By the Account of Others
When you see people
not through their eyes,
but through the ears of others,
how easy it is
to create a person in your mind.
How many wounds,
how much pain,
how many battles
you will never hear
from the voices of those who tell their stories.
People are not stories
for another narrator
to write their endings
from behind the walls of words;
every human being
is a book
with a thousand unread pages.
The account of others,
is the account of others;
it is not the whole truth,
even if
the seal of belief
has been placed upon it.
Sometimes the truth
lies in the silence
where no one
spent even one small word,
“Why,”
to understand it.
Perhaps the truth
stands somewhere between
the things left unsaid
and the things left unheard.
به روایتِ دیگران
وقتی آدمها را
،نه از چشمهایشان
،که از گوشِ دیگران ببینی
چه آسان است
.ساختنِ آدمی در ذهن
،چه زخمها
،چه دردها
چه نبردها
که از زبانِ راویان
.هرگز نخواهی شنید
آدمها قصه نیستند
،که از پشتِ دیوارِ کلمات
راویِ دیگری
پایانشان را بنویسد؛
هر انسانی
کتابیست
.با هزار صفحۀ نخوانده
،روایتِ دیگران
روایتِ دیگران است؛
،تمامِ حقیقت نیست
حتی اگر
مُهرِ باور
.بر آن زده باشند
گاهی حقیقت
در سکوتیست
که هیچکس
،حتی یک واژۀ ناقابل
،"چرا"
برای فهمیدنش
.خرج نکرده است
شاید حقیقت
جایی میانِ
ناگفتهها
و ناشنیدهها
.ایستاده باشد
سهیل خداپرستی
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Author:
soheil khodaparasti (
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Comments1
Such an understanding write of wisdom where knowing what others think or feel can not be placed in words of others or even in what one sees. We can not know what is in their mind even by their own words. Said so well in the word silence between it speaks volumes. Well done
Thank you for your thoughtful and insightful words. I truly appreciate your taking the time to read the poem so carefully and to share your thoughts.
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