Sooner or Later

Sooner or Later

 

 

clouds will go crazy

and purple rain will find us---

we are all fatal

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

4/23/16

Reviews

[Matching Socks]

Yes. We just hope to leave a bit of us behind.
Excellent.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Ana...
j.

[V]

Short but powerful write. I like the last line. It reveals so much somehow...

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for that, Vanessa...the last line was the first one that came to me...and i ended up reversing it all....

j.

[V]

That's what I often do. Extending a single line that pops up in my mind. You're welcome.

[andrew mitchell]

whether we are musos or not or just followers we all meet our end in our own mortality. all our musos are considered immortal until they die! but their music lives on.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, the music lives on...as we hope our poetry will, somehow...
thank you for your insights, andrew...

j.

[iand63]

Indeed we are all victims to the inevitable caller.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

so true, ian, so true...

thank you,

j.

[Cory Barrett]

In any art the colors fade. Purple took a big hit.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, it did...thank you, Cory.

j.

[Bacchus]

You've done this one well.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Bacchus...

j.

[Shimmerbliss/CAF]

Tributes are in order, and this is a nice one...complex...few words. You chose "fatal" rather than "mortal" which I find fascinating...it sets it apart and makes me read all sorts of things into this. Could it be that we are all "fatal" to ourselves?...maybe, only some of us, but then, don't we all have our vices.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, we all have our vices...thank you for your insightful words, Claire.

j.

[barleygirl]

I like this reminder that life is short, but the last line doesn't read right to me . . . maybe mortal would be a less unusual word. Of course, we all relate to purple rain, symbolizing our tearful feelings toward this amazing force of creativity.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

appreciate your kind and honest words...i particularly wanted "fatal" but knew it would maybe read a bit awkward to some readers.

thank you, as always, for your visits to my work, barleygirl...

j.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

this poem wrote itself backwards...actually the last line was the first line that came into my head...god, poets are weird aren't they?

:))))

[barleygirl]

I often write stories that grow in many different directions, all at the same time, kinda like hydrogen peroxide bubbling everywhere, once it hits bacteria! *smile*

[James]

A nice tribute and a subtle reminder, don't waste time you never know how much you have. Nicely done.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, James.

j.

[Lydia Shutter]

Still can not believe Prince has died. Only 57 and so very talented. Yes, we all have to go, but we don't like to think about that, do we? Very good tribute, Jacob. Lydi**

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, we don't want to think about it, for sure, lydi..

thank you,

j.