There are other realities -- but this one

b"h
4/5/13

There are other realities -- but this one
Is Now, and I don't either like it or
Dislike it. And that doesn't matter. The
Children in the school-yard across the
Street still scream Here, regardless of me.
And I think of them, although they're immune to my
Attention. Their joy -- if that's what it is --
Reminds me -- -- -- but to no consequence.

So what if being a child is so wonderful:
At the top of the hill there is a stop sign --
Which too many drivers ignore. They do not
Stop, neither do they hear the kids. They
Just drive -- making turns without direction --
As I try to forget about the terrible years.

Reviews

[Sami Khalil]

"So what if being a child is so wonderful:
At the top of the hill there is a stop sign --
Which too many drivers ignore."
I like this write a lot for it is based on our reality and how we all waste our precious childhood without stopping for the small moments in life. We are so preoccupied with everything else so we ignore our prime and the joy of life and we are trying to grow quicker and quicker. Then when are are old we want to go back and live anew but it is too late. Thank you for sharing this great write...:)

[sithlordjp]

wow... this is great! So focused... on this reality, yours, theirs, and all the ones beyond. A single moment in time split between multiple pounts of view, and yet all in the very same spot. The years... some at the beginning of them, other, further, more aware of them perhaps. The school yard, that place of joy where so many life lessons are learned. Well done David!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

we see children having fun, being innocent and carefree...maybe our childhood wasn't like this...maybe our childhood has dark memories...and those memories don't stop at the stop signs either...they just converge on us.

[Ed Hart]

life is an endfull series of speed bumps, except when a tiger is chasing your tail...or, when you're chasing a little tale