feelings- ambivalent, ambiguous.
emotions too unresolved to incarcerate.
ideas spilling over each other.
notions repudiating to visualize.
unimaginative, unmotivated yet
words determined to be revealed;
stripped bare, completely naked,
exposing the cavernous soul.
nonetheless, why do i bottle it all up?
emotions too unresolved to incarcerate.
ideas spilling over each other.
notions repudiating to visualize.
unimaginative, unmotivated yet
words determined to be revealed;
stripped bare, completely naked,
exposing the cavernous soul.
nonetheless, why do i bottle it all up?
i think i bottle it up
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that
i can look at it more closely
(but sometimes the contents leak)
a heart felt piece
enjoyed it
happy new year 2u2
Have a wonderful New Year.
ReplyDeletemaybe one needs to bottle up something so explosive--while we learn how to express the essence of what we need to show the world...
ReplyDeleteAnd you're well on your way there!
Many wishes for health, good fortune and much love for the coming year!
I was talking to a very close friend on the phone tonight(for over 4 hours) and I expressed to her deep feelings I had bottled for some time!
ReplyDeleteIt felt so good!
I relate to your poem very much!
Excellent one Gautami!
Happy New Year!
Margie
So many of us wonder why we bottle it up. You expressed these feelings well here.
ReplyDeleteYes why cradle such a powerful world in a bottle!?:) I liked it straight away! Happy New Year Gautami! More poems from the bottomless bottle!?:)
ReplyDeleteGuess there may be different kinds of bottling up and for different reasons. Maybe the main thing's figuring out what's in the bottle, which it looks like you're doing, so you can decide to pour some out, let it be, or uncork and let it evaporate slowly...
ReplyDeleteBut I think I'm getting a little carried away with the metaphor here...!
Something I think we all do from time to time. Well expressed!!
ReplyDeleteOne of my favourite poems by you, Gautami! Short, but it says so much, with a real fluidity.
ReplyDeleteYes, why bottle it up? I think Percival may be on to something...you seem very analytical and intelligent and maybe you need to just observe what's inside before you let it come out.
Smiles and hugs.
What a terrific capture! A bit of fluid thought caught to contemplate emotion and emotion's impact - whether it's released, or not.
ReplyDeleteI deeply appreciate the sentiment. Questioning why it's bottled? I suspect most, if not all of us, bottle it up. But I wonder how many of take the time to wonder why.
After having taken a decidedly long break from sharing thoughts and emotions in this world, I have returned. Here. To this splendid question. Thanks for giving me such a splendid thought to consider.
Happiest of new year blessings to you! Ever yours ~Lady
WOW!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year Gautami!
I hope ur mum is keeping well.
Keshi.
I read this before, but I guess I forgot to leave a note. You are so good with words! :)
ReplyDeleteLooks (and sounds) like you let it out! Good for you! It will come out one way or another, why not let it do it freely?
ReplyDeletePeace to you for 2007!
floots: I think you got a point there of looking more closely. Thank you.
ReplyDeletesage: so do you.
firebird: I couldn't agree more. Life teaches us as we go along.
margie: I am glad yopu let tha all out. We do need some kind of outlet.
gel: thanks. I had to.
ReplyDeleteborut: That is too good. We can't bottle the vast world. I will let it out! LOL!
percival: There are different kind of bottles for different kinds of feelings. Some we let up slowly, some we keep tightly lidded never to let it out. We just instinctively know what to do where.
ReplyDeleteBut it hurts. Too much at times.
pat: yes. We do. Thanks for understanding.
ReplyDeletewithin without: thanks. I do write short poems as I get bored writing longer ones. I get restless halfway through those.
ReplyDeleteSometimes emotions get better of us. Analytical and logical thinking flies out of the window.
But then that might be the reason I have survived.
lady wordsmith: welcome back. You were missed. Thanks for liking this. This is one eternal question.
ReplyDeleteHappy new year to you too.
keshi: thanks. Happy new year toyou too.
andrew: Thats ok. I like the way you write too.
getzapped: Glad to see you again. Thanks.
Wow. It's like this poem read yesterday. All the bottled up stuff came up. Thank you, friend, for sharing this with me.
ReplyDeleteoooo....solar prominence.
ReplyDeleteI have found that most people that write, bottle things up - uncorking the bottle to let a drop or so out at a time as is manageable.
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