A yester man with yester thoughts

To an unknown octogenarian

An old man of yester generation
bids goodbye,
May as well be his final one
But all he manages to say is "Hello"
And hello and hello again..

When despair strikes,
look the opposite
think like a hundred minus your current age
and tell stories to yourself,
and to the passenger in your next seat
who could well be Mr. Coelho.

The daughter you may never ever see
will live her life;
happy, sad and tumultous;
like the sudden full moon in a cloudy night,
Werewolf's can play cry wolf all the time.

So what are the yester thoughts of this deprecating man?

"He wishes just more sun on grayish days.
He appreciates rain just as to glamorize the sun further
He hopes for happiness which enlivens and lightens
He expects pain to hit to make happy bubbles even bigger
He prays far too gain to be contending
He seeks a bucket of losses to create illusive profits
And finally showers those extra hellos at the season of goodbye"

Make and break men they say
You will find everything you never need
Grains of salt, puddles of mud and lost resilience
Everlasting hope , unfulfilling dreams and undying self belief
A magic potion, a lady's heart and a child's love
A coping loner, an avid friend and an irresistible lover.

But don't break hearts
Go buy stuff at grocery stores
That way they are way cheaper and far less indelible
You want to create footprints in sand
Not broken castles, I hope.

© Nothing Personal. February 16, 2011.

Author's Note

Mr. Coelho met this man

Reviews

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. i'd written for someone once and sir hart said "you sing your own heart's song" ... your song is intense and beautiful and moving and humbling ... all at the same time ... but i must add ... that 2011 is the year ... when you'll land in mumbai with your girl ... and em and i will join you and we'll go meet your daughter ... 99% ...

[Mauricio Montoya]

great job, well done.

[Richard Williams]

It's intriguing and interesting, with standout lines I like, like, "Grains of salt, puddles of mud and lost resilience" along with, "He seeks a bucket of profits to create illusive profits." That is very fine writing.

[Jeff]

Very interesting piece.

[J.e.s.s.i.c.a]

This is very interesting. I like it!

[Loner]

Real breath taking poem yet leaves an impression on you.
Awesome write.

[Kita Tataki (Emily Conn..]

Very intense and emotional. I loved your metaphors and the allover effort you put into beautifying this piece...

[Art Sun]

interestingly written piece...we are a soceity of evolution...and even more so in the modern world...and yet those hellos you speak of seem to recur within the mind(s) of those who can reach far beyond the depth of normality...all we have to do is find someone who can take us there...

nice work my poetic friend...

[Jordan]

Honestly, I have no idea what is going on in this poem about 75% of the time. Mostly, that's a good thing. Except in the second and third stanzas- you move from third person to second person and it's kind of confusing trying to figure out who you are speaking to (the old man, I assumed).

[Kate Hunter]

nice job.

[Calypso]

Very sweet and cute.