Spoken Word Poetry

Monday 16 November 2020

The Meaning of Nothing (Tanka)

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just a memory
just a lie I told myself
meaning of nothing
I let myself roll too deep
silent scream in my nightmare

~cie~


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Acknowledgments
The poem was inspired by these songs:

And the World Was Gone: Snow Ghosts (2013)
Only A Memory: Smithereens (1988)
Rolling in the Deep: Adele (2010)

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