it just figures

it just figures

 

 

finding pain in perpendicular

outcomes,

the graph shows intersection

heart, impaled by words

actions on crossed lines

that cross lines

empathy bleeds

 

poets do the math

but write in semantic inclines

not equations

love doesn't always add up to a perfect sum

 

yet the work to get to the solution

is the reward,

and sometimes we do

find pain in perpendicular 

outcomes

 

but that is the unknown variable

and is always a factor

even when the smiles survive

the computation.

 

erin-cilberto

11/10/16

Reviews

[barleygirl]

OK! You've definitely stretched the mathematical analogy to the hilt here! Yes, I agree that love doesn't always add up. I also totally understand how working toward something (anything, not just love) is often much more satisfying than getting to any goal or reward. It's always best when the smiles survive! *smile*

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i hope they do survive, those smiles...

thank you for your words, barleygirl...

j.

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Jacob.... the theory of relativity coincides
with Sherlock Holmes deduction... Romance is
a mathematical persuasion... truly, Pat

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i love your reply...thank you, Pat.

[Patricia Wedel]

Jacob... a little bit of knowledge is dangerous. Pat

[MOON]

It's in seeking the perfection, the adding up where our suffering in love lie. Lovely as usual

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, Moon.

j.

[Ashwin Shanker]

Never knew that you can marry Poetry and mathematics. Wow.. Genius. .

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, Ashan.

j.

[Corset]

love does not compute, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh brilliant you!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

you are kind...thank you, Corset.
j.

[Valentine]

Had to smile at this one. Love doesn't ever add up to be a perfect anything. There is always that unknown variable in every aspect of our lives. Valentine

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, Valentine.

j.

[Paul Bell]

Never thought of love in maths before.
But i suppose when two people walk the line.
They become the solution for a time.
It's when one comes out of the brackets, the problem unravels.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thanks for your insightful words, Paul...

j.

[Ted Kniffen]

I was lousy in math in school, but 'poets write in semantic inclines to find perpendicular outcomes' at least some of us do, which is why there are as many interpretations of a poem as there are readers. Good write, j.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, Ted.
j.

[Cassie]

Were you by any chance a economics lecturer or better still an economist. The way you include maths in your poetry is more than mind blowing.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

not a chance...ha ha...but thank you, Cassie...

j.

[SJ Mullins]

It is indeed true that love does not always add up to a perfect sum and that is where the pain comes in. ::sigh:: Yet, when love works it works well. Brilliant write as usual, Jacob!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Suzanna...

j.

[SJ Mullins]

You are most welcome!