Donkey Innovation

Being whipped too often by its owner, the donkey said instead of pulling the cart for its owner, it would own its destiny, and would push the cart instead...

The donkey of the whip was tired

Bringing its cart and load from A to B

A way out of its horrific life

It sought and could not see.

Its master, he would have its will

The journey would enjoy

The donkey beat, would work and sweat

Under the cruelty the owner did employ.

So one night beneath the stars

The donkey thought - dangerous thing for a donkey to do -

As the sun rose and the moon set

The donkey saw its world with eyes anew.

No more to the master will would it pull the cart

Being clever, and a donkey using its head

It would be stubborn, set its hooves in the dirt

Until allowed to push the cart instead.

So it was let, its owners bemused

Who whipped it more, till its load was brought and gone

The donkey, bore the pain getting its will

Perspired, more tired, laboured on.

The owner still the journey enjoyed

Thought the donkey a little bit odd

Loaded it more, whipped it more again

Cursed it to the saints and God.

I need a new donkey the famer thought

I will bring this one to the fair

Told all of the trick it done of pushing the cart

No one wanted it there.

Home again, the sun set and moon rose again

The donkey to its fate resigned

Let slip a tear unseen in the driving rain

Brayed as if it did not mind...

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Author's Note

This poem shows its complexity in its simplicity... what in your opinion is the real meaning of this poem?

Reviews

[Einstein Noodle]

given a choice .. but blinded ... one might "feel" a sense of freedom but tragically remain just as afflicted ... kind of like voting here in the USA .. its a freedom of choice ... a "power" we are said to have .. but no matter how we vote (it seems) so many things remain unchanged .. and waste, fraud, taxation, (and now weakness) abound ... from one bunch of cronies to the next ... the flow in this one is a bit rough ..could not find the rhythm of it .. the rhyming is stretched too many times so that potential strength is weakened .. the story is important .. the idea as unique as the donkey who got his way ... love the pic! the humor is lost in the seriousness of the message tho ... like those at the fair ... didn't laugh ..didn't want it there ;) its really quite tragic and sad ... wonder just how much i am that very donkey :{
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[Tomás Ó Cárthaigh]

I'm working on the flow. ☺

[Katrina Mckeown]

I feel so sorry for that donkey, thought provoking write. ....i feel sorry for all misused and mistreated animals....horses or dogs of the underground who fight...i want to look after that donkey now lol

[Samuel Dickens]

I guess life is pretty unfair for a beast of burden. If I interpret it right, unfair also for people who try to exercise some individuality. I laughed at the photo. Good for you, Mr. Donkey!