On Ophelia's Watch

On Ophelia's Watch

today will be tomorrow's yesterday

fluent hours stream pass

hands move 

the face changes

clocks aren't liars

but reflections on the water

can be whatever we prefer them 

to be

or

not to be.

erin-cilberto

9/28/19

Reviews

[Tom]

Another soul ponders their existence, yet still time and the world goes on ...

An intriguing contemplative write Jacob, open and thought provoking! 🥇

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Tom,
j.

[MsJewel]

How I've missed your wonderful poetry Jacob. I shouldn't stay away so long. ..
Now the question here...did Ofelia really drown??? Your words are haunting
Julie

[jacob erin-cilberto]

it's a good question...i have advanced that question to my students often in the past....most think suicide...but it's not a sure thing...and neither is love.
thank you for the visit and your words, Julie...
so glad to see you again.
j.

[MsJewel]

My pleasure Jacob.

[drew garner]

It's almost a zen koan, I really dig it. I wish I could say more about how it made me feel, but I would probably write a four hundred-word review about my childhood lol. just know it was read and meant something to me.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for understanding and relating to this in some way, drew.
j.

[Kent Rawski]

I dont know the ophellia story but i dialed in more on your allegory superb stuff

[jacob erin-cilberto]

and i am glad you did, Kent...thank you for your insight....
j.

[Kent Rawski]

Magic moments are when time seems to stop or stand still caught up in the consciousness of the moment time matters not at all

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, Kent.
j.

[John the Baptist]

Indeed, clocks are not liars, but they tell only relative time. In the highest state of consciousness, I am told, the time is always now. As to Ophelia, she should have dumped that net job Hamlet when she had the chance.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

perhaps yes...thank you for your words, John,
j.

[Paul Bell]

I suppose drowning is quite dignified for a dignified woman. Poetic they say.
I always wondered if Hamlet was supposed to save her, but who knows in plots of intrigue.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, who knows...thank you, Paul
j.

[Chris Shaw]

Nothing can stop time. The hours pass by fluently, and at the same pace. It is what it is and can not be questioned.

Reflections in the water can change. They can become distorted and don't necessarily portray things as they are. Ripples can speed and slow, that can distort a reflection.

I am thinking about Ophelia, she drowned, but was it suicide or was it something more sinister? This short poem is speaking to me about Ophelia's death. I am missing something here. I'm not sure what it is.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

more our recollections likened to her story and the question you brought up...which was it? my students and i used to discuss that when we did the play in class.
thank you, Chris,
j.

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Jacob :)

[Lorry]

I like how the last verse conjured Alice in wonderland with the clocks reflection, with a nod to old Shaky and his famous saying "To be or not to be. What was the question?"
We are always stuck in future yesterday's Jacob. It's nice to stop, press pause and live the moment though, no matter how brief.
The fluent hours stream pass also got me thinking, is time just a language we don't understand? Most of us aren't that good at managing what we have.
Really enjoyed this. Lots to ponder.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Lorry,
j.

[Crowley]

The construct of time and the passing of time can be the cause great joy, nostalgia and many times pain. What would happen if we new nothing of time, what the reflection look like then? This is really good.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, Crowley,
j.