LJ Idol Mini Season Week 1: Trust Everyone But Cut the Cards

[eeyore_grrl]

           trust everyone
         (but cut the cards)


i could walk through life with no trust
	second guessing every smile
			     every gift
			     every kind hello
i could walk through life finding fault in every raindrop
	or
	     i could believe in the goodness in your heart
						her smile
						his handshake
i could open my arms
			wide
		reaching for the humanity within
i could watch the sky for rainbows
		for the promise of the sun’s return

i choose to trust in your embrace
	in the words of love and friendship
i choose to smile at strangers as i walk the streets
		hoping to find reciprocity
		hoping that smiles breed smiles
			that kindness is paid forward
				that love wins

believe in goodness
	foster the tiny embers of that fire

join me in this holy quest 
	in this fostering of the souls that make humanity
	show our children that not everyone is to be feared
			that we have smiles to share
			that we are good


(but lock your doors at night)

Comments

[mac-arthur-park.livejournal.com]

I love the twist at the end. Well done.

[dangerpudding.livejournal.com]

<3 Thank you, I needed that today.

Lovely

[suzanne.livejournal.com]

I like how the passionate yearning to believe is tempered with a touch of caution. Nice.

Re: Lovely

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

Exactly the read I was going for. A TOUCH of caution!

[eternal-ot.livejournal.com]

Like the positivity in the whole poem..also the end :)

[murielle.livejournal.com]

Wow!

This is beautiful. I loved reading the poem, but then I watched your video, and I loved it even more.

Excellent!

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[odosonata.livejournal.com]

I nodded my head the whole way through. Yes, yes, yes. I like all of your poetry and this is one of my favorites.

[bleodswean.livejournal.com]

Such a contrasting message! I'm sorry to hear you live where you need to lock the doors. Stay safe!

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

Do you not lock your doors at night or when you are not home? It was meant as a touch of caution.

[bleodswean.livejournal.com]

As I played the "intent" of your poem over a few times in my mind, after I left the comment, I realized, of course, that was what you were after. And it does work! I read it too literally!

We don't lock our doors here. Closest neighbor is a bear or a mountain lion.

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

Careful with the bears. I saw the aftermath of a bear opening the kitchen door of a friend in Colorado. No one was upstairs, but it made a mess!

[prog-schlock.livejournal.com]

I've had despair filled week, what with many of my friends suddenly coming out as Trump-ian racists in the last seven days. This piece gave me some hope that maybe humanity isn't so bad after all (even with the contradictory last line). Thank you for that.

This made me think of one of my favorite (and most positive) Ramones songs (https://youtu.be/GHbNxzi2vvQ).

[rayaso.livejournal.com]

I must echo Bleodswean - stay safe! I enjoyed the poem, especially the end, and the video.

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

Stay safe also. A touch of caution in the world is wise, even when believing the best in people.

[sinnamongirl.livejournal.com]

Lovely poem throughout, *wonderful* ending!

[lordrexfear.livejournal.com]

As a former poetry slam organizer and performer, but a horrible poet (by my own accounts, other may or may not agree, as we are worst critics) I find this excellent in a variety of ways.

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I can't memorize things for shit, so I would never do well in the slam scene!

[halfshellvenus.livejournal.com]

Haha-- I loved that final line, which fit the prompt so well combined with the higher and very nice message of all that went before.

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I was unsure of how it fit in the poem itself, but was necessary to be with the topic. I very much wanted it to be a positive poem.

[adoptedwriter.livejournal.com]

Zinger of a last line! Way to go! AW

[dmousey.livejournal.com]

Oooooo... me likey! A lot!

My son does/writes spoken word. The form needs to be acknowledged more. :)

Peace~~~D

[whipchick.livejournal.com]

Great closing line!

[barrelofrain.livejournal.com]

I almost went with writing a song this week - I like your take and I think that reading your poem makes a difference in rounding out a poem post. :)

[watching-ships.livejournal.com]

Very nice work. I love that you wrote a poem. Well done.

[alycewilson.livejournal.com]

In most cases it is, indeed, better to trust. Or at least to have faith in people.