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Propped Up

by Bobo 

Posted: 15 January 2004
Word Count: 26
Summary: Sometimes it can feel as though the expectations of others are too much of a burden...


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I sway,
vertiginous,
on this pedestal.
So clumsy,
unbefitting
its beauty.
Such a pillar
of expectancy
cannot support
my frame,
nor bestow
unto me
its dignity.






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poemsgalore at 18:30 on 15 January 2004  Report this post
You took the words right out of my mouth Bobo, other people's dreams are difficult to fulfil. Brilliantly conveyed.

Bobo at 18:34 on 15 January 2004  Report this post
Hi Kathleen - thanks for your comment. It's hard enough trying to fulfil one's own dreams, let alone having to play-out others'! Though it's great to feel loved, obviously, sometimes the expectation which accompanies that love can be just too much.

BoBo x

The Walrus at 09:12 on 16 January 2004  Report this post
Yup, good one Bobo. The house of love should be unconditional and any expectations left on the doorstep upon entering.

The Walrus

tinyclanger at 18:30 on 16 January 2004  Report this post
Sharp and concise, BoBo, like it a lot. 'Pillar of expectancy" is great, as are the last couple of lines.
Also, did you deliberately structure it in this way - tall and thin - suggesting the pedestal itself?

tc

Bobo at 18:57 on 16 January 2004  Report this post
tc - well-spotted that woman!!! Yes - thought the format added to it. Glad you liked it tc - means a lot!

BoBo x

tinyclanger at 12:03 on 17 January 2004  Report this post
My pleasure. Enjoyed reading it, keep 'em coming!

tc

Fearless at 16:40 on 19 January 2004  Report this post
BoBo

Pedestals are always a problem - who'd want to fall off? As a guy once remarked to a girl 'guys only put girls on a pedestal to look up their skirt'. She was suitably unimpressed with this example of street philosophy.

Expectations cannot be avoided, but they can be moderated, ignored, denied, etc - just like everything else. A good poem.

fearless


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