2 Country Songs

by

Oscar Pelta

When the fires
of youthful passion,
have dampened down,
have become the embers
of publicly unwelcome
middle age,
it is then
we must begin
to practice
the Art of Loss,
grace in the face
of constant unbalance
and the flowing away
of all we love
and hold dear.
Perhaps peculiar
to the few,
that late in life
had the children
of their own irresolute youth,
is this troubled middle ground
between aged parents
and most troublesome children?
This is the nexus
between the red and blue eternities
that doppler-laden loom on either side
of this apparent life.
It is now we must breathe the breath
as the stars coalesce and explode,
nova and supernova,
and pause to reflect
on what we have loved
and lost,
to be sure
we have gained much,
but the adding is easy;
it is the taking away
that requires special attention
and care as befits the calmness
of that wisdom
which is gained
only by the experience
of loss.

NEXT?
Why don't you look at Life - a sad limerick
by: Joyce Hemsley
from: Sunderland, England, UK

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