Less is more

Well, it's rare that I edit blogs on here once they're posted, regardless of their content, they are always reflections of my mind - how I'm feeling exactly at the time. That's the whole purpose of this blog even in hindsight when perhaps certain posts may appear to be a mistake. Besides I read somewhere not so long ago that we can never learn from our mistakes if we simply erase them from memory - how true!

However, I've just finished a telephone conversation with my boyfriend and we talked about many things including the poem I posted last night, "Eyeliner blues." Now I truly believe, even in hindsight, that's it's the most perfect poem I've ever written, in every single aspect; my boyfriend agrees with this statement too. But he also told me I spoiled the whole piece by writing the fiery outburst in the comments on the poem beneath it; it spoiled the moment. I didn't understand his reasoning, it was how I felt at the time and it was the inspiration for me to write it. Then followed words of incredible wisdom..................

He told me I'd taken a negative situation, one that would often upset me, and turned into something positive - a beautiful poem. Not only that but the same ideals were reflected in the poem itself, negative situations that offered no hope turning into a positive situation that did offer hope and ultimately love. Hence it didn't, in his mind, need any further explanation, it was already written perfectly within the poem. So I read the poem again followed by the comments I'd made afterwards and................

Oh my gosh, how right my boyfriends was, as always! How true he read my intentions within the poem - sometimes I worry that my poetry will be lost on other readers. How true the fact that my comments afterwards were not required and did distract from the poem itself. So, I'm going to correct this mistake and, as rare as it is, I'm going to edit the comments made after the poem.

Whilst on the subject of conversations.................

Today has been a great day at work, I was fortunate to spend a great deal of time talking to girlfriend - I love talking to girlfriend. We spent a lot of time laughing, joking and messing about and she brightens up my working days. However, there was a passage of time that was so special and so magical in its' innocence today where the laughing and joking stopped briefly. It was replaced by conversations on the small things in life, observations, people watching and life watching. Just kind of talking for the sake of it, of things noticed, of things on the mind, of things that are not often said because there's always something else that gets in the way. I love talking in such a fashion it reminded me of how my boyfriend and I speak; I need to feel safe and at ease to speak in such terms and I guess it says a whole lot for me to able to do this with girlfriend. 

Sometimes less is more, today has proven this statement to be true; not once but twice.