>For there is always something to be said:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Perhaps it is words not invented yet<br \/>like magenta,<br \/>we invented that word,<br \/>they say it is a colour that does not exist.<br \/>A construct of our brain,<br \/>A combination of blue and red,<br \/>So, I stand in-between,<br \/>in deep magenta,<br \/>my silence seeking new words to describe being in the eye of emptiness<br \/>yet not feeling empty<br \/>or indifferent.<br \/>Perhaps these new words exist also in the in-between without language,<br \/>without form,<br \/>unable yet to fill the void.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Whilst all is still formless<br \/>There are truths I seek for the void to tell to me:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>II<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tell me<br \/>That I am not heavy<br \/>That in this space my burden of being is zero gravity. and like the universe I am infinite.<br \/>Tell me that at the end there will be no end<br \/>That the horizon continues<br \/>Even when I have caught the cusp of it.<br \/>That my past is far away but not necessarily behind me, perhaps above me,<br \/>reconciled and remembered.<br \/>Void form the words of forgiveness<br \/>So that that the future before me is not of self-sacrifice and silences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I need the void to say,<br \/>what I\u2019ve been needing to say since forever<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">but the words have not found form yet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>III<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It must be fear<br \/>that keeps the silence formless<br \/>without a spine to speak.<br \/>Words require follow through<br \/>and failure.<br \/>And I have too long leaned on the language of others stolen syllables swallowed<br \/>regurgitated and plagiarized<br \/>Whilst all I\u2019ve been needing to say since forever,<br \/>stuck at the bottom of my soul<br \/>an incomprehensible sound,<br \/>and often an infinite silence.<br \/>forming one\u2019s own language is a laborious task<br \/>with great risk of stillbirth and the greater reward of selfhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>IV<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Therefore, what I must be afraid of is myself Birthing myself<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: 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require follow through<br>and failure.<br>And I have too long leaned on the language of others stolen syllables swallowed<br>regurgitated and plagiarized<br>Whilst all I\u2019ve been needing to say since forever,<br>stuck at the bottom of my soul<br>an incomprehensible sound,<br>and often an infinite silence.<br>forming one\u2019s own language is a laborious task<br>with great risk of stillbirth and the greater reward of selfhood<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"fontSize\":\"medium\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>IV<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Therefore, what I must be afraid of is myself Birthing myself<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This third birth - a blending of the first two, of flesh and spirit.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Daring to speak the word<br>That shall create my moon, my sun, my day, my night My world -fulfilled<br>Breaking the 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