Step Away

an exhale - not my usual positive - but trying to walk through a lesson

Step Away

I know some stuff 

I know enough to know I know nothing 

but a life of progression I lead

to be the stagnant water in a pond that

does not flow

leaves one 

rotting 

there are those who rot 

progression through lessons 

learning through experience 

teaching the students (those who appear) 

and yet, 

there’s a layer of sludge 

stagnant at the bottom of the pond 

(I used to think it was duck s**t) 

it chooses to remain, 

stagnant, unmoving 

it is humans such as this

we have to deal with 

out there in the big wide world

they themselves, 

being unaware of the lessons 

are the lesson

to be diplomatic with ‘the sludge’, has been

a difficult lesson for myself to

master

better to just dredge the pond 

allow it to dry in the heat of the hot Aussie sun and

be done with it

ah, alas, 

the lesson would not be learnt 

time to go back to the drawing board

D****t!

Reviews

[Church Philips]

"I used to think it was duck s**t," caught me off guard in a good way. Not only did it add to the imagery, but it added a spark of humor into a difficult subject. "It chooses to remain, stagnant..." It chooses, the rottenness chooses to be rotten, the choice to stagnate instead of choosing to flow. Quite a comment on how some people choose to exist in the world while others choose to live in it. Both choices require work. Being stagnant, i think can require more work than progressing.

The people who are unaware of the lesson, are themselves the lesson...an observation stark in its intensity. Your poem made me think. There is no greater compliment i can give.

[Cassie]

yes its sometimes better to dredge the pond and just allow for new water to collect. You are full of lessons and you have a signature ending in your poems. let me read some more

[emmajoy]

' progression through lessons .. learning through experience .. teaching the students (those who appear) .. and yet, .. there’s a layer of sludge .. stagnant at the bottom of the pond .. '

Figures in the out of poetising and into life that that is how it is: Perfection to Anything But scale that breaks far too often. But there again, maybe the sludge is there for a reason: the old night v. day example. We learn from the bad how to tread carefully, we learn from the good never to take it forgranted. As to the baking - guess it depend. You know I've tried to follow your writing.. time gallops slowly in my life at times.. but will always come find your writing. Your voice is quite considerable. E , so I thank you, yet again, for winding my thoughts! Take care, keep safe.. and d****t back at you!

[KWP]

hey you - I think time is falling slow for me just now - and in the middle of it all I feel somewhat like an island with the current of wind and water just passing me by - so many inner queries to self lately - so many trudgings - ahhhh and here we are - you there, me here, life all around :)

so nice you came to visit - I do appreciate you X

[emmajoy]

Seems we're all trotting or walking in a mist of whatevers at presentt, Surprised we don't all meet sky high trying to jump over a few cryptic clouds, You take care of yourself and keep safe same time Just nod 0 and again, please.. need to know you're going to be a good girl.. or summat! xx

[KWP]

me ? good girl ? that was never in the job description :D

[emmajoy]

me, nosy.. nevah.. :)

[Davidgeo]

Water is only stagnant if you do not move. Sludge only builds up if things are not progressing on the regular.

You are good at writing. There's all kinds of fluff I could add to that but...

You are good at this thing. I think that's all that needs be said.

[KWP]

yeah blah blah - if I put more effort into writing, like I want to do, I'd be as happy as a pig in mud.

[Davidgeo]

Sometimes I forget that I got lucky with the time thing. I mean, I "paid" for this... I "paid" a lot for this but... at this end of it, I forget how lucky I really am sometimes.

[KWP]

we are here - living, breathing, why is that never enough?

[Davidgeo]

Evolution baby. Being greedy is a huge part of being the dominant species on this planet. Take it or leave it but... we wouldn't be here right now without that compulsion.

[Einstein Noodle]

sometimes the "lesson" doesn't involve understanding nor knowledge eh!? ;) i like the image of dredging the pond and baking the duck sludge in the hot Aussie sun ... seems to change the whole landscape .. and i forget all about the pond .. clean or not ...its all about the baking ... love on ya always my friend! keep staying safe and well please

[KWP]

hey you - are you keeping safe and well ? You are always in my thoughts !

sometimes the lesson is just learning to let the lesson pass you by me thinks - ahhh love you right back X

[Einstein Noodle]

i couldn't agree more ... sending you off an e-mail this morning .. have been meaning to for several days now ... hugs :)