I am the Grey

I've had the last line for months, and finally the rest has clicked.

Each day I walk your world
but it is my world.
I am a paradox and yet I'm true
you see not me, but I do you.
In morning stir but still in pain,
I need your faith but cannot pray.
I am not black or white
I am the grey.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, that grey area...so much of it that some just don't see, don't want to see...they expect perfect clarity and that is something seldom attained....with faith we can get through....Jordan, this is really good.....

the theme...the brevity....i must share, i often come up with a last line...or maybe a title that i need to build around...most often a first line comes and the rest follows pretty easily...but wow...trying to get to that last line...writing backwards...a difficult task...one which you pulled off quite nicely.
j.

[TheJordBaker]

Thank you Jacob. I owe you a thank you as it was reading your piece earlier where I thought about paradoxes and it clicked what my brain was describing myself as suddenly.

Thank you also for the kind words and review, really appreciated.

[Chris Shaw]

It is the grey areas which are the sense of reason. There needs to be more grey to make us stop and think instead of making hasty decisions. Brevity which says a great deal. Pleased to meet you TheJordBaker.

Chris

[TheJordBaker]

Thank you Chris,

Great to meet you and I look forward to sharing poetry together.

[Fairy Khan]

I sense a dilemma in your writing. Faith is a complex subject to write about but, this piece is very relatable, since most of us struggle with this quandary of being either ‘black’ or ‘white’.

[TheJordBaker]

Thank you :)