Sojourn
The cycle of life
Sojourn
Children are born warm from heaven.
Takes time to acclimatize those little ones
new and unfolding,
into the trials and the dramas;
So, much time is spent sleeping.
In ripeness of season
to be fashioned by heartaches
and moulded by fleeting joy.
But for now,
safely cocooned in dreams.
The elders may yearn for heaven.
Races run and will dissolved,
world-worn and weary of it all.
Some rage against the flesh prison
Some take refuge in the thinning of the veil.
It’s why I love dawn and twilight
Times of transition are charged
with such…
meaning.
© stormwolf 2023
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You covered a lot of ground in this short poetic rendition my friend – and I understood 😉
Gerry x
Yes, I wanted to highlight the differences of the two seasons of entering and leaving…. not the sojourn itself. It is one of the reasons I feel, that young children and grandparents get on so well. There is an innate understanding.
Children have vague memories of where they have come from and elders are only too well aware how quickly the sojourn has passed.
The interim period is a story unto itself but I wanted to highlight transition. 😉
Alison x.
Very well crafted… So much food for thought in this brief write.
Thank you Meil. I explain more in the comment above.
Thanks for reading and commenting. 🙂
Alison
x
Your picture lends itself so well to this contrast between the newly born and those of advanced years. Love your ending sentiment.
Me too, on the awesomeness of dawn and twilight, and I like the way you use your poem to point out that the opposite stages of life are much the same as the beginning and ending of the day.
Thanks for reading it so well. 🙂
I feel that dawn always has a sacredness to it..holy ….whereas twilight has an air of sadness but they do speak to us on a deep level don’t they?
Alison x
A lovely balanced and thoughtful poem…Leila x
Thank you Leila, I am so glad you liked it.
Alison x
Very melon-collie, O Wolfly One! The rage had me thinking of Dylan Thomas’s famous villanelle. Sounded good when read aloud. Mitch
Thanks Mitch.
Being a deep thinker helps me find inspiration for poetry.
I do enjoy reciting them so that the full meaning hopefully comes across. 😉
WO x