Notes About The Poem
Oh how we all want comfort, yet few accept comfort’s natural rules.
Beautiful Intrusions
Beautiful Intrusions
by Odin Roark
How often we revolt
Our space invaded
At times creating panic
Other instances
Gifts realized
Yet momentarily misunderstood
Time knows not the right moment
Time merely measures
Yet we often say
“It was at the wrong time”
This “It” remaining often misconceived
To picture the most intrusive
Is to ask the “big” why
Is to realize
Lessons seldom come
As we choose them
A fly in our food
A Marathon’s exhaustion
A “Dear John” on promotion night
A heart attack at 52
Rendering a family bereaved
Time selects all our finish lines
Yet obstacles remain the challenge
Insipid champagne and notoriety the carrot
Failure the feared evil
Still most accept the thwarting
As providence
Sadly
Encroachment on desire
Seems to many
Contrary to empowerment
Yet to those
Accepting impediment
As lesson’s hindrance
Understanding’s challenge
Resolve’s reward
Intrusions are embraced
For without the obstacle
A finish is without reward
Love
Success
Longevity
The final rest
Might be all for nothing
Perhaps it all means nothing
Without time’s
Beautiful intrusions
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