UnParadox

i don’t understand it
maybe that’s why i get it

i can’t explain it
maybe that’s why i write about it

i can’t get to the bottom of it
i can’t even get to the top of it

maybe that’s why i’m perpetually in the middle of it

the origin of my strength
is my vulnerability

the origin of my power
is my surrender

the origin of how i feel
is what i have never felt

the origin of my commitment
is born from my recklessness

my irreverence
is born from my connection to the sacred

i reach underneath
scratch away all the noise
get to what’s real
ring the bell

i open myself to a deafening resonance
it burns, it hurts, it soothes, it heals

it makes me deaf
it makes me blind
it makes me dumb

maybe that is where i need to be
maybe that is where i have to be

maybe that is the only place
where i can truly hear

maybe that is the only place
where i can truly see

maybe that is the only place
from which i can truly speak

                              - Clint Piatelli

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