"You Don't Know..."

There are two flows here inseparably linked.

"You Don't Know..."

 

You just don't know -

 

How things bite ~

What things bite,

on any given day

at any given time

 

...and the dry eyes

damp mind

tight chest

as you stand, sit -

watch

...time scrolling.

 

How dark it is

after sunrise.
I made coffee - fresh,

pulled out some hazlenut creamer

- just wanted different today.

 

"These aren't regrets surfacing,"

--you do what you have to

when you must,

make choices - have decisions

and survive to live with them

- if you can

...or just live with them

- if you can't.

 

You have hurts, joys...

- moments God envies

and others the devil is still laughing over -

and which are which? - who's to say?

 

But there IS irony in living

that you don't see or appreciate -

until you do.

 

Do you think of others

as you are? were?

See them with your eyes?
Expect them to be you's?

- and you don't even understand ...yourself.

 

Breathes...

 

Chris

 

Reviews

[Renée J. Martin]

Stopped by..sipped tea..listening & nodding..

[Michael G.]

Another well executed poem on how we live, could live, should live, and do live.
You call us on our every turn better than anyone I know.
Well crafted Chris... another privilege to read... and ponder.

[Maan]

We always seek for what is rather impossible to get or hell hard to achieve. I agree 'YOU DON'T KNOW'.. . Its easy to stay happy for what you have but hard to realise it.

[The Cobra Lounge]

that was a mouthful my friend. I'm breathless after reading this...there is a certain amount of irony when it comes to how we see the world. We don't understand how much we have...until it's gone. I guess that makes us all selfish by nature.

[olla]

I have read this several times today and as usual each time I read it I discover some new treasure or gem of wisdom.. I ended up here because I believed my children thought just like me.. they don't and never did.. imagine my surprise..

[P.J.]

dark after sunrise...clever thought
so too, it can be lighter after sunset, even in total darkness. Enjoy this thoughtful write Chris

[sharonlee]

There are many times... but one live with choices made. xx

[Myth]

Do you think of others
as you are? were?
See them with your eyes?
Expect them to be you's?"

This maybe one of my biggest self recriminations, I do tend to do this, expect them to be "me's" , have the same morals, etc..and the fact is we are all raised differently, so it still takes me aback sometimes when they behave differently than I would anticipate...

[bob, small b. aka invs]

a lot of wisdom in this little poem. and most of it is in the form of questions and not answers. the older i get, the more i believe that true wisdom is in knowing how little we know. so we breathe and wonder and breathe in wonder.