Levity, Tragedy, and Good Friends

Tragedy of the unavoidable variety is truly best to be laughed away
Like a shield, good levity deflects away the worst parts of our reality
Like a treasure chest, good friendship exists to keep the better parts close to the heart

So from many we can become one and together illuminate even our darkest realities
To bravely and boldly, even in the face of terror and calamity, find new possibilities

The tragedy of the tragedy is that it never ceases to infect your reality
The blessing of the good friendship is that it never ceases to infect your reality

Author's Note

Reviews

[¿]

Good friendships are a boon indeed and....levity the treatment to get off from the melancholy...Am never blessed with such good friends...but must be a more than pleasant feeling while being with them!
If they can take a stand for us by being a backbone at every disaster no wonder how many such inauspicious they can decline...
And the true fact I got to know they're never harmful to any reality relating to our past, present or upcoming future...as they're good friends believing in togetherness!
It was pleasure for me to read this.....any critiques or constructives are welcomed from me....thank you...☺

[Davidgeo]

I'm glad it was a pleasure to read. Good friends are a boon indeed. Hope you're doing well today.

[¿]

Yeah😊....salute!

[Delmar Cooper]

The fellow laughing with me is my friend, the others, well not so much.

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

This is mind blowing love it, love it I really do what more can I say.
(as i said not good with reviews) but wanted you to know i enjoyed this very much

[Davidgeo]

Thanks Julie... you don't need to say anything profound, I'm just glad you liked it.

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

great cool thanks

[Spookers]

Having friends is an amazing part of life. And having them there to lean on when you are going through things is even more amazing. Everyone handles things differently, and has their own coping mechanism when things get bad. I'm glad you have people to lean on when those times come, or at least I hope you do.

[Davidgeo]

Friends make the time pass in more bearable way. I feel bad not just for those who have no friends but for those who don't have real friends. It's not often that I sympathize with celebrities but it must be hard not to know if your friends actually care about you or just your fame.

[Anand Sehgal]

"So from many we can become one and together illuminate even our darkest realities
To bravely and boldly, even in the face of terror and calamity, find new possibilities"

Wonderful thoughts David :)

[Davidgeo]

Hmm... she does have wonderful thoughts doesn't she?

[AYVID N]

Oh my...I never knew we were so closely identified, David. I can't say I'm sorry though...I quite like it! Thanks Anand! :))))

[Anand Sehgal]

I mean It should have been David.... Btw, Divya is also a brilliant writer in her own right. :) Cheers to both !

[Davidgeo]

I figured you did, no worries. Thanks for your comment. I'm glad you enjoyed.

[AYVID N]

There is sound logic in what you said here. One can chose to laugh and be happy when there is no choice. Again, even that needs discipline and perhaps is relative to people. Like me, I take jolts badly and an inordinately long time to recover from them and they don't make me a better person. As for good friendships, it takes work to find and hold on to them but if it works out then indeed it makes for an awesome reality.

On the whole, this is quite an uplifting poem and I liked the rhyming pattern.

[Davidgeo]

Thanks doll face. You're a good friend, I rather like how you infect my reality.

[AYVID N]

I loved reading that...You are a much nicer bear than it seems from the picture :)

[Davidgeo]

It's a panther. I like felines more than any other animal. If I had to choose a species that wasn't a human, I'd be panther/leopard.

[AYVID N]

Yeah...cats have it all. Glamour and a go f**** yourself attitude. They're stars.

[Gee]

Thing is s**t happens, but if isn't of our causing, is out of our control there is no point in dragging the weight of its fall out around with us. Life is far to short to be worrying about what might happen if....
As for friendship, the older I get the more I value my true friends, and 56 years into my journey to the grave I have but a handful. These people I might not see for months but on meeting them it's as though we only spoke yesterday.
Touch wood, never faced financial hardship or any major dramas so don't really know how many of my many " friends" are of the fair weather variety, quite a few I'd imagine.

[Richard McLin]

Great title, had me interested, and I'm glad cause this was a great piece. There is something about your writing, that I read something new into everytime. I'm sorry to be so late with the reviews (life gets in the way of my writing). Great piece.
-Richard

[Davidgeo]

The title the best part.

And never be sorry, I'm always glad when you have the time to stop by. Reviews are not a requirement by any means. Never feel compelled to leave them.

I hope it was good things that got in your way.

Thanks for stopping by Richard. I'll see you on one of your pieces sooner than later.

[Chris Shaw]

This is a different type of writing from you. This is the first thing that I have read of yours of which connected to me on an emotional level. You believe it best to deal with unavoidable tragedy in a light hearted way, it takes the edge off a horrible reality. Maybe you were writing about others in general, maybe you were actually writing on a personal level? Having good friends who understand what that unavoidable tragedy is, has to have some impact on a positive level and help to make life more bearable. Without friends life would be very lonely.

Chris

[Davidgeo]

I try and vary my poetry from time to time... I can emo when I feel it. It's mostly a personal thing but I think this can apply to everyone who reads it. I don't have many friends but the ones I do have I keep very close to me. Life would be unbearable for me if I didn't have someone to share the tragedy with. I think a lot of suicides are because of that; either no one to share with or an innate inability to share. Thanks for your review, it's always a pleasure.

[Chris Shaw]

I have some knowledge of mental health disorders because of friends and family, not in any way a professional knowledge. But, I do know the importance of communication. I would be devastated if a friend or family member resorted to suicide and I had not been able to see the signs.I keep them all talking. Keep your friends very close. Your poem moved me.

[Davidgeo]

I'm really glad to hear that.