October 6, 2010

Rosary of thought unread aloud

By In Poetry

It’s a rosary of thought, it’s over and over, and it runs through my head from bead to bead.
It doesn’t matter. Like a fight with myself.  You know, eventually, I’m going to win.  So I wait for the victory.

I close my eyes and wait for the victory to come at last.
It DOESN’T matter, doesn’t matter, doesn’t matter, doesn’t matter.
I pretend it doesn’t matter, doesn’t matter, doesn’t matter. Cuz it doesn’t, doesn’t matter, doesn’t matter, doesn’t matter. 

I run and I run and I run and I run and I run and I run and I run, it doesn’t matter.  Doesn’t matter, doesn’t matter, doesn’t matter, I pretend, like a poem that’s never read, it doesn’t matter, doesn’t matter. 

An overcomplicated watch like a bomb that doesn’t blow.  And it’s fine and it’s fine and it’s fine and it’s fine, cuz it doesn’t really matter, doesn’t matter, doesn’t matter.  In the end it doesn’t matter doesn’t matterdoesn’tmatter.

But it does.

Written by Jon Hillenbrand

Jon Hillenbrand is a Chicago-based artist working in photography and filmmaking. He has over 15 years of professional award-winning experience working both locally and nationally in television, print and web advertising. He currently calls Evanston, IL home.