IN MEDIA RES

Anguish stretches over the unkind chasm

as the unmoved clouds echo wounds.

Drops of bleeding doubts plot against the sky,

calling the red moon to quieten the words.

A melancholic lullaby envelopes the universe

cheating dreams and possibilities, tattoeing

prophecies behind the stars.

She hides stains in her eyes.

Peace shall live today as she walks barefoot

to get the razor, writing a story in media res.

The beginning never prevails when despair

darts what is in between lines.

She might find the right metaphor

to explain her persona.

But at least her symphony of forgetfulness shall end

for silence is the perfect answer when there is no answer,

when there is no voice.

Karla Bardanza

In medias res or medias in res (into the middle of things) is a Latin phrase denoting the literary and artistic narrative technique wherein the relation of a story begins either at the mid-point or at the conclusion, rather than at the beginning (cf. ab ovo, ab initio), establishing setting, character, and conflict via flashback and expository conversations relating the pertinent past.

Copyright©Karla Bardanza 2011