Your Own Echo

FallingAwake2

As my voice dances on your eardrum,
I twist and turn around my sentence… 
You nod along, say you understand,
But how can I ever know?           

These shapeless words, dissolve and reform  
Through your knotted network of neurons… 
You weave them into familiar forms,
But where does my meaning go?   

It’s bent by your perception’s prisms,
and refracted by filters and frames…                 
You think you hear without projection,
But, I’m just your own echo.  

  • Author: FallingAwake2 (Offline Offline)
  • Published: February 19th, 2026 06:42
  • Comment from author about the poem: When much of our experience is intangible, beyond words--ineffable........ When we see the world as a mirror--a reflection of ourselves....... I wonder, have my words been received as I intended? Perhaps human tendency towards projection prevents us from ever being completely understood.
  • Category: Reflection
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