The Idleness of Youth

 

 

 

In my youth, I heard a story about a frontiersman who killed a bear,

Was astounding because they said, he did it alone and with just a knife,

Bidayah believed it and told that story to his friends in the village,

Eventually Bidayah looked up to the man and wanted to be like him,

Which I thought was okay. Its a great stimulation on the impulses,

But something happened later, which cast doubt on the story,

It not only made the story look like a lie, but everything I had grown into.

We moped around for a while, had deep regrets but kept the nose going.

Was under medication a bit, my personality was diagnosed as self destructive.

When I got older, I looked at it again and figured a man could have done it,

Where he was big and strong, the knife sharp, created a focus and was lucky.

Then I realized it wasn't it at all. It was us moving away from Ursa Major,

That's the great bear in the sky that has grown into a symbol of sloth,

It led me to an active nature of engaging the mind to create new possibilities,

Instead of continuing with the way a person might just expect things to happen.

And there was more. It pointed to the possibilities of achievement of one man,

Where that might apply to a great many things that we undertake in life,

It influenced my career where I did some things people never thought possible.

Then Bidayah returned after having broken our relationship for twenty years.

There's a part of me today that believes that the story might actually be true.

Maybe the word believe is a very mysterious word. I'll be looking at it again.

 

 

 

Reviews

[Suditi]

A very interesting story, written beautifully.

[Marie]

I certainly believe the story is true. And I also think of Bidaya as a good influence.