"You Don't Know..."

There are two flows here inseparably linked.

"You Don't Know..."

 

You just don't know -

 

How things bite ~

What things bite,

on any given day

at any given time

 

...and the dry eyes

damp mind

tight chest

as you stand, sit -

watch

...time scrolling.

 

How dark it is

after sunrise.
I made coffee - fresh,

pulled out some hazlenut creamer

- just wanted different today.

 

"These aren't regrets surfacing,"

--you do what you have to

when you must,

make choices - have decisions

and survive to live with them

- if you can

...or just live with them

- if you can't.

 

You have hurts, joys...

- moments God envies

and others the devil is still laughing over -

and which are which? - who's to say?

 

But there IS irony in living

that you don't see or appreciate -

until you do.

 

Do you think of others

as you are? were?

See them with your eyes?
Expect them to be you's?

- and you don't even understand ...yourself.

 

Breathes...

 

Chris

 

Author's Note

Feel Free

Reviews

[Shelley Holt-Lowrey]

This was so nicely said, and all things I have heard from you before, spoken to one situation or another. These are words you truly live by, and I am happy to see them displayed here like this... and they are a good reminder for me to do just that... breathe, and be grateful for what is and what is not, but also for what was. :) thank you friend.

[S. Michael Long]

This is amazing Chris.. I love when you stated "these aren't regrets surfacing" You have a cut to the heart of the matter sort of ability to write, and you never introduce fluff or fancy into it without need or reason. Written Like A Champion.. I love this -s

[Laura Maidah]

Thank god. Not another rhymer. I like it phonetically. Rolls off the tongue.

[Alicia Beavis]

The tone of this piece really captured me. The second stanza was just brilliant to read and set the tone for the piece as a whole. A pleasure to read.

[Tate Morgan]

Strange the way the mind thinks on and on attaching thoughts to one another to make a coherent thought of what was scraps of life

[Emerald Seas]

I always find so much in your writing, this... no different. Life has a way of grabbing us by the short hairs once in a while.
Breathe...
Maybe when we can look back at all that we have experienced and be thankful, or at least smile, or acknowledge the journey through without having a sad thought take too much of a hold... then we have something.
Wonderful writing, my friend!

[dukovan]

I've noticed with your writing your a bit of an a*****e in some stanzas...at first.

[J. Anthony Guerrero]

Very nice! I really liked the moments when you got descriptive and I felt like I was there.

[MOON]

Wonderful , if you knew how your life would unfold , if you knew what you aim for and what you get . Mini you's....

[Southern Cross]

Always enjoy your reflections on life..makes me think, pause , breathe..Lovely flow as if we are sitting around just discussing some aspect of this or that and sharing a cup of steamy coffee..thanks again for the company