JOURNEY INTO THE CORE
“When the poet puts questions, they are directed to everybody’s soul.” Mirjana Mut
Questions are a kind of psychological game with sub-consciousness. They are provocative call that cannot be ignored. Once put, questions stay marked in our consciousness open to all kind of answers. Answers can be in the form of images, emotions, thoughts, body reactions. Once put, they cannot be avoided, they must be answered. Avoidance is also a kind of answer. In whatever form answers come, they shouldn’t be ignored. And they can’t be, because it will raise another question.
When the poet puts questions, they are directed to everybody’s soul. Answering poet’s questions is a journey into the core of the being where all answers are.
THE WAY
What is bigger, my strength
Or my weakness?
Am I truly me in sadness
Or in my happiness?
Am I really brave
Admitting that I am scared?
Is it possible to forgive
Even when I too much care?
Do I only care for myself
And not for others?
When I don’t succeed, but fail
Can I be confronted with others?
Do I really live,
Or am I daily dieing?
When I am giving of myself
Is it without crying?
When I feel repentance
Is it my real affection?
Is the Truth really mightier
Than the lies’ attraction?
Asking all these questions,
Do I really ask or simply play?
Oh, dear Lord
Please show me The Way.
© Mirjana Mut, AJNA Poetry Collection 1998