Insignificant inspired by Bottom Line

by orientalkoruGlenella, Queensland, Australia

Oct 2013 539 Views 6 comments

Insignificant - inspired by "Bottom Line"

The walls are getting higher
The light dimmer, darker
Efforts to reach out, quashed
Your thirst remains, unquenched
Your screams and wails now muffled!

Sunken into a timid sea of despair
Allowed yourself to turn into a slave
To the fear of a cold existence
Lacking in affection, dried up, bare
Killing what's left of sanity and self-esteem

You who once walked the world bravely
Over many chasms of narrow planks
Without fear, insecurity nor regrets
Confident in venturing off your comfort zone
With the love and faith of love ones, buoyed

Self-confidence, self-worth and even faith
They come in not one but innumerable forms
Degree of affection you perceive to receive
Creates in you a feeling of trust or fear
Ain't action speaks louder than voice?

Once lavished, affection poured..
A touch, a look, a voice tinged in none but love
A prince or a princess; you're wanted, worthy, loved!
The very bubble that you thought would last
The very forces that gave Zest in your life!

But when affection gradually is recoiled
When the heat turns into bitter cold
And merry voices flipped sided with eerie silence
Your desperate pleas falling constantly on deaf ears...
Fobbed off, ...what's left there is to hold on?

gtp2013

~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Posted: Oct 2013

About this poem:

I came across "looknshare's poem titled Bottom-line" and somehow inspired me to put these lines together... an acknowledgement... I realize sometimes it pays to listen or at least acknowledge love one's efforts to reach out before it's too late...

Post Comment

Comments (6)

orientalkoruOPGlenella, Queensland AustraliaOct 25, 2013

Hi Jesse...thanks for your honest comment...yes...it was just my way of saying to the author "I get you". I believe letting someone know there's someone who understands help make it easier... I have noticed it before this kind of poetry does not get noticed as much in here (PC). I am not sure if people just don't like it or they don't know how to deal with it or is it fear that stops them from looking into it. Because though dark poems they are...like you said...the pain can actually be turned into a force if projected outwards rather than inwards thus making it positive in my eyes. Just writing a poem that exposes ones inner state...not to mention posting it... takes a lot of courage, ...and often is overlooked.

Different people have different ways of reaching out...some holler up on a tree for everyone to notice or hear...others give inaudible sighs...and it's those folks we need to notice and listen to. I've lost a friend this way, I myself has been through this path...the only difference is my faith in God. It so easy to lose grip of reality when the load is more than one can take....and most people forget to realize that we are not all created equal... some can carry a huge load other's are not built to carry as much...

I'm glad you read it the way I wrote it Jesse...thank you once again...much appreciated..

orientalkoruOPGlenella, Queensland AustraliaNov 14, 2013

I so agree with you looknshare. I suppose I can understand how most look at it as weakness... It's like telling a story abut a beautiful place we've been to someone who hasn't been. They will imagine how beautiful it is but never quite as beautiful...there is so much missing in their experience...visual, sensory, auditory...take all those away and ones understanding of the story is not even half as good as the real deal. So thus people who say..ahh...it's all in the mind...or ...just toughen up! Thanks for acknowledging...

gnj4uBoston, Massachusetts USANov 14, 2013

Hi, orientalkoru,
The walls are getting higher The light dimmer, darker... Though I have yet to read the poem that inspired this write, Insignificant - inspired by "Bottom Line" shines its light into the darkness to give hope that, through connections, walls can be toppled. A touch, a look, a voice tinged in none but love has such great power. Thanks for sharing.

orientalkoruOPGlenella, Queensland AustraliaNov 18, 2013

Thank you again Joy for taking the time to read my poems...your comments are always highly regarded. It's so true...a touch, a look can send a message of love...