Something happens
Through the act of self expression
A change occurs within us
What happens inside
When we have the opportunity
To speak our minds?
Why is it so crucial
For us to communicate our thoughts
And feelings?
What is this emotional experience
During human expression
And why does it occur?
Do we speak to overcome death anxiety?
Do we distract ourselves
From the reality of our own mortality
By talking about everything else
But this truth?
Is it inherent in the human condition
To find creative ways
To avoid the reality
Of our own impermanence?
Through self expression
We validate our own existence
We communicate to the world
That “I am! I exist!”
However temporarily
And despite the heaviness
Of the ultimate fate
Of us all
But something happens
When we speak
Some sense
Of connectedness occurs
A certain level of comfort
Is experienced
Without conscious awareness
And on some deep seated primal level
We live by the following creed:
“I am here now
And I have something to say!”