Life is not a romcom.
More like a tragic humor show
while good sensibility meets
overtop frustration and
ultimately – the absurdity
repeats
repeats
situationally,
everyone is
in the same boat, on the same
stage, not the same page –
(!)
script-less
and
doing improvisation
like they never were trained.
but they were, because that’s life
training you every day. (registered trademark!)
Life is “practice,” …all of it.
—>so it’s more like an absurdist
play,
like an ironic,
silly show,
that can be tragic in all its ineptitude –
and cluelessness, and endless attempts to
dunk the basket in the wrong city for the wrong
team.
Moments are deep, penetrative and connecting,
quite serious.
but, while in a romcom: People experience drama,
in this absurdist play,
it a bit more like trauma,
this era,
constant recovery from
constant growth.
.
Fiesta Estrellas 
Poignant musings Ka filled with wisdom and wry humor. Thanks for the morning smile. I guess we’re stuck in this comic tragedy!
Thank you, Brad! I’m glad that the poem made you smile; and, so here we all are 🙂 making the best of whatever is “thrown our way.”
Yes, making the best of what comes our way. Hugs and blessings Ka.
Loved “same stage, not the same page” <3. Truth.
Thank you! :):)
I loved this description of life and our existence. The polarities, the seeming contradictions and how we feel through our experiences with different perspectives – I love it how you bring out the absurdity within the tragedy, the insanity within the destiny, the perfection and imperfection of it all …
Oh Pragalbha, life is like this fun assortment that can mismatch and be awkward and all sort of foolishness is involved! The HUMOR is my foundation sometimes… it’s how I see my way through it! I love how you read this and what you wrote in your comment. My very best wishes to you for the rest of the weekend, and week ahead! 🙂 Thank you my very much, my friend!
If only it were a romcom but as you say it can be too tragic sometimes…
Thank you for your comment! It somehow got lost in the cyberspace, but it’s been recovered 🙂💗 Wishing you a wonderful rest of your summer and the most amazing wedding celebration ever -! 💗
This poem is about life sometimes being “close” to being a romcom, but events in life can be so comedic – probably more comedic than tragic…most of the time
The comedy of life, now I see 😉 I’m glad you got me out of the spam folder, it’s smelly in there!
Yes you are rescued from the spam folder, but WP application is also not putting all comments in my notifications for some reason. This comment I saw because I clicked on “comments,” but it is not showing with my other notifications. It’s weird! I guess I’ll have to check with the support staff again.
Boooo 😦 Yes absolutely check with the support team. Sometimes it helps to close your browser and reopen WordPress. But they’ll know what to do xo
Christy reloading the browser is a good idea along with deleting the browser cache. Neither explain why in this scenario. Good ideas! WP support team has been helpful in the past. I’m sure they will resolve for me. Thanks!
Training you every day is a helpful perspective. Some days we train hard. And practice makes us better. Some lessons are about having a sense of humor (sometimes twisted) or figuring out how to get some quality rest. I wish you lots of those rest and humor days. You and me both.
Oh I wish this for us both, too! Thank you, JoAnna, that’s humor and rest!! How does it get any better than that?!
Exactly!
waves of life entering, leaving us to choose how we play with it… sending you love x
I am struck by the imagery and stanza breaks. Excellent content… I loved this line “the absurdity repeats, repeats…” and “everyone is in the same page, not on the same page.”
We’re all going through something different, but there is common ground. That may not have been the point of the poem per se, but it resonated with me and solidified a personal belief.
Thank you so much for your detailed feedback! I loved reading about how this poem performed for you/ what you received from it. 💗