Mr. Man is a Jigsaw

sharrukina malek, 5 months ago

sounds like everyone’s life. your friends can make or break you with all the secrets they know about you. wink wink

Jessica Taft in reply to sharrukina malek’s comment, 5 months ago

haha so true, friend secrets should come with insurance policies :P

KEITH R. WILL..., 5 months ago

very nice

Jessica Taft in reply to KEITH R. WILLIAMS’s comment, 5 months ago

thank you keith :)

sharrukina malek, 5 months ago

i agree…..how much should we charge insurance jess?

Jessica Taft in reply to sharrukina malek’s comment, 5 months ago

a thousand dollars!

kwilburn, 3 months ago

beautifully written ending lines:
“He only knows himself in fragments
Yet only the whole ever makes sense.”
a pleasure to read.

Jessica Taft in reply to kwilburn’s comment, 3 months ago

Thanks for the lovely comment kwilburn, I’m glad you liked it:))

LisaG, 3 months ago

Excellent writing…I totally relate to Mr. Man….

Jessica Taft in reply to LisaG’s comment, 3 months ago

I love that you can relate personally, thanks for reading my work:))

photogurrl, 3 months ago

Nicely done!

biddlio, 3 months ago

I really like this one… right up to the last line. That last line just seems all backwards to me. Of course, it’s just my opinion, but that he knows only the fragments mean that they are that possibly CAN make sense. And the second stanza seems to say that his friends help him understand those fragments. Just my opinion, o’ course…. All in all, very nicely written.

Paul Rees-Jones, 3 months ago

Well written, Maybe I am Mr Man…oh I think many of us are…lol.
Nice piece.

: { )}

Jessica Taft in reply to photogurrl’s comment, 3 months ago

thank you :)

Jessica Taft in reply to biddlio’s comment, 3 months ago

Thanks biddlio:) I wanted the last line to be backwards and a bit ironic, to capture how we understand parts of ourselves. But understanding ourselves holistically is so hard, and is a whole different level of self awareness that may not be attainable. Thank you for reading and engaging with my work, it helps me a lot :))

Jessica Taft in reply to Paul Rees-Jones’s comment, 3 months ago

Thanks so much Paul, I am so happy that you can relate personally :))

write, 2 months ago

Great stuff!

Jessica Taft in reply to write’s comment, 2 months ago

thanks!

sweetmiseryxx, 2 months ago

I love the title and the first stanza
the second line and third flow really well.
but I feel like theres a line missing somewhere
not sure where

Jessica Taft in reply to sweetmiseryxx’s comment, 2 months ago

thanks so much for reading and commenting, Ill have a think about that missing line. Cheers!

abdelouhed, 2 months ago

hi

girlinthestars, 10 days ago

another wonderful piece. great subject.

Jessica Taft in reply to girlinthestars’s comment, 10 days ago

thank you for all your supportive comments:)