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the patience of history
Summer Solstice
2023
9:07 pm
watching the sunset
of the longest day of
the year
the evening sky swirls
with pink, pale yellows
and reds
Monet would smile
soon this extraordinary
sky and evening will
pass into the
memory of
history
no human lips
will speak of
it again
and grief will serve
no noble purpose
of our protest
no matter how
beautiful the
moment
no matter it's
meaning to
us
no matter the
eyes that
see
no matter the
hands that
touch
no matter the
heart that
feels
everything is merely
history waiting to
happen
Published 27th Jun 2023
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27th Jun 2023 9:48pm
This reminded me of an old African proverb I love: "Until the Lions have their day, history belongs to the hunters."
I somehow always remember that whenever I feel the loss of a passing moment as deeply as you obviously do. Or so I felt palpably from the poem. I guess I am grateful, with the exception of very few situations, that I am able to write my own.
Excellent write, BK.
I somehow always remember that whenever I feel the loss of a passing moment as deeply as you obviously do. Or so I felt palpably from the poem. I guess I am grateful, with the exception of very few situations, that I am able to write my own.
Excellent write, BK.
27th Jun 2023 11:06pm
Thank you, Ahavati. Much appreciated.
Speaking only for myself...it seems the older I become, the more history seems to follow me around. I not sure if others experience this phenomenon or if it is simply the process of life/aging.
hugs,
buddhakitty.
Speaking only for myself...it seems the older I become, the more history seems to follow me around. I not sure if others experience this phenomenon or if it is simply the process of life/aging.
hugs,
buddhakitty.
27th Jun 2023 11:54pm
mythology is half or less remembered than history; maybe there is where your solstice will live ;)
28th Jun 2023 00:11am
30th Jun 2023 6:18pm
Liked that quote Ahavati said.
There’s melancholy behind it, but one that also captures the essence of the human spirit traveling thru time.
There’s melancholy behind it, but one that also captures the essence of the human spirit traveling thru time.
30th Jun 2023 8:17pm
Thank you, wally. I guess there are many ways to look at a poem.
hugs,
buddhakitty.
hugs,
buddhakitty.
