Osteon

We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones. - Thoreau

deep down in something else's bone

far away from home

beyond the meat, grizzle and fat

i dig for life's marrow

only to realize that i'm unable to do anything with it

a bow with no arrow

a never ending search for the holy grail

a ship with no sail

hands tied behind my back

trying to read braille

Author's Note

"I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Betty Hermelee]

the marrow of life is the core, the essence of live...and you are searching for the meaning of life...a very deep meaning, which often turns out to be nought.....as it takes so much out of one's strength in body, in mind....I think we all search in different ways....and perhaps we never find it....
Well written piece Pete.
Best, B

[Pete]

thanks b. probably better to do than think. i wouldn't know it if i tripped over it. maybe that's the way to find it - when and where we least expect. it finds us instead ... :)

[Betty Hermelee]

I think you’re correct!
And you’re very welcome!
Best
B

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

We all search for a deeper meaning
You search for the marrow of life well said I say

[Pete]

thanks for sharing julie. why was i born a thinker? nothing is ever settled with me - there always seem to be more questions and second guesses ... :)