Contented In The Why

a minor case of b.s. :)

Lost I’ve been in an endless sea of white tossed to and fro void of meaningful thought. 

Blind of color and consumed in not,

 I have treaded in my own distress.  

Waiting for the Robin to sing,

 but on this day her song is for another which assuredly is not me.  

 So weighted down bitterly I brave this  parchment of mine,

 and slowly breath life to her pages  and bring color to my mind’s eye,

 and wonder when the time is right who will glean from her rhyme,

and come to the understanding to be contented in the why.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i don't know if we ever really learn the full "why"--but trying to gain that understanding makes us better people i think...

poets go after that "why"

i really like this question of existence...why am i here? am i a blank page or fulfillment...????

and of course, some see the color white not as an absence of color but as many colors combined..

i like the questions this poem raises.

jacob

[Cherrie Palmer]

I was sitting in my bay-window staring at my blank page and got the idea of the poem/story as a journey to be revealed and then accepted.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

that is a nice inspiration, for a poem that is a gift to the reader and allows us to follow our own thoughts as we read...we get to fill in the page as well.

[SuttonSheridanPoets]

Cherrie, wonderfully penned, especially like the first line, "Lost I’ve been in an endless sea of white tossed to and fro void of meaningful thought"... marvelous!

[Cherrie Palmer]

thank you

[SuttonSheridanPoets]

A pleasure...

[SHEEMA HUQ]

I like this deep analysis of one's own thought procesess, which I also found unusually suprising, well done

[John]

I really like the images you have found to describe a particular mental state, a state
which reminds me of Keats' idea of negative capability i.e. the willingness to embrace uncertainty, live with mystery, and make peace with ambiguity.

[Cherrie Palmer]

You know it’s funny how writing can be a blending of how we feel and time allotment. I had just took my 4yr old grand-daughter to head-start and on one hand was enjoying a moment of peace and on the other a bit overwhelmed by playing mommy all over again:) and this just came about as I thought about the million why's we go thru a day.

[lee von cleef]

Cool, I have been wrapped in "Why not" and here again you toss the question, landing on my answer of how lightly I sometimes regard future consequences ...

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a minor case of b.s. ??

dunno know about that.
this might be in a minor key, but that simply makes for a weightier and affecting write!

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

The hows and whys of life seem to be endless, when one gets answered another comes up... at least you are taking it with a sense of humor.

[Gomer LePoet]

coo coo ca chu Ms. Palmer, your robin will sing once again and the song will be consumed in color. :)

[Eloha]

God I have missed your poems like crazy Nana.

"Blind of color and consumed in not,

I have treaded in my own distress. "

Indeed?

[Cherrie Palmer]

:) Hello, my four year old granddaughter has moved in and I have been busy with tea-parties and play, It is nice to be back, if only for a moment