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Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

0 posted 2015-12-04 10:44 AM




There is a knot
I cannot unwind.
So I just push it
to the back of my mind.
Waiting for the other shoe
to fall.
Watching the other end
of the candle come to call.
Waiting for someone call me
on not being all I’m cracked up to be.
Been like this long as I can remember,
from my May
to my September.
I’ve learned to act like that knot
is not there.
I act like I just don’t care.

LGR©12/4/15


© Copyright 2015 Lori Grosser Rhoden - All Rights Reserved
JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
1 posted 2015-12-04 12:40 PM


You "act" maybe, but I have a feeling you care a great deal.

~ My inner world is my paradise and I am its keeper ~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere
2 posted 2015-12-04 01:00 PM


shhh, you'll blow my cover. ~L
Ticklefingers
Senior Member
Posts 710
Louisiana
3 posted 2015-12-04 02:28 PM


This is a most profound statement Miss Lori:
quote:
"Watching the other end
of the candle come to call".
They don't always meet in the 'middle' either.


88's friend

She told me "play one for your supper Danny and maybe you'll get breakfast".

Mr Martini
Member
Posts 366
Beneath The Line
4 posted 2015-12-06 03:19 AM


"Waiting for someone call me
on not being all I’m cracked up to be".

While there is a somewhat humorous tone here Lori Rhoden, I feel you have a long wait. However, and on second thought, I will indulge you so that you will no longer have to wait and you can get it over with here and now.

"Lori Rhoden"? "Yes, you over there in the empty seat"! "You know what"? "You're not all you're cracked up to be"! (You're so much more than that)

My own feelings about it is, for as many words that you have spent, the value of each of those has appreciated significantly.

A bit out of character I suppose Lori Rhoden, I guess I'm just not all I'm cracked up to be, mon amie.


Au Revoir

Here's to you and here's to me and should we ever disagree, here's to me!

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere
5 posted 2015-12-06 10:18 AM


I thought I replied to this once already...
I said that you had given me a compliment I could believe and accept. Merci beaucoup. ~L

Namyh
Senior Member
since 2009-01-20
Posts 988

6 posted 2015-12-07 02:19 PM


Good morning LoriG, the person you’re looking at has a knot that’s unwound. You’re mission, should you accept, is to retrieve the knot and unwind it before it can be pushed to the back of the mind. Should you or any member of your iron force be captured, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of this. Good luck Lori. Namyh

[This message has been edited by Namyh (12-07-2015 05:23 PM).]

Mr Martini
Member
Posts 366
Beneath The Line
7 posted 2015-12-08 01:47 AM


De rien mon ami...

Here's to you and here's to me and should we ever disagree, here's to me!

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