Other Steps

if I listen long enough 

I'd tell myself this doesn't matter,

no matter how hard I try

no matter how much I do

laughter fled with darkened brooms

where quiet times remained

whispers outside those angry thoughts

following words you'd say,

and always at the wrong time

when love tried so hard

were you blind

or simply would not see

this energy sublime

and now,

my journey, I do wonder at times

if there were other doors for me

paths that led to happiness

something other than meant to be ...

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

oh, when the meant to be, is the meant to not...so sad...i feel the sorrow here and your other recent poems..the looking back, the questioning, the wondering why...

the intense feeling is oozing out of these works...so glad i came to your page this morning...i am being inspired.

[Alisa Js]

Hello Jacob,

Thank you for the encouraging words... I am humbled by them.

read moreHello Jacob,

Thank you for the encouraging words... I am humbled by them.

Wishing you well.

Alisa

[Tony Jordan]

Mushrooms of some sort might have been required to even see those other doors - if indeed they even existed.
In the absence of such fun-ghi laughter was always bound to leave, faced with reality.
How bittersweet.
You write so well Alisa.
I enjoyed this very much.

[Alisa Js]

Thank you, Tony for your comments and time.
I am flattered.

Will be by soon,

Alisa

[Alisa Js]

Thank you both for your comments and time.

Aloha

[Adam Adams]

of course, there's always "some-times" "some-things" that matter to all of us, perhaps, eventually, indeed, it doesn't. no matter how hard we try to escape the pilgrims of our paralyzed thoughts, darkness literally enters the life just to please the whisper of... emptiness. and in that, we're all lost-minds; try to figure out something new to restart things over just pursuing the holiness of hollow-happiness. kinda liked the imagery of "Other Steps". it's deep. thoughtful... and philosophically brilliant very of writing. amazing!

[Dr. YumnaKay]

"were you blind
or simply would not see
this energy sublime
and now,
my journey, I do wonder at times
if there were other doors for me
paths that led to happiness
something other than meant to be ..."
Beautiful lines!
There are yet to be found many doors through which we get happiness. One must never lose hope. Nice reading it ☺

[. serah .]

Poetry-wise, this is beautifully written, Alisa. There's an intense longing in your words and the haunting echo of possibilities that might have had potential. Philosophically speaking, I am beginning to settle with the reality of my decisions/choices as well as those of others who impacted me. Somehow, I am okay with being in this moment in time and want to explore the possibility of happiness in the future.

[Alisa Js]

Thank you for your kind words, serah... I have edited it since you posted your comments...
read moreThank you for your kind words, serah... I have edited it since you posted your comments...

Better now????

[. serah .]

~ oh yes... a very significant change... ~ your edits makes the piece even more powerful... ~ i have consciously stepped out of the notion of "meant to be" or "not meant to be"... and your post reminds me of that... ~ we all deserve the poetry of a pure togetherness with another... but sometimes we don't bump into the perfect partner... something for which... i believe... we should not hold ourselves responsible... simply because we cannot control who we meet during the course of our lives... at least not completely... but as long as we're alive, there's hope... :)