i found it (introduction to a more profound work)

Today I found the answers
and I stuck them in my pocket

I don't know how I fit them all

under my pillow, in my coffee
from every corner I snatched them

bit by bit the big "It" made sense
I rushed home to share the wisdom

my pockets full and sagging
I spilled with every joyous bounce

I simply couldn't hold them all

They had seemed so small, then
while I was hoarding

Frantically grasping through air
I could not stem the loss

It seems that answers grow heavier
the longer you carry them

I watched my only treasures
vanishing in the breeze

I gathered up what I could carry
and left the rest for someone else

Together we could hold them all

 

Today I found the answers
and all that I can carry, I'm bringing home to you






 

Author's Note

The constant use of pronouns is purposeful, but does it work?

Reviews

[Loribeth215]

Hmmmmm....

I like this. There are very good use of metaphors here. And at the same time, I could imagine someone stuffing little bits of paper into every pocket, like millions of strips from fortune cookies. Very good.