In your lost moments

Albert's Poetry Cafe ~ Tovli's Ten! ~ Prose poem - Using all the words: dark , chair, weak, alive, beached , lavish, noise, sudden , laughter

 

Looking at you, little ones, I wonder what life will offer to you.

Will you die old or young, weak or strong?

 

Death can come when you are just sitting in a chair reading

The earth trembles, a building falls apart on top of you

Or you may have a car accident

Or a hurricane or a big wave or a big fire can catch you

Or a war maniac drops a bomb in the place you are resting

Or your heart sudden fails while you are dancing in a party

 

Why should you worry about our preservation?

 

Life shouldn’t be a dark journey to the grave

Thinking that if we scarify childhood, a pleasant love noise

Knead, work, mold and preserve our bodies and morals

We will get to the end beached and safe

 

I wish your journey can be light an bright

 

Sing your way your to the grave

Be it long

Be it short

And may you always be alive, during the time you have to live

Eat what you like, make lots of friends

Love and do whatever gives you pleasure

And may laughter come easily to you every single day

 

When you get to the end of your journey

With your body completely worn out or still young

In your lost moments, be sure you can scream out loud:

 

- It was all worth! What a lavish and beautiful journey!

Author's Note

This poem came to me thinking of all the horror of Haiti… How in one moment we can be laughing and the next we can be at the end of the world…
Photo: Samara and Rafael with their parents…

Reviews

[Phibby Venable]

beautiful photo and the poem conveys a great deal of beauty and
wisdom. fine writing.

[Nancy Lee Shrader]

Inspiring!!!

[Tina Kline]

Beautiful. Quite inspiring. You did a really nice job on this.

[Wicahpi]

I enjoyed reading this very much.
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