{"id":1908,"date":"2021-12-16T18:24:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T17:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.convivialthinking.org\/?p=1908"},"modified":"2021-12-16T18:26:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T17:26:05","slug":"affairs-of-the-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/convivialthinking.org\/index.php\/2021\/12\/16\/affairs-of-the-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Makoma As\u03b5m (Affairs of the Heart)"},"content":{"rendered":"

by A.B. Godfreed<\/em><\/p>\n

Go on,<\/p>\n

put this trite piece<\/p>\n

aside<\/p>\n

let it loose to go<\/p>\n

find anyone<\/p>\n

where you are<\/p>\n

right now.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Search<\/p>\n

each room,<\/p>\n

look for other lost<\/p>\n

souls<\/p>\n

and do this.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

It\u2019s a must.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Alone?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

All alone!<\/p>\n

Then, stride out<\/p>\n

into the street,<\/p>\n

grab<\/p>\n

the first one you meet:<\/p>\n

man, woman, child, even the dog down the road.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Go!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Find<\/p>\n

someone<\/p>\n

gaze into his\/her\/its<\/p>\n

eyes<\/p>\n

which must not be<\/p>\n

encumbered with so many pronouns,<\/p>\n

when translated into<\/p>\n

other tongues.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Just do it!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Hold<\/p>\n

anyone<\/p>\n

close enough to watch<\/p>\n

yourself in a stranger\u2019s eyes,<\/p>\n

always black pupils,<\/p>\n

undiluted<\/p>\n

scenes of you in miniature,<\/p>\n

looking deep into<\/p>\n

sights unseen<\/p>\n

of you<\/p>\n

looking deep into<\/p>\n

the Other<\/p>\n

who sees you &<\/p>\n

vice versa<\/p>\n

but<\/p>\n

with a rose-scented feeling<\/p>\n

while<\/p>\n

coraz\u00f3n latido <\/em><\/p>\n

a symphony<\/p>\n

yet<\/p>\n

unknown,<\/p>\n

notre amour <\/em><\/p>\n

beyond the bevy called \u201cin love.\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

For this is it,<\/p>\n

this us<\/p>\n

sentipensante; <\/em><\/p>\n

this us<\/p>\n

when akoma<\/em> feels other<\/p>\n

than how it is taught to think<\/p>\n

in some type of separation<\/p>\n

of<\/p>\n

down is not up<\/p>\n

there is not here<\/p>\n

then is not now<\/p>\n

wrong is not right<\/p>\n

they are, most definitely, not us<\/p>\n

not only bad but also opposed to our good<\/p>\n

abounds<\/p>\n

in every glib gesture of<\/p>\n

\u201cGo way you<\/em>!\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Can you feel it?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Did you try it?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Or<\/p>\n

do you still<\/p>\n

look for life on these dead pages<\/p>\n

through this contrived<\/p>\n

convolution,<\/p>\n

even as I might just be there\u2014<\/p>\n

outside your door<\/p>\n

waiting<\/p>\n

for our encounter with the truth<\/p>\n

of who we are<\/p>\n

when<\/p>\n

waiting<\/p>\n

for our hearts to speak<\/p>\n

instead of your interpretation of<\/p>\n

these well-worn words<\/p>\n

of mine.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Glossary<\/strong><\/p>\n

akoma<\/strong> (Twi)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 heart<\/p>\n

makoma as\u03b5m<\/strong> (Twi)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 matters of the heart<\/p>\n

coraz\u00f3n latido<\/strong> (Spanish)\u00a0\u00a0 heart beat<\/p>\n

notre amour<\/strong> (French)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 our love<\/p>\n

sentipensante <\/strong>(Spanish)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sensing-thinking<\/p>\n

Go way you!<\/strong> (Ghanaian pidgin)\u00a0\u00a0 Get lost! Scram!<\/p>\n

#love #heart #poetry #feelings #thoughts<\/p>\n

A.B. Godfreed<\/strong> writes poetry and narratives, as well as produces iCollective Art and experimental beatmixes, which are shared on A.B. Godfreed Prosetry & Pic(k)s<\/a> and various social media platforms<\/a>. A.B. Godfreed engages in these eclectic endeavors as a way of creating \u201cwork that makes life sweet\u201d, while also highlighting diversity and yet epigenetically entangled oneness\u2014in all its intelligence and beauty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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