da rial daztovozky
(15.9.07 09:16)
With all due respect, I think title of the poem should be confusion rather than compromise.
I think it is a simple poem with powerful emotions.
I see emotions all over the place with confusing discord.
The first two question marks are simple and perfect ( ordinary though). But I do not really get the third one.
"Purse my lips and let you feel good".....does not make any sense either.
Are you talking about a lover? I guess not or may be ( if you are that would be sleaaaaaaaazzzzzzzzy) ...I am confused too..lol
Santosh
(15.9.07 20:01)
nice one..
u shud do what u want and never compromise on things which u dont want to do..
PerpetualMelody
(15.9.07 20:15)
@zofo09: Appeasement of the self does not work out.. almost never.
@da rial daztovozky: yes, the title could be confusion too. But what I have tried to convey is the dilemma of this person who is not in love with her husband/bf. She "knows" she doesn't love him, but she is not sure how to tell him, or whether to tell him. Instead, since she hasn't found her mr. right yet, she thinks that the guy she now has is not bad either... remember the saying: a bird in hand is better than two in the bush? She is merely compromising!
PerpetualMelody
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(15.9.07 20:17)
@da rial daztovozky: Oh and btw, 'purse my lips' means 'shut my mouth or stay mum'
(25.9.07 06:55)
Not loving a person and hanging on till you find the right person is not what marriage is about. I think it would be quite unfair to your partner if he/she comes to know you are waiting to dump them till you find better. Whatever their is between you li'l or strong you should be truthful
(25.9.07 06:57)
becoz their is some difference between a job and relationship. A wife/gf is not a post you hold, its also about feeling
PerpetualMelody
(25.9.07 08:29)
True, but unfortunate. I see this happening all around me!
PerpetualMelody
(25.9.07 08:41)
Besides, I think its appeasement of the self, not betrayal
pooja
(27.9.07 18:21)
Very true poem...I can not beleive how our society is slowly turning into just like western countries.
I think people are becoming very materialistic and with low moral values...just like the character in your poem already has a person who is better than the rest but she or he still wants better than the best.
Lots of time such people lose a better than the rest in pursuit of a better than the best which they never deserved in the first place.
I guess that serves them right.
Rahul
(28.9.07 07:29)
Step out, just to grasp a fresh flair.
Be honest, just to avoid a puff of dust.
Be coy, just to reciprocate with trust.
Compromise, more often than not… steers to ‘just’!
PerpetualMelody
(1.10.07 09:59)
uummm... no. you apparently misunderstood the poem and the protagonist too! This woman is not 'dissatisfied' with what she has. she simply isn't in love with the person she is hooked up with, and i don't blame her for that. she isn't sure if she should let him go because she doesn't love him; he is a nice guy afterall!
Rahul
(1.10.07 15:37)
well... I did not mean that the woman is 'dissatisfied'. What I was contemplating is... love is a difficult feeling to realize/understand, may be she should give it some more time. The 'liking' may turn out to be the 'love'.
greekalphabet
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(24.10.07 11:34)
Bang on!!!!
This is the best expression of that compromised-not-yet-convinced-yet-putting-up-with-it feeling I have ever read.
