"R-U-in..."

The title says it all - doesn't it? Read slowly or fast - one word or many.

A title may say it all - whether read slow or fast, one word or many ...or even as the last.

 

“R-U-in…”

 

Are you “real” -

or a dream?

…a voice?

…or a theme…

 

Inside

 

Beside

 

- ‘tween my breaths

- behind my eyes

 

another of mere whisper?

 

- a life’s trap of dreams’

  “fondness” of wishes

- a wandering for …ends

 

Todays hints beckoning

…the draw of spun magyk,

a lure of will… a wisp

to be gone yet again?

 

A tomorrows’ tear

More an unforgiven “wish”

On unending stars - falling

and falling and

falling

far

…so… just beyond fingertips

 

…so near…so near…

 

so …paused

in …fear(?) …of…

 

What “closeness” is

dreamt-meant to be

when echoing over-and-over-and

over

through

me’s.

 

“R-U-in…?”

 

 

 Chris

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Lyn Anderson]

An unforgiven wish has a certain je ne sais quoi to it - your voice is so unique, soothing, and wise in its tone, sometimes sad, always reflective. There are some things that don't have answers, and maybe they're not required

[Crowley]

Lol...unfortunately it can definitely start one way and end up the other. hopefully the one way that I read it happens a few times before the second way takes over. This was clever.

[Chris]

chuckling here as well... The "I" 's see as they always will ...and the "WE" 's go with their flows.

[Crowley]

Reading back through the reviews cracks me up.

[Chris]

yeppers - tends to happen a lot with mine...

[Onlyme]

Intriguing and a very interesting read.

[Chris]

Did you read this one aloud? ...slowly... with your own sense of emphasis? Seems many words shift with mood... just sayin'

[Paul]

Documentation
4/5/18
12:43 PM U.S. CST
"My Review of R-U-in by Chris, A Fellow Writer's Café Author"
by PB Jacobs (www.writerscafe.org)

Well, I strive not to wear Fake Media Astral insignia, which I call Little B***h Rhetoric, if that's what you mean. I really don't buy the Agent thing, media-wise, as an Agent to me is a useless thorn in my side, that is more of a nuisance, to me. Why should I hire an Agent, when I can do that kind of work, myself? That's all I need and want is an Assistant, and that's that.

Besides, I have screwing unruly rodent types and Chowhounding Scumbucket types down pat, or at least down pat, good enough, to book gig's just about anywhere I want. An Agent to me is useless baggage.

It all starts with me being "in" on my inward life, as you put it. I know enough about my inner anatomy to keep the idiot Psychiatrist and Psychologist types away, and out of my hair. They can't shake a stick at what I have documented, and as usual, they learn and feed from me, and if they don't cite me as their source, and drop their Economic Insanity Exemption thing, they are in need of a Psychiatrist and/or Psychologist. themselves.

Nothing beats a close, inner proximity to bare reality, on a personal level! Yeah, I'm in touch with my inner reality and fact of the matter mentality, more than ever. I get what you are saying, all too well. I LIVE my "I'm in!"

Great work, Chris! Oh, and it's messed up, just right!

[Chris]

Thanks, I thought so too... laters.

[Karmee]

I was intrigued by the title of this at first,
I read it as ruin...instead of R U in.
Then I read it, found it very clever and interesting.
Very nicely written.

[Chris]

Ruin and a textual R-U-in one and together... AND the way each interacts... there is always a lot of life BETWEEN our lines - ya know?

[Karmee]

really good write, it intrigued me

[‘Thoughts In Time..]

We are where we choose to be , I choose the here and now, we can we as near or far as we choose to be/ yet some distances no matter how we wish were smaller are mountains and valleys apart- RUin? I hope so , great depth 🌹

[Chris]

In a "texting" world this one plays with its words across many "shades" of intent and meaning... look well over AND between its lines - throughout.

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

“R-U- in”? Hmmmmm....inside-outside-1-2-3-a game of life and imagination...Olde English “magyk” overlays this contemplative musing.. Exquisite language, form, flow, soliloquy style...”What closeness is dreamt-meant to be” -in Horatio’s philosophy or in the everyman’s. ”behind my eyes...are you real?”- that is the touching and brilliant question here. Each to their own answer. Superb write Chris.

[Chris]

I appreciate your pause and thoughts...come by anytime at all...

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

Thank you my friend!:)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, i'm in....
i hear ya Chris...really like this piece, magically spun with near rhyme, in-rhyme, and a soft flow...sometimes dreams get so close, oh, so close.
j.

[Chris]

It matters to me that you are...

[Emily B]

you have a light touch to go with this siren song

[Chris]

"...skip, skip, skip-to-my-lou..."

[Emily B]

like sunshine through geraniums :)

[Chris]

Chuckling here... tulips call too...

[Emily B]

Tulips seem so far away. But there are potted plants in the library window sill. I can touch those.

[Coyote Poetry]

You danced on many topics and emotions.
"A tomorrows’ tear
More an unforgiven “wish”
On unending stars - falling
and falling and
falling
far
…so… just beyond fingertips"
I did like the above lines. The ghostly words made me think and believe. Thank you for sharing the amazing words and your thoughts.
Coyote

[Chris]

We live in an immediacy - tech wise, mind wise ...breath wise.

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree my friend. I liked this poem.