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Thinking in circles

by Shannon McEwen

Sitting here wondering
Is it better to sit and wonder?
Or wonder and sit?

Which leads me to think
Is it a blessed blunder?
Or a blunder blessed?

When do we speak openly?
Or in the open should we speak?
Is it truth or verification we seek?

Do I dance around the issues?
Or is the issue really the dance?
When does certainty stand a chance?

So while I’m sitting and I’m wondering
Am I dancing with the issues or the fool?
And when did bare fact become so un-cool?

01/28/2012

Posted on 01/29/2012
Copyright © 2026 Shannon McEwen

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Colleen Sperry on 01/29/12 at 02:52 AM

this is great!

Posted by George Hoerner on 01/29/12 at 04:45 AM

I think it depends upon what question is unanswered. You have a really fine write here lady. Playing games with someone else can be a problem but with ourselves it is serious. Do you really wonder or do you know the answer already? Is the problem how to deal with the knowledge or with another? Or can you make a positive out of the whole issue?

Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 01/29/12 at 04:55 AM

Witty wordsmithery in a delightful spiral! Thank you.

Posted by Dorian Black on 01/29/12 at 08:15 AM

I often find myself on your very same path of thinking. Brilliant write!

Posted by Ken Harnisch on 01/29/12 at 11:37 AM

I love this...am visualizing a sampler of each stanza, standing alone, and all together. This is so pithy and wise, Shannon

Posted by Maria Massarella on 01/30/12 at 12:20 AM

Your thoughts are a delightful dance. The answers are treasured within. Thank you for this breath of spring in my wintersday.

Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 04/22/12 at 07:23 PM

Witty use of words and meanings to deliver the title's theme. Not un-cool at all!

Posted by Joe Cramer on 04/28/12 at 02:46 AM

... so very excellent.....

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