feasting on the platitudes
of enlightenment
the hope is that life will get better
that change is something more than a word
that working my way through odd-shaped days
head down, back breaking
will be worth it, in the end.
only there is no end,
it’s all a circle
hamster wheel squeaking loudly
when all i want is to sleep
and i laugh at myself
as i pretend to know
to not know
everything that i know
which is nothing
or less than
today.
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October 4th, 2011 at 6:34 am
Gorgeous picture.
October 4th, 2011 at 9:04 am
I know exactly what you mean. Sending you some virtual WD40 for that squeaky hamster wheel!
October 4th, 2011 at 9:20 am
Feasting on platitudes indeed! Sometimes they are only words and not enough to truly inspire us. Good write!
October 4th, 2011 at 10:08 am
I think I’ve felt that way too .. all you can do is keep on .. love the photo
October 4th, 2011 at 12:05 pm
that change is more than a word … that’s what i am hoping today too.
October 4th, 2011 at 3:10 pm
i accept that i know nothing…less than today…a somber end…is there a way off the hamster wheel before it over takes us?
October 4th, 2011 at 3:18 pm
Dear Mrs. Mediocrity, whose words are anything but…
Your photo is magnificently fuzzed, but your ideas sharp as new lovely knives in a velvet box.
Going back to the odd-shaped day now…
xo
And I MUST make you a sidebar if I have not. Yes, I’ll make a note your number is coming up soon on that.
October 4th, 2011 at 3:22 pm
We all live in a wheel don’t we, just like hamsters!
Lovely piece of deep thought provoking prose.
October 4th, 2011 at 3:25 pm
Yes it all does constantly seem to be in a spin, that one can never win. All have felt that way and will feel that way again, so true.
October 4th, 2011 at 3:29 pm
We often say we’re putting one foot in front of another. Being mentally tough means enforcing discipline, and at the same time “letting go” – in this we clearly find the essence of the paradox that is life. You put all that here. Well done.
October 4th, 2011 at 3:30 pm
I can definitely relate to the hamster wheel.
October 4th, 2011 at 3:36 pm
i love how the text gets smaller and smaller – like a stream of thoughts with a single conclusion at the end…i know that hamster wheel – and i love these last lines..everything that i know which is nothing… very cool image as well
October 4th, 2011 at 3:36 pm
that damn hamster wheel…..i have one too…..in my brain 🙁
October 4th, 2011 at 4:00 pm
I keep hoping that we learn something new every day…but I suppose we don’t…sad but true.
October 4th, 2011 at 5:21 pm
Love the cyclical feel of your poem that enhances the meaning of your words.
October 4th, 2011 at 7:21 pm
liked your reference to “odd shaped days”
October 4th, 2011 at 7:56 pm
You. Are. So. Good.
October 4th, 2011 at 9:30 pm
Life on the wheel! So many of us have that sense of deep disappointment.
I almost want the poem itself to come full circle and end with:
“the hope is that life will get better
that change is something more than a word.”
October 4th, 2011 at 10:11 pm
Work and work and work…… Sometimes it seems like we never get anywhere… “Everything I know, which is nothing, less than today.” Love that part…
October 4th, 2011 at 11:25 pm
Love the imagery here. And I know exactly what you mean. I feel like this so often nowadays. Just feels like one big endless loop. I feel like a lot of people can relate to this piece. It’s a very accurate observation of the shape life takes on for many people.
Great work. I hope to read more from you in the future. =)
– Nick
October 5th, 2011 at 12:10 am
i live in odd shaped days. luved that line and the play at the end. superb. you’ve listening to my thoughts. uncanny. really enjoyed this. i think we all do a lil pretending not to know what we know. a look in the mirror does it for me. a gray hair today. thats not right. but i’m busy pretending im not aging. brilliant write.
http://henryclemmons.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/for-george/
October 5th, 2011 at 1:07 am
Thought-provoking piece; can relate the feeling of knowing less today than yesterday or hardly anything. 🙂
October 5th, 2011 at 12:44 pm
Strikes very sympathetic chords.
October 5th, 2011 at 1:32 pm
yes life does seem like a wheel where all we do is work and seems like we can not advance or get anywhere
http://gatelesspassage.com/2011/10/04/memories/#comment-1442
October 5th, 2011 at 1:50 pm
This describes how so many of us feel. Beautifully done.
October 5th, 2011 at 10:17 pm
right to the point, well done.
love your hamster wheel idea.
🙂
October 6th, 2011 at 2:58 pm
I am giggling my little head off as I nod in agreement. 🙂