Odd Socks Options

[Guest_Nina_*]

Odd Socks (revised)

A pair of odd socks
tucked in a drawer:
one blue,
one black flecked with white;
long ill-matched;
hidden in darkness,
never proudly displayed.

I should separate them;
initiate search for their mates.
Yet something stops me -
fear of change?
loneliness worries?
habit?

I’ve grown used to them paired,
so they lie
folded together;
one blue,
one black  flecked with white;
growing old
trapped.


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Odd Socks (original)

A pair of odd socks
tucked in a drawer:
one blue,
one black, flecked with white;
ill-matched for so long;
hiding in darkness
never proudly displayed.

I should separate them;
initiate search for their mate.
Yet something stops me -
fear for change?
thoughts of loneliness?
habit?

I’ve grown used to seeing them paired,
so there they lie
folded together;
one blue,
one black, flecked with white;
gathering dust,
growing old.

[Guest_Nina_*]

Hi Cathy

This is a little sad Nina.  I'm not sure why.  Yet it clearly demonstrates
the comfort we find in the 'as is' rather than to instigate change.
Thanks.  I'm pleased that the sadness came across, I wasn't sure if it would or not. Sometimes people just drift along "stuck in a rut" scared of taking the step to change.

fear for change
Should that be "fear of change"?
it probably should but I have used of in the next line.

one black, flecked with white;
Maybe: one black, white-flecks or one black with white-flecks.
The last stanza could read slightly different: one black, white-flecked
I'll have to think this one over.

so there they lie
"so they lie"
Of course, briliant, why didn't I see it when writing.  The change gives a wonderful double meaning to the word lie.  Thanks so much for the suggestion.

thanks Cathy

Nina