dr_con Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Learning to Fly The crutches are missing We are empty without them Again and again gods abandon What we relied on to walk or to run Discarded by love we cry out our heart’s eternal confusion belief drowns in weeping just below the waves A soft beating growing more pronounced no more false passions erred ignorance gloried suffering rather a single unadorned source greater than hungry fearful thoughts of falling discovering by grace this is how we fly. Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David W. Parsley Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Seemingly builds on the notion that religion is a crutch, the existential crisis that follows such a realization. When the knowledge of god(s) is a cornerstone of one's existence, it can result in a sensation of free fall, the need to acknowledge of self reliance with a self distressingly small in the context of a universe. The poet declares an inner grace that can turn this to flight. I think many can identify with this experience, having passed through it and survived, or persisting there. This is a poem of significance, which I will return to. Thanks (I think!), - Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleksandra Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Loved the title, and the poem's structure, DC.This is on of those new ones from you, IMO, and it's lovely. Aleksandra Quote The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth - Jean Cocteau History of Macedonia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Yes, interesting perspective, Juris. We are empty without the crutches, not the other way around as would be expected. But learning to fly is a metaphor for (everlasting) life itself. Tony Quote Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_con Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 Thanks All! I love the multi-interpretations of this- I'm just beginning to write stuff (I think is passable again). Hope this continues to influence and inspire.Many Thanks! Juris Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleksandra Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Thanks All! I love the multi-interpretations of this- I'm just beginning to write stuff (I think is passable again). Hope this continues to influence and inspire.Many Thanks! Juris Well, Juris, I hope it inspires. I was used to find an inspiration all around me, but lately it seems the inspiration became as hidden treasure for me :). I hope it's different for you :). Quote The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth - Jean Cocteau History of Macedonia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_con Posted March 21, 2012 Author Share Posted March 21, 2012 Sometimes we need a break... Sometimes the road is too hard- But it all comes back- The Hungry Ghosts become poems and the life we live becomes literature;-) Thanks Aleksandra! Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen M. Callirhoe Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 well put juris. aleks has been going thru no poem face longer then me. i have not written one in almost four months. second longest streak for me in 13 years.. how true the life we live becomes literature. i lived so much life till the day of my accident. i still have spiritual stories experiences i could write about since my accident happened, but i have a million stories i could write about stuff that occurred in my life before the accident happened. so many precious memoriesthat floodgate my mind in so much sorrow. this poem is a great metaphor for life. well inked juris. you and alek and all my poet friends i am so thankful for in my life. without poetry i would be a blur. victor Quote Larsen M. Callirhoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank E Gibbard Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 In passing hello again Larse (welcome back) and a big hello to DC.I don't do spiritual, but concentrating as I mostly do with style and word use. I enjoyed the fly-away "fly" at the end, appreciate the metaphor and the dialogue by others here which is interesting but not involving for my atheist's eye. Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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