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Poeticpiers
03-23-2008, 08:14 AM
Inevitable

The rugged rocks although they try
cannot prevent, merely delay.
The flowing stream which will pass by
and in so doing wear away.

The rocks which try to stem the flow
and slowly grind them down to sand.
This is the secret rivers know
theirs is the task to change the land

Although the rugged rocks maintain.
That they will keep their pride of place.
The water moves them grain by grain
until there’s very little trace.

They may endure for centuries
but water flows eternally.
The rocks succumb eventually
and leave the river flowing free.

Time also like a river flows
and wears away the lives of men
Though to what end and what purpose.
Men question time and time again.

There are some things we may not know
and that is why there’s no reply.
We only know it must be so
that in due course all men must die.

22-Mar-08
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LETHE
03-23-2008, 08:52 AM
me ole spanner...

exactly right for the beginning of this...everything
is merely delay...water and time...firmament dissolved always...why not

There are some things we may not know
and that is why there’s no reply...that feeds me the most...sometimes time stops ...but thats another story...

louis

e-piph[lol]
03-23-2008, 01:50 PM
i do not know wht this poem makes me feel - enjoyed

AlluraD
03-25-2008, 01:52 PM
Beautifully written..flows just like that stream. I love the title...even before you switched from the moving, eternal water to time I saw that very thing. Enjoyed this one very much...makes me think one must make hay whilst the sun shines~;)
~Lou

Beki
05-26-2008, 05:12 PM
full of your particular wisdom i have come to appreciate so much --- nicely penned.

Jack Daniels
05-27-2008, 02:17 PM
Fresh images mixed with some ultimate truths.