The Constant “It”
May 18, 2010
“Like a river, which always finds its way to lower ground even if it has to dig through canyons, life manages to find the shortest route to “normalcy” , stubbornly struggling against fear.” Marina Nemat
With every sunset and every rise
I feel it in my tides
When I love being calm, I have to enrage
This is the way it is, I guage
I know I am strong enough to resist it
But my abysmal depth strengtens me to confront it.
With waters’ flow and winds’ blow
I experience it when they gnaw
Let me stand here quiet and straight
Why do you want my influence to abate?
I know I am hard enough to resist it
But my unassailable fortress fortifies me to confront it.
With unalike temperatures on land and sea
I see it when here and there I flee
I wish to drift where I care
Why is it all a snare?
I know I am firm enough to resist it
But my invincible celerity beefs me up to confront it.
With every instant and every second
I just find it constant
It breaks my heart and shatters me down
I desire to hold things on
I know I am stiff enough to resist it
But my inviolable strength pushes me to confront it.
With every force – wrong or right
I figure it holding my hands tight
I don’t know what makes it invariable
Its presence is not deniable
I know I am steadfast enough to resist it
But my unfathomable existence thrusts me to confront it.
“It” is not to be feared, it is a companion to those who know how to live life
, while it doesn’t matter to those who don’t because it is as good as if they never lived.
Remarkable subtleties illustrate the amount of thought and intellect that has gone into this piece of poetry. Good going!
Yaa absolutely, “it” is not to be feared, it is a companion to those who BELIEVE they have the strength to LIVE with it..
That’s the thing about you poets …. even when you go through hard times , you present the travails so eloquently or differently that they may make the reader wonder why doesnt he ever go through these experiences
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