they say write what you know
but what if, as Sgt Schultz
“I know NoThing!”
no thing
every thing and the cake is a lie
and why
why are we supposed to accept and embrace
that “bad things happen to good people”
and “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” ??
I’m strong enough, thanks
I’ll pass on anymore of your bullshit
โข
I’ve heard that whatever befalls us in this life
is just and deserved because of what we did in our past lives
I reject that!
BUT…then again…
why have I been punishing myself all these years?
and you, you tell me I’ve done nothing wrong
that none of it is my fault
and ok so it doesn’t have to be about placing blame
but how can that be true?
My crimes are plentiful too,
though it is not a competition
I don’t need your permission
or your condemnetion
of bad choices but you can’t damn me
and exonerate me at the same time
or can you?
I don’t know
I know nothing
a virtual Socrates or maybe just a Jon Snow
โข
THEY say “be yourself”
and duh
of course, how could I be anyone else?
BUT who am I?
Who am I supposed to be?
I’m still trying to figure that out
all these years and all these tears and still
the purging of past is incomplete or maybe irrelevant?
I dunno
All that I know, really, is that
I know nothing
but at least I have company.
~Melanie Thomason
9/6/2017
Wow! Powerful and spot on. You are definitely on a role woman. Keep going. I love what you’re writing.
Thanks!
oh but at least I have company – what an ending – masterfully done….
Thanks… i wouldn’t say masterfully done but appreciate it ๐
I suppose I am entitled to my own opinion…nice to be reading your words again
But of course ๐ (has forgotten how to take compliments…lol) what i meant to do was curtsy!
de nada muchacha ;`)
There are days when those pat, empty phrases make me feel homicidal…
I KNOW, right!?!
๐ ๐
Exactly!
Thanks!
I loved the character of Sargeant Schultz! …he was so endearing…
๐ indeed!