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Wisdom garnered in the end.
by JASMIN HORST E. P. SEILER → (All Poetry by JASMIN HORST E. P. SEILER)
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Where is your life raft going...... in the end? stop struggling so much and enjoy the ride, you only take the trip once, maybe ha.

 

 
Ever raging torrent of white water,
Buffeted about, the life raft I am on,
Hurrying to nowhere, maybe a rock,
Maybe a calm eddy, or raging sea,
What awaits I cannot see,
 
Strong arms at times, I take the oar,
But in my sleep those raging waters roar,
Lead me on, forward always, forward,
Time has passed along the way,
Tears at my strengths and my intend,
Whereto does the river bend?
 
Will my will survive this trip alive,
And in that waking sleep, the watchman watches,
A lantern of hope his soul it holds,
Time is still, I’m in control,
Whereto my friend, I ask, and steer,
Fighting all the way my fear,
 
Did I succeed, and to what end,
Stayed a moment in that bend,
Still pushing forward on and on,
No stopping time, what was, is gone,
That final drop to that abyss,
How could I even miss?
 
 
My friend, who followed me along the way,
In different eddies would he play,
But still as time went on, currents fast would catch,
His raft of life, and moved it on,
Hurried in its way, would pass me by,
And like mine, would fall, where horizons meet the sky,
 
Together in that ocean now, to deep to fathom,
Other friends we meet, wisdom in their laughter,
Overheard said one, I played the waves and here I am,
The other said I struggled with that oar,
Would in the end a difference make, so thought I,
I see now clearly, being here with you, it was all a lie.
©01/03/2009

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Reviewed by Georg Mateos
Reviewed on March 2, 2009
My father died at fifty four, in a week I will be eighty four, you said at the beginning "YOU ONLY TAKE A TRIP ONCE...MAYBE" that maybe bothers me, I am supposed to have been gone already? or this is my second trip?
And about wisdom garnered at the en...wasn't it all a lie?

Georg


Reviewed on March 2, 2009
Hi Jasmin, The meaning in this is well-written, an object-lesson of sorts. Like a parable, your writing is. Thank you for sharing, and stay strong, my friend.

In Spirit,
Bear

Reviewed by Felix Perry
Reviewed on March 2, 2009
Nice mathaphor and one that is so real with great advice and strong images seeded.

Fee

Reviewed by E T Waldron
Reviewed on March 1, 2009
The dichotomies and innuendoes of life
as seen by a masterful poet!

Reviewed by Ed Matlack
Reviewed on March 1, 2009
...a thoughtful write, though I cannot dispute its meanin...e


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