Current Mood:  mostly alone...

Current Music:  "Lemon Parade" - Tonic

 

NOTE:  2022 10 01  09H30 EST  On the Side With People - 




On the Side With People

 

- joining in usually causes discomfort, loss for words, shock, or pity... none of which I care to bring on... 

 

Mingling with people

Puts me in a bad spot.

 

They talk of their lives,

Families, memories.

 

And I really can't reply

With very much of mine.

 

My life, family, memories are

Mainly uncomfortable to hear.

 

So I always need to gauge

Very carefully what I say.

 

I can't spontaneously share what

Comes to mind on what they say.

 

So I listen and I smile with them,

But I'll never be able to join in.

 

I know what happens when I do,

And I don't care to deal with that.

 

They get to feel discomfort,

But imagine mine at theirs.

 

It's just my life, family, and

Memories; my experiences.

 

If I can't talk about what I've lived,

What am I meant to do, make it up?

 

Fat chance that I'd ever be able to

Do that.  Instead, I just keep quiet.





Diary by F.i.in.e Moods The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2022-10-01 at 16:03

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Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
I'd be surprised if anybody cares that you keep quiet. As you've seen and heard, people love to talk about themselves. They rarely show interest in the lives of others (except celebrities).

My life has not been particularly unpleasant. Still, like you, I keep quiet about it when I'm with most people. That's because I've heard what they have to say about themselves, and it's bored me terribly. I'd rather not bore them in return.
2022-10-01


arquious The PoetBay support member heart!
I can relate with this quite well. And perhaps, through my observation, it somewhat boils down to the line of 'questioning' that the ones we mingle with use in 'prying' out what they want to find out. Maybe if we were all more accepting and adventurous with our listening then we might learn more from what is being volunteered rather than coaxing others to say what essentially is what we want to hear. The fishing is best left for the fishes in the lake, in a manner of speaking.
2022-10-01


D G Moody
This poem resonated with me; I felt it conveyed the sense of alienation we may all experience socially. For myself, I've just learnt compartmentalise.
2022-10-01