Life is like sailing. You can use any wind to go in any direction. ~Robert
Brault
What if something was done differently and could have changed everything?
Something was given instead of taken away,
like planting many trees instead of zero!
I have seen the sway the wind makes
and how it can change the direction of everything,
like a kite in March and which way a child runs.
Every movement has a certain force that pushes at the passersby.
Each loving mother tends to have a kinder child,
and every hateful father leaves a brokenness
that can pass through generations like a torch from hand to hand.
So, open your heart and let all that tears down scatter and be gone, like tissues at a funeral.
Only wave the flags that stand for love and life.
Rock the cradle gently, and teach your sons to plant chrysanthemums and not just build with bricks.
For what if something was done differently and could have changed everything?
Wise words were a gift instead of words of idiocy stealing what could have been.
"Every movement has a certain force that pushes at the passersby." Yes indeed. I love the homespun wisdom of your poetry Carrie. You have a knack for getting at the heart of things.
ReplyDeleteWhat if, indeed?! So beautifully uttered, Carrie, one can almost hear the gentle notes of wisdom sounding, These words especially moved me:
ReplyDelete"I have seen the sway the wind makes
and how it can change the direction of everything,
like a kite in March and which way a child runs.
Every movement has a certain force that pushes at the passersby."
The personal note and the visionary tone adds a profound sense of longing and wonder, for "What if .....?" A pleasure to read, Carrie!
There is so much knowing and also the hope for better ways to be in this wonderfully reflective poem - Jae
ReplyDeleteThis poem sends its ideas out to the reader like dandelion puffs, light, floating and leaving behind a seed. I especially like the line Shay quoted, as well as "..what if something was done differently and could have changed everything.." I do believe in that line, and in the idea that love can change outcomes, perhaps more thoroughly even than hate can..certainly I prefer what it leaves behind. Lovely poem, Carrie, and it's easy to see what side it falls on in this argument.
ReplyDeleteYes, you get right to the heart of things. I am hanging on to my last shred of hope that Nov 5th will turn us in a new direction. But I suspect whatever happens, there will be an uproar. Sigh. I love reading you, Carrie. Your poems resonate, they are wise, and speak truth that makes us think - always a good thing.
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