RIBBONS

Looking for a happy day...

So much is death!

Living only a vehicle to end

a means to reach, and rich

and poor and middle wear

bright, colourful ribbons

and contribute.

Not one day left

without some purpose.

Nowhere to celebrate

a happy no-cause day.

Man once set forth

conquered the earth

and staked viable claim

to every single being.

Now too,

this calendar is gone,

filled in with days

and months belonging

to some thing.

Death. Illness. Death.

I search in vain

for that one happy day

without a ribbon cause.

Reviews

[Érenn]

It's hard to describe...... I read it twice, the first time not so sure what happened, but I wasn't able to express anything. Rather something was stuck in my throat. It's hard to imagine what you have gone through. It's a great piece of writing, everything was great about it, and I hope when you wrote this, there was some sort of hope to find happiness in the future hidden behind those words when you wrote it ^^ It was a great read thank you for sharing.

[Elise Anton]

Thanks for reading Erren. I lost a good friend to cancer around this time and it coincided with the 'pink ribbon' month. Everywhere I looked, I saw these pink ribbons. I felt black inside but kept seeing happy pink. It led me to thinking that we have crammed up the calendar with so many causes, so many reasons to 'remember' lost ones that we 'calendar-wise' were all in perpetual mourning... I even went as far as trying to think of a slogan for a "Happy Day", one where we all smile and laugh and celebrate LIFE. I guess I was seeking solace from my pain but could find none because disease and death filled each day with sogans and with ribbons...

Thanks again for your kind words :)

[Érenn]

Well I understand, but isn't it the same for Happiness and Joy, I know what you mean but after all there are two sides to a coin. It is true that there is no day we can call a happy day. But I think there is no day where all the world could be sad. Maybe that's because I don't look at life in days, but in moments and when I look at like that I can't help but see how life feels a lot more balanced. Thought I would share this ^^ It's helped me many a time during the times of solitude ^^

[Elise Anton]

I get you Erren. I no longer feel this way. It was a particular time when I was not only feeling loss but also constantly being reminded of the loss everywhere I looked. It felt to me at the time that every day was dedicated to disease and death. I don't know if it's different where you are but we have a 'cause' sometimes two or three for every month, and then there are the days on top as well. I get causes need highlighting and fund-raising. But they feel so permanent on the calendar year after year, they've become a little like Christmas and Easter and Mother's Day...

[Érenn]

Yes I understand ^^ Thank you for sharing

[Hyacinth]

... do I need to say it? Flawless, as always.

[Elise Anton]

Humbled. As always.