Are you passing on love or are you passing on pain? Heal your pain and pass on love.
Good morning, soulmates. As my regular readers know, Sunday is devoted to poetry here at Adulting – Second Half. Poems are soultalk. Poems evoke more emotion and wonder and intimacy than your average prose. Write a poem today. Share it in my Comments, if you like. On Sundays, sometimes I write a poem and sometimes I share a poem. Today I will try to do both. The above poem, “Trees”, by Joyce Kilmer is a classic, and it is wonderful. Incidentally, Joyce Kilmer was an American man and sadly, he was killed in action, during World War I. Here is my poem for the day:
“The Seekers”
Two treasure hunters scour the fruitful land,
Eager to see what bounty they can command.
They dredge the sea, for ancient coins, and brilliant jewels.
One seeker is single minded with his vision and his tools.
He fills his ornate box with plenty of wealth and weight.
His overspilling bounty is his focused life’s work’s fate.
The other seeker is easily distracted by the beauty all around him,
Often instead of searching in waters, he chooses to softly swim.
He takes time to nourish the creatures that share his borrowed space.
He stares at the starry skies, in wonder of this magical place.
Who in the end, ends up with the greatest treasure?
I suppose it all depends on how you choose to measure.
Seeker one is tethered to a heavy, worldly treasure, with which is hard to part,
Whereas seeker two, is much lighter. His wondrous treasure is stored within his heart.