Us and Them

By littleditty

Mon, 24 Mar 2008
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They wanted to run before they could walk,
and so, took up flying rather young.

They wanted to speak before they could talk,
and so took up silence; quite stubbornly.

When life flashes before the eyes, and it does,
the last words they want to say, are
'Make your life beautiful! Make your life profound!'

So let's get busy in the quiet, let's get busy,
one step at a time.

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Comments

Submitted by Ewan on
Hmmm.. darkly whimsical. I find 'the last words they want to say, are 'Make your life beautiful! Make your life profound!' ambiguous: do they want to say this at the end or not? In no way does this detract from your poem for me. Ewan

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Submitted by a.lesser.thing on
Ages late to this poem, but felt the need to comment as I was scrolling through some of your work. This poem is, by far, one of the best I have read. As Ewan said, their words definitely seem ambiguous and can be interpreted as one would wish to take them, but even as suck has the same meaning in the end: "So let's get busy in the quiet, let's get busy, one step at a time." It's a nice thought, reminder, of journeys and the inability to stay still (and beauty in moving). This is fantastic.

 

Submitted by littleditty on
thank you -you aren't late at all :) bang on time in fact -Ewan was early! and it looks like I never even showed up :( I posted this in *scrolls up* 2008 - I'm really happy you read it and liked it - that's aces