HISTORY LESSON

HISTORY LESSON
in our diurnal arc
how obdurate we now stand
(no mention now
of how obsequiously we came
begging)
again
requesting,
asking,
demanding,
a change of venue,
a new plan
(odd how the new venue
resembles the old)
and in our diurnal arc
we will build it,
we create our new arrangement,
formed painstakingly from
our modern resolve
with the stones of our past,
and, when it binds,
controls,
steals,
our creative spirit,
again we come
(so obsequiously
sycophantically
groveling)
again
obdurately begging for freedom
from our diurnal arc...

Reviews

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it is interesting how history keeps repeating itself as we continue to rebuild our lives from those old stones... i love the use of the diurnal arc to describe our lifespan... it is a path we are on and very few are able to find suitable tangents that will take us into new directions... love this.

[jeannemarie coulter]

why, i wonder do we as a whole fail to learn as we rebuild, repeating the same fragile constructions over and over...politics really astounds me in that area...it simply boggles my mind...thank you for the kind and generous words...jc

[JayceeC]

Our lives seem to be carved into patterns thatvwe can't move away from. So we take all the old with us to make a new start. Does it make sense? No but most of us cling to the familiar even as we beg for something new and exciting.

[jeannemarie coulter]

thank you...

[jacob erin-cilberto]

ah history does repeat itself, and we rarely seem to find that we learn from the bad stuff...we do it over again...
love the wording in this...clever and challenging....

[jeannemarie coulter]

your words honor me...thank you

[dan]

When something seem to not be broken there is no need to throw away the mold, so time brings all things around again for a do-over, a chance to do better (or so we hope). As hope springs eternal, so the circle comes back around again. take care...dan

[jeannemarie coulter]

excellent thought about the cycling nature of life and our attempts to improve each time we spin again...thank you

[Perkele.7885]

we are on a path to repeat our mistakes if we do not stop at some point, and make the decision to try something of a different nature. It cannot be any worse than the road that we are already on. we know where that one leads.

[jeannemarie coulter]

unfortunately we do, but we continue to keep walking the same path expecting to end up in a different place...mankind is silly that way...thank you...jc

[wordman]

and it`s a interesting lesson indeed,never heard it

[jeannemarie coulter]

thank you very much for reading and responding...

[wordman]

my pleasure