Two girls discover
the secret of life
in a sudden line of
poetry.
I who don't know the
secret wrote
the line. They
told me
(through a third person)
they had found it
but not what it was
not even
what line it was. No doubt
by now, more than a week
later, they have forgotten
the secret,
the line, the name of
the poem. I love them
for finding what
I can't find,
and for loving me
for the line I wrote,
and for forgetting it
so that
a thousand times, till death
finds them, they may
discover it again, in other
lines
in other
happenings. And for
wanting to know it,
for
assuming there is
such a secret, yes,
for that
most of all
2007-02-27 11:12:22 · 14 answers · asked by harryn 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
Hi...from what i can gather its about learning the something ('secret of life') from another person's experience... the person who experienced it themselves..could not understand or did not learn anything from it..maybe because they were in the situation themselves...but other people 'two girls' learnt from it...the use of girls could be because females are given the reputation of being more abstract...or perhaps it is a symbol that anyone can find out this secret...even girls (young and niave).
Reference that they have forgotten the secret could be that although they had learnt from these experiences the poet has had...people often fall in the same mistakes...
Life gives us opportunities to experience different things 'thousand times, till death find them'...Each experience is different but the secret...or the message is the same for every single one of us,..it is only interpreted in a different way...
And finally to conclude...we are assuming that from this life we have...there is a little "secret" for us all to learn...this is an assumption made by humans...
This is how i interpreted it...
take care :D
2007-02-27 11:23:02 · answer #1 · answered by Danielle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is one of the most intriguing lines of free verse I have ever read. I think it is about love, secrets and the gift of confabulations. Best read by a lazy fire in a hearth.
2007-02-27 11:39:03 · answer #2 · answered by Monsieur Rick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Looks like the person was high on something when writing this or they are lost in another dimension.
2007-02-27 11:18:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the author is trying to express how much of an effect poetry has on their life and how he/she can express themselves using poetry. that they'd be lost without it to some extent.
2007-02-27 11:16:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's gibberish, it means nothing, except to the person who wrote it.
2007-02-27 11:21:34 · answer #5 · answered by sity.cent 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi iam,
this poem is absurd. forget about it. enjoy the life!
2007-02-27 11:28:03 · answer #6 · answered by amarnath 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we all have different minds one person might understand something that another person doesnt
2007-02-27 11:19:26 · answer #7 · answered by jasmin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
somethin about death, thats all i got out of it.
2007-02-27 11:20:49 · answer #8 · answered by emily 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't help you- don't have a clue. sorry.
2007-02-27 11:19:53 · answer #9 · answered by Taz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is clear to me
2007-02-27 11:18:30 · answer #10 · answered by William C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋