The prompt this week for Sunday Scribblings is honest.
Today, at morning tea time
In front of the coffee machine
You will ask me how I am
And I will lie
"Okay thanks"
And the day will go on
I will not have time to ponder then
How I really am
That I am not okay today
Was not okay yesterday
And will not be okay tomorrow
Then later when I will have time
to reflect upon my answer
"Okay thanks"
Slowly the realisation will dawn
It was the only answer I could give
A deeper truth
And honest
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Words like 'ok' and 'fine' can be the hardest to shake free off..they linger in the grey..maybe because people are too scared to know otherwise..i hope somewhere the real answer comes out..wonderfully truthful write..jae
ReplyDeletei agree with jaerose, always hoping for the real answer
ReplyDeletesenryu of blues & honesty
Wonderfully composed short story. And ... as Jaerose and Zongrik already said ... the truth will come out.
ReplyDeleteWell put :)
ReplyDeleteI remember the first time I asked someone how they were and they said "Not good". It was shocking, but I really liked it :) Still, like you say, during hard times, saying "I'm fine" is more a message to yourself than anything else.
So true, we always say "fine" or "ok" and we wonder, do people REALLY want to know how we are, or perhaps they are much more comfortable with our pat answer "ok"
ReplyDeleteI find myself giving that answer when I feel that the other side does not have room to know. I hope that you hold onto those who allow you to carve deeper.
ReplyDeleteIn such few words, you have written a story. Wonderful.
Well, that's okay then - only it's not. I can empathise with this.
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