October 21, 2021 · 3:50 pm
↓ Jump to Comments

Where Is This Eager Moment? – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: pixabay.com

“Being out on the edge, with everything at risk, is where you learn to grow the most.” Jim Whittaker

Where Is This Eager Moment?

Talk to me about the fringe,
where is this eager moment,
this line, what is this mythical 
beast that curls at the edge of 
my consciousness like a griffin
with an either or approach to
questions of risk in a sure
world of safe lies, where the 
scale of illusion is an expensive 
stumble of false hope right in 
the middle of waiting for rebellion.


Copyright 2021 ©Paul Vincent Cannon
All Rights Reserved ®

14 Comments

Filed under Free Verse, life, mindfulness, passion, philosophy, poem, quote

Tagged as , ,

14 responses to “Where Is This Eager Moment? – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon”

  1. fabricthatmademe
    October 21, 2021 at 6:23 pm

    Your poetry seems to flow and come so easily. Do you write everyday or just when the words come to you? I’m intrigued!

    Liked by 3 people

    Reply
  2. Liz Gauffreau
    October 21, 2021 at 7:35 pm

    Very dystopian. That black-and-white thinking is just deadly.

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply
  3. Cheryl, Gulf Coast Poet
    October 21, 2021 at 7:40 pm

    Paul, a very thought-provoking poem. ❤ Life is filled with uncertainties. and risks. Situations are often fraught with ambiguities. Decision-making is difficult at best. I thought I understood your meaning until the last line. "in the middle of waiting for rebellion" has me stumped! 🙂

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply
    • pvcann
      October 24, 2021 at 3:00 pm

      Ah, waiting for rebellion is what is going on for many who want to see a new order, but many stumble into a safe fantasy rather than being willing to do the work of change. Thank very much Cheryl.

      Like

      Reply
  4. datta
    October 22, 2021 at 3:21 am

    That is a great Reality!
    But why should we worry!?!
    Have a perfect life ‘ policy ‘ and stick to the same every moment!

    Like

    Reply
  6. lync56
    October 28, 2021 at 12:51 am

    Great poem – a challenge

    >

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Gravatar
WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Cancel

Connecting to %s

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.