Tuesday’s Child
Thursday’s Child has far to go …
so too does Tuesday’s child,
especially this one, when he sets out
on a Tuesday on a long journey.
Just by chance, I caught this cormorant.
“Behind you, quick,” said Clare.
I turned and ‘Click!’
Such a miracle:
the first steps of flight
taken over water.
That first step heavy,
the second one lighter,
and the third one
scarcely a paint brush
pocking the waves.
The need for Tuesday’s Child
to take flight lies deep within me.
Fleeing from what?
Running towards what?
Who knows?
All I know is that the future
lies to the right of this photo
and the past lies to the left,
and I don’t know
what either might contain.
But I do remember the words
of Antonio Machado:
‘Caminante, no hay camino,
sólo hay estela sobre la mar.’
traveler, there is no road,
just a wake across life’s sea.
We may not know what lies ahead
but, like a ship at sea,
we leave white water behind us
and that wake tells us
where we have been
and what we have done.
Thank you. Serendipity really: a lucky click of the camera, two matching lines from one of my favorite Spanish poets, and an inspiring comment from one of my first readers. Genuine team work!
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Superb
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Felt it more like a poem. Nicely done.
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Thank you. On re-reading it, I wondered whether to revise and versify it. It would break nicely into stanzas with a slight touch here and there. Maybe I’ll give it a poetic go.
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Oo it sounds great.. Give it a try and will surely read it. 😊😊
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Just updated it. I will revise the poem again (and again etc) but it looks good. Thanks for the suggestion!
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