Being nonchalant about being confused

Being nonchalant about being confused

I always wanted to feel nonplussed

about something

but I was too noncommittal to commit 

to being nonplussed

so I became non nonplussed

and committed myself

to just accepting the accepted

except when it wasn't

now I am nonplussed

at this poem

because it has no emotion

just confusion

which makes me very emotional

and nonplussed

committed to accepting

that I know nothing about writing

so I have no way of expressing

the feeling of being nonplussed

about something.

erin-cilberto

8/8/2025

Reviews

[Jimmy Crapped Corn]

Nice, I love it. . . Bb

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, D.
j.

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Sir I was thinking that you entered a new era of writing poems, and I love seeing this. This poem feels like a repeated thought that makes brain harder and tiring... I felt that. And so raw, honest and simply complicated somehow. I love this use of words.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your kind review, Beren.
I don't have much control when I write..ideas come and I start hitting the keys...I am more of a conduit than anything...and can't really take credit for what happens when I write. I enjoy the process and getting into those zones...but have little control as to what comes out.
j.

[poetic swan]

A witty, self-aware poem that turns confusion into art. It’s paradoxical, emotionally raw, and smartly tangled in its own uncertainty.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, poetic swan.
j.

[Ayesha Faiz]

I found this poem clever and funny...
You play with the word “nonplussed” in a way that feels both confused and smart at the same time.
The repetition makes it flow and shows the looping thoughts in your mind. It starts playful but ends with a real, honest feeling about not knowing how to express yourself which makes it even better and a bit more confused. Thanks for sharing this amazing write...

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your kind words, Ayesha.
j.