Old Man

[brettig]

I See you there again
waiting for night to crack.
Knowledge? Maybe so
but it doesnt ease all pains
nor help to see through rain.

This one's a shower...

To Live with regret
that must be a fear scorned unless
First hand learning is prohibited
Secondhand shunned and third,
third is where you stand
peering at the screen.

In 5 years will it be over?
What will you remember of the storm
behind those faces you never saw?
Trivial silly crap its been called
Did You know them? was it fake?
Was it their entreaties that made you wake?

There was an age when you would rebel
softly and softly toeing back,
Away from what you knew and cherished.
Did you stop and feebly sit, to watch
As friends sought to soar...?

We shall see.

 

[foray]

Some complex lines there, but very thoughtfully constructed. Nice poem about experiences and living life to the fullest; thank you!

foray

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Isn't Love thy neighbour in the global village so inconvenient? GOD writes us these lines but we have to sing them. Take them to the top of the charts but its not what the radio is playing. Is it ? I know.

 

[The Wanderer]

Knowledge? Maybe so
but it doesnt ease all pains

and sometimes the more you know the worse you feel

but we've all got to fight through the apathy--others and our own... it's a constant struggle

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I can't change the world
but I can change the world in me

 

[foray]

reminds me of "For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief".

foray