Silver Beard
Ohbard and Pell meet up over lifetimes and dimensions
for exchanges and conversations:
Ohbard
my beard, it seems it wisps in grey
and straggles age, unkempt alike
and saddens my face dear Pell
Pell
your beard, great Ohbard, why it does not wisp
but states and in silver not grey, for silver
is sought after and with age it is wisdom
and distinguishes not saddens
Ohbard
but wisdom lies in many ways and with many
who gain their years as I
Pell
perhaps, and more so, but some knowing
is worth more than others
Ohbard
dear Pell I wouldn’t say knowing
for we can never know, not truly know
until it is our time and then alas
we take that knowing with us
unable then to impart and spread
Pell
then if we do not know as we age
do we merely guess?
Ohbard
I wouldn’t say guess either Pell
for what may be knowing is more a sensing
a feeling and a making of sense to those feelings
Pell
then, great Ohbard, do we not each interpret
those feelings and senses differently?
Ohbard
impressive
indeed we do dear Pell
and that is why it is not law or fact
Pell
then may I ask, great Ohbard
how are you not afraid of your dying?
Ohbard
to be not afraid of something
we must understand it, for understanding
reduces fear but Pell, my understanding
is only at peace with me, it is only my residing
Pell
will I understand when my time comes?
Ohbard
that Pell is the worry of Man, for I do not
speak for Man, I speak for my own settlement
and that sees me unafraid of what will become
after for I believe that my understanding shows
a hereafter, a beginning again, and Pell, we shall
have this conversation again as we have many times
Pell
but Ohbard…
But Ohbard passed in piece. Pell sat in quiet sadness by
his mentor’s side, understanding that his mentor had
departed and would now know for himself the truth of
his feelings and senses.
Copyright © Clive Culverhouse | Year Posted 2024
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