SENSELESS
Language: English
Chosen for Diff
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