TED Talk Marathon

The chip on my shoulder irritates my flesh

Digging raw fragments of cynicism

That no amount of peroxide

Or the occasional laugh

Could alleviate 

 

I am tired of being crestfallen

Weary of this morose existence

This story has two possible endings

I apply the gauze to my willful wound

And I journey towards blessedness

Reviews

[R.E. Ray]

Your poem speaks to the consciousness of a bad trajectory, and the worst part is knowing the cause but the inability to change it. Here, the speaker seems to flippantly say, "yeah, I know I'm broken, but yeah I'll go on with this simple self care." We're left with the impression, the story's end isn't determined, but we don't feel good about it.

I failed to make the connection the "TED Talk Marathon," and I'm a TED Talk fan. Maybe it's the numbness we might feel with such a marathon. The long hours of speakers droning creates a numbing hum. Not sure, though about that.

[poison&kerosene]

The poem is about acknowledgment of the condition and finding that they can't go forward if they hold onto that hate. The title is about basically drawing inspiration to change by listening to them. The ending is supposed to draw questions as to which path the writer has taken but they do choose to walk towards a path of believing they were gifted this life rather than having it forced upon them.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Sylvia laughed quite often, but almost always it was cynical...she seemed always to be saying, "wow, my life is so perfect i could puke words to describe it"
often she did apply gauze, but to a wound that just grew deeper and never healed.
a haunting poem.
j.

[poison&kerosene]

That quote resonates with me. I believe I have heard it before. Thank you for reuniting me with it!