Thursday, March 8, 2018

The final curtain to herald the end of the road

                                Attribution: Michael Trolove / End of the road, Little Stukeley / CC BY-SA 2.0
Image: A Sad End (here)

The heart booming in little cautious palpitations
This is it the outcome of many uncanny episodes
A finality to the goings-on of varied situations
The final curtain to herald the end of the road

Wonder what little pieces of news along the way
What can transpire before the closing of the chapter
Ought to be serials of lively moments that hold sway
Life will be dull devoid of highlights that inspire

A pull-back on memorable moments and fears
Love and all the permutations with 'little darlings'
The highs and lows, of laughter and sad tears
Generally feature most that makes life worth living

Sanaa at Real Toads  -  curtain falls
Grace at d'Verse's OLN#215

21 comments:

  1. Interesting take on the prompt. Hank. Retrospect thoughts but yes sad as aspiration to encore

    Much🌼love

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  2. A unique and telling poem Hank

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  3. 'Wonder what little pieces of news along the way
    What can transpire before the closing of the chapter'

    Indeed, we never know what's around the next corner. Deeply thought-provoking write, Hank!

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  4. Yes Hank, you explore the duality of life here very sensitively. A theme I myself return to often - meat and drink to us poets!

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  5. love this. had this feeling of the flashback of a person's life at the moment of their ending .. . but they had lived well, loved, laughed and cried and had not lost their life by playing it safe
    Mary (cactus haiku)

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  6. Every chapter can hold something new

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  7. You make it sound like a very peaceful ending, rich with those memories.

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  8. It's the little things along the way that matter.

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  9. "The highs and lows, of laughter and sad tears
    Generally feature most that makes life worth living" The good with the bad and that is life.

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  10. I liked this description of the journey to the end: "the outcome of many uncanny episodes"

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  11. Hard to put your finger it it? What exactly makes life worth living? Perhaps a tiny red lady bug on your finger, settling down for a chat.

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  12. Our highest and lowest memories always seem to dig sharpest.

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  13. Let's hope for many more lively moments!

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  14. Unique and thoughtful poem, Hank. We have to keep adding little things to our memory package.

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  15. So many contrasts in life... in the end it's the sum of it all.

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  16. Hopefully the end means new beginnings!

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  17. It seems to be a peaceful end of the road.

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  18. Very reflective for those of us who can see the end of the road on the horizon. I'm in no hurry, but I do find myself looking back more often than I used to. No regrets.

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  19. Oh, we must live those chapters we are given to the fullest, because every book has an ending.

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  20. Heartfelt words, Hank. Only in those quiet moments can we fully comprehend the emotional content.

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