I am not yet Born by danob

Mixed Medium • Atmosphere/Mood • posted on Jan 15, 2004

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Inspired from this wonderful Poem by Louis Macniece written in 1944 ....I have been struck by how powerful and yet so fresh even today by this amazing poem.. Thanks for looking and comments I am not yet born; O hear me. Let not the bloodsucking bat or the rat or the stoat or the club-footed ghoul come near me. I am not yet born, console me. I fear that the human race may with tall walls wall me, with strong drugs dope me, with wise lies lure me, on black racks rack me, in blood-baths roll me. I am not yet born; provide me With water to dandle me, grass to grow for me, trees to talk to me, sky to sing to me, birds and a white light in the back of my mind to guide me. I am not yet born; forgive me For the sins that in me the world shall commit, my words when they speak me, my thoughts when they think me, my treason engendered by traitors beyond me, my life when they murder by means of my hands, my death when they live me. I am not yet born; rehearse me In the parts I must play and the cues I must take when old men lecture me, bureaucrats hector me, mountains frown at me, lovers laugh at me, the white waves call me to folly and the desert calls me to doom and the beggar refuses my gift and my children curse me. I am not yet born; O hear me, Let not the man who is beast or who thinks he is God come near me. I am not yet born; O fill me With strength against those who would freeze my humanity, would dragoon me into a lethal automaton, would make me a cog in a machine, a thing with one face, a thing, and against all those who would dissipate my entirety, would blow me like thistledown hither and thither or hither and thither like water held in the hands would spill me. Let them not make me a stone and let them not spill me. Otherwise kill me.

Comments (51)

vlaaitje

6:03PM | Thu, 15 January 2004

You did a wonderful job...I know the thoughts behind it.....we talk about it.....the words are great

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SophiaDeer

6:10PM | Thu, 15 January 2004

Dreamy and elegant!!

cynlee

6:11PM | Thu, 15 January 2004

almost makes you want stay in the womb where it's nice, warm, secure & safe but then what fun are the challenges to be faced, the love to be had, the tears as we near our own death... sigh... powerful poem & image :]

groush2

6:20PM | Thu, 15 January 2004

Powerful Work & Statement ...Bravo Danny..Excellent Art !!!!

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SoulEatar

6:21PM | Thu, 15 January 2004

Very emotional and wram - Now how do we get from here to potty trained and skip the terror of the attack of the toddler :) LOL

Masema

6:23PM | Thu, 15 January 2004

Powerful indeed. Excellent work inspired by an equally touching poem...Simply beautiful.

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j-art

7:06PM | Thu, 15 January 2004

huh - this is not only a immage and a poem which one only can say, wow excellent,no, much to think over here - now you really gave my lazy brain somthing to do again (you mostly do this to me) - so thanks for making my brain work again, and thank you for sharing your thoughts about some things... and thanks louis macniece for the poem... O fill me with strength against those who would freeze my humanity, would dragoon me into a lethal automaton, would make me a cog in a machine, a thing with one face, A THING... maybe i already fit in this machine, maybe i was not filled with enough strengh, maybe i am not yet born, --- time to break out, dont you think?

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borsy

7:13PM | Thu, 15 January 2004

Excellent artwork,Danny!! Very emotional and beautifully executed image that goes perfectly with the wonderful poem!!!

Tedz

7:32PM | Thu, 15 January 2004

Beautiful Poem and wonderful Art expression! Bravo Doc!

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Angelwave

7:41PM | Thu, 15 January 2004

Exicuted with great love

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pjaj

8:47PM | Thu, 15 January 2004

Beautiful work Danny! Excellent job!

Michelle A.

9:32PM | Thu, 15 January 2004

It's beautiful.....

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tallpindo

9:42PM | Thu, 15 January 2004

The creator beyond an orifice is receiving the plan which includes a new form of the author. Only the light actually knows what is in the plan. What was is in dispute. The agony of birth will overwhelm the pain in the old discipline. The picture forms the innocent stare.

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gunsan

10:55PM | Thu, 15 January 2004

I can understand you got inspired by this incredible, for our time so appropriate poem. Love your image, so soft and gentle. I guess this is what every pregnant women wants for her child, but then reality happens.

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