Dry well

placid and cow like
we float unchallenged
no mirage to fool us
no boundaries to respect

serious about the right things
nonchalant about the wrong
we take time out to
take up all your time
and feel grateful for the opportunity

we're so optimistically insignificant
that no space is wasted yet
we feel invisible to the naked eye and
naked to the visible eyes upon us

obligated to honour the suffering
because they bleed for us
but when all is said and done
no absolution can be found
on this table constantly turning

Reviews

[Jade]

You pitched the yin and yang superbly!
This:

serious about the right things
nonchalant about the wrong
we take time out to
take up all your time
and feel grateful for the opportunity

So so true! Words come together and we have a subtle picture, but what I like is what is NOT there. All that we can infer from your sparse, clean words.

Just wonderful!

Best,
Jade

[Richelleau]

You truly have a way with comparison that borders on the paradoxical :)
Really enjoy it bro

[Brjden (Bridge-Den) Cre..]

Very pessimistic in what sounds like a revolution disrupted by frustration. I enjoyed this piece and I'd like to know more behind it and your thinking when writing it....

[Frank F. Atanacio]

Very nice write... it's black and white... or right and wrong