The Button

Another senryu

 

What is this red thing

In the middle of my chest?

Self-destruct button.

Reviews

[Lyn Anderson]

Ha! This is brilliant. Sometimes the simplest of thoughts translate into the profound.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Thank you so very much :))

[Marie]

At first I thought it was an actual button; then I thought it must be your heart. That makes sense too.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Yes I am talking bout my heart indeed :)

[MsJewel]

So much said in so few words. Great writing my friend.

:) Julie

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Thank you again Julie, glad you liked it.

[An owl on the moon]

Powerful, emotional write that drives the fire deep inside... In senryu form you unleash the dark stirrings of the heart and soul...

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Thank you kindly good sir.

[emmajoy]

What a wonderfully short but true-to-the-edge piece of writing. One of your best poems ever, Dale!

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Thank so much classy lady.

[Rene Salinas]

Came to say thankyou for your support whie I was going through a whirlwind of technical satires as the site yesterday unravelled its darkest on me. I was encountered with this concise yet intricately put lines. Not so much nowadays as I have little ones which crazily enough depend on me but that button I still see. The nihilist, The evasive the Self - Indulgent. But then it reminds me of the hours talking to shirinks to try to prove my mental sanity as over here if not proven they deem you unsafe for things that we normally take for granted. So now I try not to break the glass and press it.

Thankyou

[Rita L. Sev]

The heart makes us do some pretty destructive things... but oh, the beautiful sparks that fly! Great senryu, Dale!

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

True dat, thanks Rita.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

wow, so short is this poem...like life...and when we self-destruct...there is that certain button we push.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Thank you kindly sir.

[PloughBoy]

Ha ha, you too? And here I thought it was just me whose heart caused them to put his foot in his mouth, and on more than one occasion, too. I'm ashamed to admit it, but it's true. Of course, we are never the one who needs to depress (no pun intended) said "button". There a plenty of women out there who are more than happy to take on that task.

Well done, The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE). Good stuff!

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

You are most certainly right about that… thanks for sharing your thoughts.

[PloughBoy]

It was my pleasure. :]