never

[jsol]

the concert ends and
the audience claps.
I clap, we all clap,
harder, trying to squash
some of the excitement
between our hands
and render it stunned,
easily killed
and mounted on our walls.

standing by the kitchen sink
all the dishes done,
the counter wiped clean,
is so boring.

tell me something clean room,
clean life,
clean moment, fresh place to be,
tell me something new
so that i may get that feeling
that i want so bad

i want to feel the changing
of things as they move in my patterns
and indecipherable squiggles,
i need to know that i will feel it,
i need a guarantee

it will never
ever
come

[Jahaliel]

I love this. I adore that opening stanza, it really really captured how I feel about applauding I guess. Brilliant OM, very much appreciated.

[everhopeful]

The opening stanza was really eye-catching, that is an incredibly creative and perceptive way of describing applause which tells us a lot about the speaker, more so when we switch perspective to the more everyday setting in the following stanza. There's something about having a good time, whether it's a gig or whatever, which makes the mundane things in life seem all the more mundane by comparison. Yet that comparison seems to act as a microcosm of the speaker's life as a whole, and a desperation for more applause-worthy moments, even if they understand it'll make the cleaning all the more boring because of them!

[JASON]

Judson, this was wonderfully written - I am delighted to have read this today.
Someone was telling me the other day(my insurance broker)
that there is no magic (only hard work) - I think he may be wrong?
I think that as we grow older, the fire diminishes and we put our heads down
and do what responsible people do (work hard)...
There is more to life than the mundane and the humdrum.
Go and find it Judson and let me know what it's like when you do

[jsol]

Thank you guys so much for reading this little OM that I built from the scraps of a feeling...
And Jason, I like to think that we're finding it together, not just me and you but all of us, together, finding what it is that we're looking for, suffering through the grueling parts, laughing hysterically through the moonlight in the trees and the silly expressions on the faces of those around us. Filling up, emptying out, tracing the curves in the wavelengths of time. Never, well, it's just another way of saying always, anyway.

[inflames]

I really feel this poem right now! I feel like I'm waiting for change a lot too. A lot of really striking images here. Congrats on your spotlight!

[AoR]

To read over the comments and find this is an OM. Another amazing prospect of this write. I, too, love the expression of clapping. Very interesting perspective and it got me thinking. I am sort of the opposite, I fear change, I worry constantly about what could happen - what could go wrong. I get those moments where I want something more but my sensible 'adult' self talks me off the high wire. I- Woah, I think I'm getting a poem going in my head haha! This has such a personal turmoil that so many many people can relate to - myself included. A poem that has the power to cause reflection and mental gears turning is truly a beautiful and amazing piece. Thanks for sharing this, it's so very human if that makes sense. This is a Spotlight win - and a fantastic OM! :)

[created2write]

I love the descriptiveness you pack in the first verse and when you switch to the mundane it took me to that place where we go until it happens again and the reason why we should grasp the moments and enjoy them, in essence dance like it's the last time. Beautiful...peace, V