Sunday, October 9, 2011

Nothing to say with words

Have you ever had lots and lots of words inside, but none of them would come out? Or, rather, lots and lots of half-articulated thoughts that are fragmented and mean nothing but are begging to be expressed anyway inside, and none of them are coherent or really yours enough to say out loud or type down or even specifically think?
I want to talk about being an introvert and how much I need time to sit at home and just be for a while.
I want to talk about going to Macbeth and being confused, soul-crushed, angered, depressed, and, shamingly, even a little bored.
I want to talk about how cool it was to have a discussion afterwards about character development and Shakespeare's views of authority figures bringing in multiple plays and feeling really smart.
I want to talk about not being ashamed of being strongly averse to country music.
I want to talk about being ever so much less than I ever expect to be.
I want to talk about how much I need to get done and how disappointed I am with myself for not doing all those things.
Most of all, I want to avoid writing a paper that's due tomorrow. 
So I can't say any of those things. I shouldn't waste time trying to say any of those things.
My voice is being choked off. My words are stolen.
Writing this paper is going to be awful.

2 comments:

  1. YES I HAVE THAT TROUBLE ALL THE TIME BECAUSE THERE ARE REALLY TRULY NO WORDS FOR WHAT I WANT TO SAY, WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.

    I feel like I shut down these conversations, and they were wonderful things. I'm sorry.

    Also-- don't be ashamed of hating country music. I would, too, if I hadn't been raised to love it. Oh, and love, you totally are smart.

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  2. oh, it wasn't you shutting me down...I just wanted to write about it, cuz articulating with a keyboard is so much more satisfying, you know? :P
    Thanks.

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