{"sf1_id":1000003,"sf2_id":"Oe5zgRPm","title":"Y-knot...","author":"Jiblits","words":525,"posted_at":"2016-05-15T17:43:00.000Z","tags":["Poem","Poetry","Short Story","slice of life"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1000003-y-knot","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/Oe5zgRPm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/18/b7/18b7b210-0088-4ab3-8516-1617e9e2612e","description":"Lost in thought this morning...so I wrote a bit of it down...","content":"Y-knot...\n\n  \n\nDo you truly believe in fate?....\nI never have, I've never wanted it to end at a heavenly or hellish gate...\n\nIt leaves no peace of mind\n\nTo have lived in such a way, in fear each day, to feel you have to be rude or kind...\n\nIf all was needed to end it all with a smile\n\nIt would be fake to me, worthless to live that life, a prisoner of possibility all the while...\n\n  \n\nFor those who need such a dream, I was slowly on tiptoes around their delusions\n\nTo simply let them go the way they believe, the way they apparently know, I respect enough their intrusions...\n\n  \n\nIf they stumble or fall, I help if I see fit\n\nIf they try to deny me my mentality, I politely suggest they quit\u0026nbsp;\n\n  \n\nAs I do to them, I keep their best intentions in mind\n\nI remind them, an opinion is an opinion, you can be mean trying to be kind\n\n  \n\nIgnorance a room with no doors\n\nYou need only to look down, \u0026 remember, it always has glass floors...\n\n  \n\nThe view points left to the moments you share\n\nAll can be misunderstood with a single stare\n\n  \n\nTime not a friend to those who claim without fail to know...\n\nNever end up, the pinnacle of perfect thought with what they show...\n\n  \n\nIf all fails, then another will blindly walk, eyes closed, \u0026 claim to still see\n\nAs we have thoughts all our own, \u0026 share how we care, with clarity, if you so choose, you may kindly agree\u0026nbsp;\n\n  \n\nIf not, don't take it to heart...\n\nLike so many others, possibility, can be, in doubt from the very start.\n\n  \n\nWhat you stand for, good, in a world where none needs to exist\n\nI tenderly show, for all I know, a kind, forceful if needed, clenched fist\n\n  \n\nOnly meant for the actions of others to be considerate\n\nI show, if need be, I'll happily try my best to test, \u0026 stop another's so called fate...\n\n  \n\nPushed onto others, it's no longer choice\n\nIt's a quiet riot, filled with a silent screaming voice\n\n  \n\nWhen words only go far enough to cause emotions of thoughts never considered before\n\nHands held at the ready, if calm \u0026 steady, give light to something more...\n\n  \n\nAgain, this is all just so you know\n\nIf you to try to change me, by all means, let your reasoning flow\n\nA stubborn log at a water fall, wedged by the edge, not willing to give way\n\nI personally, firmly hold my heart in hand, till theirs nothing left to say...\n\n  \n\nIf you give love \u0026 nothings given in return for such emotion\n\nRemember, it was your decision, to move on such a notion...\n\nWe give no doubt with eyes beyond the sky...\n\nWe forget at times, others can, all the same, ask why...\n\n  \n\n  \n\n(Forgive me for my rambles about life \u0026 things I may not know)\n\n(For me, the words come freely, \u0026 help me show how I can still grow)\n\n  \n\n---Thanks for reading---\n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;---Always---\n  \n  \n\n"}