Empty Glass

A Toast

Empty Glass

 

I feel at times as empty as the glass I drink from.

Anticipating the very bottom as if it will somehow refill itself.

I wait impatiently taking and taking as if it has no end or bottom.

When I get to the end, I wish I had savored every last drop more than to just take big sips

 

We do the same thing when we take things in our life for granite

We take and hold tight to how they make us feel and dont appreciate "it"

Till "it" is all gone.

That "it" may be a wife, husband, child, love one, or life

Most of all these "its" that are most detrimental is life

We take life for granite as if we will have a second chance at it

 

It's hard to fathom that every second of everyday is truly "One of a kind"

You will never get to redo that second for your entire life

That one second gets archived into history at that very moment in time- "Life's Museum"

Just like a museum, you can look at it on display but never in its current state

 

So lets toast to Life's Museum, that we may never take any moment, second,

day, year or life for granite!

Now drink n***a drink!

Reviews

[Cindy Marietta]

Ha I really enjoyed reading this. Especially "I feel at times as empty as the glass I drink from.
Anticipating the very bottom as if it will somehow refill itself." I liked how the beginning had a more serious tone and then you ended it with "drink n***a drink". Hahaha, that's pretty awesome.

[Yellow Butterfly]

If I could get back just one second of my life to be with my father (sadly he passed away two years today) my glass would definitely be full right now..

Beautifully penned

YB

[Rob Santana]

Cheers to you" r eye opening piece. I have taken life for granted to many times. More so when my life was facing death face to face, only than did I see that I valued my life. my "Life's museum" well pack a lunch it'll be a three day tour, hahahaha.

[ANTO]

"It's hard to fathom that every second of everyday is truly "One of a kind"
You will never get to redo that second for your entire life
That one second gets archived into history at that very moment in time- "Life's Museum"
Just like a museum, you can look at it on display but never in its current state..."

I love the way you spell it out - not metaphorically but as it is. It needs that for some readers (like me) to really get it - to start to totally comprehend what that means in actuality. Im sharing a few minutes here reviewing your poem and I can always remember it/revisit it but it will never be THAT minute that I had - with the power to change things/do things better/differently.

Empty Glass the title drew me in. I knew it referred to the whole 'glass half full/empty' idiom and glass empty is a new take on it for me - thanks for that new way of thinking of it.
:)

[Siobhán Kiernan]

Absolutely LOVED the symbolism and the way you used it in the first stanza of this poem.
Really nicely done :)

[Beacon]

Definitely something a lot of people should read to understand life better, well done!

[bee]

I loved the way you described the poem at the start. Even though its supposed to be an empty glass.....it can give you a huge inside on life. Loved it.