Living in Black and White

The landscape looms

With some contrast

No hues of blue

For ocean and sky

No use for color

In a world so defined

No unneccesary distractions

No creative juices flow

Right side atrophy

Shrivels away

Left side functions

In a little black box

Surrounds himself by walls

Where he merely exists

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flit . May 20, 2007, 1:40pm EDT

I love the use of left side/right side

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elizabeth e. May 20, 2007, 3:06pm EDT

I could not exist in a state like this...i would shrivel up and die...death might be better.

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Sandy (Site Psychic™) Knauer May 20, 2007, 3:23pm EDT

I agree with flit and elizabeth.

Laurie, I am a big fan of your writing. You choose topics that interest me, present them in formats that impress and entertain, and you make me think. Thank you.

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Faith H. May 20, 2007, 3:26pm EDT

The contrasts are interesting, Laurie, I see several things here. Limitations created by illness or by will of the mind. Restrictions imposed by fate or by desire. Good!

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Laurie White May 20, 2007, 8:11pm EDT

Thanks, Flit!

Elizabeth, I agree!

Sandy, thank you for the compliment. It means a lot coming from you!

Faith, I like the feedback of what people take away from my writing so thank you! Restrictions imposed by desire is close to where I was coming from. Sometimes a person will have such strict limits on themselves and others that they miss the beauty in life.

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j - Frugal Mom - r. May 21, 2007, 4:31am EDT

I felt like you were talking about the place I grew up Laurie, a very homogenous place, where happiness have often been ignored in order to fit in.

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Edward Nudelman May 21, 2007, 8:00am EDT

really great poem, an outside (or overhead) voice describing the yin yang of creating and surviving/functioning on auto pilot... at least that was my image I got. Still, we would be lost without enough left side to harnass the wierdness of our right side. Love this poem, Laurie!

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Otelia S. May 21, 2007, 12:22pm EDT

Nicely written and yes it does make you use your mind. Loved It!

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Laurie White May 21, 2007, 3:38pm EDT

j.r. that's too bad. We all need some creativity and self expression.

Thanks so much, Ed. I would never suggest we don't need left side, especially to a scientist! But yes, that right side gives us a very good balance.

Thank you, Otelia!

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Granny Janny H. May 21, 2007, 8:07pm EDT

Give me color
Give me life
I do not wish to merely exist
The world is a rainbow
Not a closed fist

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Maureen Sullivan Stemberg May 21, 2007, 11:26pm EDT

I agree, I cannot live in a world of black or white. Great job, Laurie.

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Enoch Allen May 22, 2007, 3:58pm EDT

Like Robert Altman in his later years, your writing has hit a new creative peak.

This article is rated G.

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Laurie White May 22, 2007, 5:57pm EDT

Thanks Jan and Mozy.

Enoch, is that a real compliment or a back handed one? ;-) Good to see you around here!

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Enoch Allen May 22, 2007, 11:44pm EDT

It's actually a compliment that's cleverly designed as an incentive for you to keep pumping out more articles.

. . .

And boy, do I need to start developing stronger incentives.

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Richard Melendez May 23, 2007, 8:32pm EDT

Laurie... this is such a provocative poem... much more than the poetry where agrees or disagrees but one where a person ponders and reflects on his own stream of life.

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