Random February 26, 2022 - contradiction

by Everlasting   Feb 27, 2022


one night
it dawn on me
the idea

that the truth is
a fabric

some piece of cloth
meant to protect us

but as time went by

this fabric
became tailored into outfits
meant to be perfectly worn
only by some

that night
i explored the texture of my outfit
with my fingertips,
and there, within the seams,
i felt a contradiction

a contraction so real
that no matter how hard I tried
to undo the seams

my outfit
was still visible

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  • 2 years ago

    by BOB GALLO

    "I’m crazy. I only wish to understand. And in order to understand, one needs to build connections"

    The connection to whom?? Those who understand better?? Or those who could adjoin you in your understanding?? For understanding one need absolute surrender and trust. No algebra or geometrical solution appears at once in the eyes. But the sad thing is people like us never listen to the teachers. They want to conquer the word's understanding by their five ( not even) senses

    • 2 years ago

      by Everlasting

      The connection to both? To those who understand better and those who could adjoin me in my understanding.

      The goal line: “be impossible to be misunderstood”.

      Poetry purpose is to build connections it seems by appealing to the senses. When we attempt to express our feelings, we open up a connection to understanding ourselves. When someone else reads what we try to express, there’s an a opportunity for a possible connection… it starts with something small, with one point and keep adding points until there’s a circle… keep adding points in the right direction and the circle can possible expand…

      I can only imagine for the time being

  • 2 years ago

    by BOB GALLO

    This is so imaginative, that perhaps only a crazy person like me could appreciate the writer's mind. Maybe others too, but they are too busy.
    You are not that much for philosophy,( more than average though) but "poetical philosophy," man, you are on it.

    I am sure if you think poetical, you understand the world better.

    • 2 years ago

      by Everlasting

      Lol, my husband thought I was talking about my outfit and gave me the look like I was crazy. I guess .,I’m crazy. I only wish to understand. And in order to understand, one needs to build connections… my writing is “cute” but if focused on it… one can stretch it further. I don’t mind it being called cute or imaginative… or something else.

      Im super sleepy. Thank you sir. I knew you would understand.

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