Some Straws Are Worth Grasping

                                                  Strolling through life on a cobblestone road

                                                  avoiding the strife and the things I've been told

                                                  it has been an awkward journey along the way

                                                  it is hard to believe what the knowing have to say

                                                  ambivalence is the key on this spring time day

                                                  because i am hearing suggestions I palinode

                                                  while i am more interested in the back streets of Kozhikode

                                                  I talk of peace as if Gandhi never utterd a word

                                                  because it is time,this time, for peace; don't you know? 

                                                  I am grasping at straws, that's what they say

                                                  I'm just wasting my time, putting on a show

                                                  but they don't know where I have been

                                                  they don't know what I know

                                                  I am tired of them asking

                                                  All I know is,

                                                  Some straws are worth grasping.    

Reviews

[Linda alexander]

ambivalence is the key on this spring time day
because I am hearing suggestions I palinode
Excellent write, ambivalence, open mindedness, accommodation all are valid and relevant strategies, some straws are worth grasping without any doubt, agree with poet, proud of the poem as well as poet, thanks for sharing

[Frontier]

yes everyone we meet knows something we don't know and everyone is "strolling through life on a cobblestone road" good write!

[Tai Ryens]

Grasping straws and acknowledging the risk, yet going onwards to grasp more straws if that means peace can be maintained. Well done, paul, keep it up.

[A. Amos]

Good work my friend, keep coming...

[melissa]

Amazing poem keep up the great work and keep them coming i can't wait to read more

[paul sal.....]

thank you, I will try

[melissa]

Your welcome