Conversations

[everyadventure]

You echo in my head,
your voice knocking about
with relentless insistence.

You demand to be addressed.
So I converse with you as I wash the dishes,
question you as I fold the laundry,
seek your counsel while driving the car.

I listen for your sage reply;
you always said
what I needed to hear.
I hold my breath in the quiet pause

But you only tell me
I ought to watch the road.

[Hawkman]

Interesting. The narrator talking to herself. Is she alone, or is it just the only way she can get a decent conversation?

Well written, thoughtful piece ea.

Live and be well.

[MystyrMystyry]

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m605/mystyrmystyry/Leunig_Cartoons41.jpg

[PrinceMyshkin]

This is a brilliant depiction of the relationship between a person and... her alter ego? I see it as an evocation of our belief in or need for some other, apart from ourselves, cognizant of our circumstances but objectively detached from them; whereas in fact we already know "the road," and know we need to watch it.

It's the subtlest of psychological dramas and you've captured it in such a seemingly anecdotal manner!

[everyadventure]

Mystyr, I adore your comic. I agree, everybody needs a "little man," even if it means you have to fetch him a hot water bottle when he cries at night!

[Delta40]

Interesting piece. That little voice is our constant companion.

(I love Michael Leunig!)

[Bar22do]

Impressive in its simplicity evad, whether it's N's alter ego or an ongoing voice of someone who's not with the N any longer, for whatever reason it might be...

Last L shows how sometimes a down to earth advice is the highest sort of wisdom...

It was wonderful to read you, thanks a lot!!!!

Bar

[yuka]

simply but profound

But you only tell me
I ought to watch the road.

---yes , watch the road
and then, you know how

[_Shannon_]

Mystyr, I adore your comic. I agree, everybody needs a "little man," even if it means you have to fetch him a hot water bottle when he cries at night!

Or throw a boob in his mouth...(lol! says the momma who has nursed six babies).

I really like this--especially the ending!