Rebirth
It's the weekend.
So here's a brief distraction for those needing something to read and absorb.
Salute.
Q:
What made you write poetry?
Was it an unconscious calling?
A need or just a natural progression of self-expression?
Or maybe even the 5 stages of post-traumatic growth from a break-up or bereavement?
Or just a need to change?
In my opinion, there is no midlife crisis if this term comes up.
It's just an awakening.
An awakening to a new way of life from the deep slumber of the old
Through perhaps one of these
All been told
A: A deeper acknowledgment of living.
B: Interactions with nature, family, friends, and strangers.
C: Brand-new eyes to see your own pathway.
F: A means to rebuild your mental strength.
Or even
E: Spiritual enlightenment
My answer was post-traumatic linked to all 5.
Someone crossed over and experiencing the eventual demise
Of their memory over time, in many.
A thought suddenly appeared out of the Ether.
When my time comes, will I disappear only to reappear twice a year?
It whispered
Write.
Write books
Create music
Poetry
Anything
Create an extension of you
To stay within the throes of Time
Don't just be a jaded memory visited on your birthday and at Christmas
When people remember
Why they miss us
So here's a memory of that ethereal conversation
Recounting those thoughts from my flux
Title
Rebirth
Child of mine
Who hears my calling
The strong
The weak and maybe you
The newly fallen
Will you be one of my prose soldiers?
To help thaw out those whose hearts are now borne frozen
While trying to survive
Swimming in seas
Of the Torn
Amongst the Sloven
(C)
Copyright John Duffy
Definitions of sloven:
noun: a coarse obnoxious person
Sloven in this creation represents, a myriad of negative Russian dolls.
What do Russian dolls as this metaphor mean?
It could 'mean' the many negative situations, carefully compartmentalized in an embodiment of a physical form
One encounters in everyday situations.
So, from A to E, which one will you pick?
Have a great weekend and hopefully, you enjoyed this brief distraction.
Salute.
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