SENSELESS
Language: English
My ears blind to nature
my eyes numb to beauty
my memory robbed of smell
my mouth deaf
limbs parched
When my whole beautiful world has gone black
am I still a part of it?
When my brain has been put out like a flame
where does my being cease
and my spirit begin
Finding its way through the dark
Finding its way home
The arms of God open like a mother’s
to embrace me
full and warm
And I'm home
home
home
Text Authorship:
- by Garrett Medlock (b. 1993), "SENSELESS", written 2023, copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Garrett Medlock (b. 1993), "SENSELESS", 2024, published 2025, copyright © 2025, first performed 2024 [ tenor, bassoon, and piano ], from If You Use Your Senses, no. 7, Lupine Press [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Garrett Medlock
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2025-09-04
Line count: 18
Word count: 83