You've got a moment, use it, before it slips away
yet the indecision, the indirection
haunt
slip past
slip fast
grasp
What is it that I must do...
Asks the young to the old
to make my life full, wonderful, to live?
Tumbling frailness, aching emptiness, a hollow void of direction echo from the chambers of the fading heart, beating frantically, snatching terribly at the last rays of the sun on the horizon. The ship is sailing away, taking along the fits of starts and stops which have lain broken on the shore.
The child
left
confused
As the stick tossed in the stream travels swiftly to the ocean, or moored along the bank, a fascinating demonstration of time passing. Can we freeze time to grasp hold of life again?
Childhood
slips
the wonder of it is
that we used to think that adults knew the answers
As I stand here watching it all, I wonder
can I plunge my hand into the stream of knowledge, and pull out a direction, the script of understanding?
or is it a fathomless void, from which no one can return?
I think sometimes we wish we could freeze time, to those wonderful times we had, childlike, playful, fun, no worries. I know I find it hard making the right decision, I do know I have to make sure if its best for me, do the good outway the bad,for me the simplier the better.
ReplyDeleteLife as we get older is too darn confusing, we wont have the right answers most times, do you ever find the more things that can go wrong, most likely will go wrong. I feel your confusion.
You are such a wonderful writer. Hope your answer will the one you Choose.
HUGS
Annie-maybe that's what makes childhood so wonderful; not giving a crap about knowledge beyond the task at hand. Hope you're well. ~rick
ReplyDeleteThanks Inky, the right decision... the more that I see of life, the more that I think that decisions that may seem to be right at the moment, can turn out to be wrong later on. That the best we can do is to accept what our decisions bring to us and move forward with the best information that we have.
ReplyDeleteRick, so glad to see your comment! That is what makes childhood simple. It is interesting to note how our perceptions change over the years. Perhaps in the future we will again find ourselves in a place where knowledge is relative and we only care at what the task at hand requires. hehe hopefully we will not become senile at that point! ;)
popped over to send some loving your way. In the mood to spread it today!! Live each day , enjoy it, SMILES
ReplyDelete"can I plunge my hand into the stream of knowledge, and pull out a direction?" Don't you just wish it were that easy? A deck of cards, a choice to the left or right of middle and you're off and running. A direction who's decision was not yours..therefore the responsibility for failure or success lies elsewhere? Sometimes I wish...
ReplyDeleteCame over from Christopher's. Thoughtful piece.
A brilliant piece! Very thought-provoking! Yes, sometimes we must stick to what the wise men said, ignorance is bliss. Those innocent childish times were great.
ReplyDeleteBut, as we move on, we need to become more rational. I reckon, one musty not fear the decision made at a specific moment.
It is the conditions that encourage a decision. Once the conditions change, one might be forced to think back, and sometimes even re-evaluate the decision made. The rational way during such a time is to not repent but embrace oneself and restate that one made the right decision at the right time.
The disconnection established and conveyed via you breaking the words into different lines speaks volumes. It is like how an elder one prevents anything from affecting a child's emotions.
The battle between knowledge and wisdom conveyed excellently here. Just brilliant!
I am very much provoked to write that this is one of them best pieces you've written so far. But, writing that shall set a mark, won't it? I am very sure you will write equivalently fine and/or much finer pieces in the near future.
Bravo! Keep writing, SG!!!
'As the stick tossed in the stream travels swiftly to the ocean, or moored along the bank, a fascinating demonstration of time passing. Can we freeze time to grasp hold of life again?' If only.Your words of the thinking kind which I am not certain there will ever be an answer or an answer that we want.
ReplyDeleteVery nice...
ReplyDeletewishing you a wonderful Thanks giving..
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