Never-ending, or: Uncomfortably

Poetry demands truth \\ which makes it difficult to write
Sometimes my fingers quiver \\ and I must distract myself
Many never-ending moments \\ bring me uncomfortably close

45 thoughts on “Never-ending, or: Uncomfortably”

1. lovely

   1. 🌟🙏🌟 Anita 🌟🙏🌟

      -David

2. Sometimes we don’t know what’s on our mind until the words we write tell us. An interesting phenomenon. (K)

   1. Constantly and consistently interesting indeed!

3. truth? – I quiver
   in never ending
   distractions

   1. me
      too

4. ‘Poetry demands truth’ – I like that. Because it’s true! Unless it’s a limerick of course but they aren’t really poetry…

   1. What about schuttelreims? 😉

      https://skepticskaddish.com/2021/05/28/captive-or-audience/

      1. This one is fun 😄

5. I love the way this form works. The caesura in each line really makes an impact on the meaning…

   1. 🤎 It so does, Muri 🤎

6. ❤️🙏😊

   1. 😘🤗 Jeff 🤗😘

7. Beautiful! You captured the vulnerability that goes with truth. Thank you for writing🙏
   It’s a new form of poetry for me …I’m going to try

   1. Did you see my dizain? (you introduced me to that form)

      https://skepticskaddish.com/2021/05/27/final-words-or-oeuvre/

8. Relatable dear David. 😄 Well done

   1. 💘 Preeths, thank you 💘

9. Truth is undeniable and inevitable, but still so uncomfortable. Well written! 🙂

   1. 💖 Thanks, Terveen 💖

      -David

10. Well-penned, David. A truthful write about writing the truth. ✍🏼

    1. 🤍 Thanks, Michele 🤍

11. Beautifully said. Sometimes truth is so hard to approach.

    1. More often than not for me, Worms.

12. nicely done David.. i just wrote something and thought “wait this is’nt my writing.. truth is sometimes too sad to write. ❣️💖

    1. Exactly. *sigh*

       1. Sigh,this was the topic at Church Zoom,and we were contemplating, but the first 30 seconds, plunging into the fray and words follow.