Within White Monuments

Trust me, right now I’m in a waiting room, waiting for a meeting and have been doing so for almost an hour. The room is painted white, completely white, with even the floors and the ceiling the same color. The absence of color. There’s nothing else in this room aside from me and the chair I’m sitting on which, to be fair, is quite comfortable. It’s easy to close my eyes and forget, lost in this nothingness. It’s easy to close my eyes and imagine I’m inside some marble monument— the same as how I thought when I was a kid, wandering through the streets of the Durbar Square, or through Minnesotan museums, looking at all the statues, so alive, wondering if people were trapped within, wondering if they were trapped, hiding or maybe just resting.





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Written on 2026-05-07 at 12:42

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William Hughes The PoetBay support member heart!
Niice the way that you began with an ordinary day in an ordinary time and segued into your thoughts about other times and places and contrasting them with memories. I remember visiting a church in Guadalajara Mexico where the statues looked so real that I expected them to say hello.
2026-05-07


Sona The PoetBay support member heart!
okay, i d play statue with you
Nice thoughts and good you shared with us!!!
2026-05-07



I can envision you thinking that about those statues from a little boy's vantage. I had a different reaction to the idols from stone, bronze, clay or other. I wondered what happened to their heads and why so many were headless. I wondered why they were naked. LATER, I wondered who they represented. LATER, I learned of the great skills required to create such works.....and later, I learned that they allegedly were clothed, painted and anything else that could be done to enhance realism....the main thing- it provoked questions... and We seem to live in a world where questions are not asked where we can get answers that are not corrupted.
2026-05-07


mickeko The PoetBay support member heart!
Might be that the statues are also waiting, and wondering what we're doing running around like we are?
2026-05-07