Chill

Chill

a reconciliation of madness

tempers triumph

as nonsensical distraction

baits the hook

and the disoriented fish

swim towards shore

grounding themselves

in sovereign woe.

erin-cilberto

3/2/25

Reviews

[Stella Armour]

I keep thinking, this can't be happening ... it's too ridiclous to be true.
There is real madness, insanity even; how my parents would have laughed and thought it was all joke having lived through 2 world wars...

But it isn't :((

Stella

[jacob erin-cilberto]

No, it isn't.
My dad died in 2017 and already had dementia when it all started...this madness...I wonder what he would be thinking...he was always very conservative...but even he might have thought this was complete absurdity.
thank you, Stella.
j.

[Betty Hermelee]

The key word to me are "Madness", "temper",nonsensical," "sovereign woe"...now who does that remind you of...hmmm...maybe two idiots who are running the country....very clever J....it's certainly not a love story!!
Warmly
B

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Years ago, Betty, I was on a website called Penwrights...a very unfriendly, clickish poetry site.read moreYears ago, Betty, I was on a website called Penwrights...a very unfriendly, clickish poetry site.
The worst person on there called himself, appropriately, Two-Idiots.

When you said "Love Story" reminded me of the scene in that movie...when she is in the phone booth and Oliver hears her say "I love you, Phil"---he gets jealous and says, "Who the hell is Phil?" And she says, "My dad---Why? What do you call your dad?" and he says "Son of a b***h!"
j.

[Betty Hermelee]

Always a pleasure J.
Warmly, B.

[ETERNITY]

Hi J, how do you make a mountain of sense out of so few words?!!!

You are very gifted!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your kind words, Eternity.
j.

[Thomas W Case]

Boom. Great work bringing this home.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, Thomas...
j.

[Vol]

Erin,
I think you are referring to the current politico-media tactic of pointing east whild heading west... Very nicely done, sir...
Vol

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your kind words, Vol,
j.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

I like to be chill but I think it's a different connotation of the word. I like chill like calm, cool and collected. But most of all I like people who remain calm in an emergency. Those are my kind of people. Madness is something I try to avoid like rabid frothing animals.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Rabid animals are not very friendly or stable.
Thank you for your words, Fabian,
j.

[Beren]

I think madness is like being reborn as someone else. There is no return and the other person is dead. i really love how you always choose yourd words deeply sir!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I really like where you took this, Beren,
thank you,
j.

[Sami Khalil]

It sure has a chilling effect when it happens; madness can be a condition or a tool.
We need triumph of peace, justice and reconciliation.
You write marvelously.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your generous words, Sami,
j.

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome sir Jacob.

[Poetic Beauty]

When madness once again strikes it chord with a vengeance; the mind become in disarray.

There is frustration and woe as you say at the very end of this poem.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your words, P.B.
j.

[Poetic Beauty]

You are welcome