Did you ever listen to the old folks talk, when you were a little kid?

Question

An Old Man Told Me This*


Walk with no shoes...walk quietly.
Walk like a new mother,
Watching her babe.
Walk, not speaking, as close to
Sunset as you can.
Walk when there are no clouds
In the sky.

Tiptoe to the waves' edge. Stop.
Do not touch the water.
It is not yet time.
Listen, until the sun touches the
Horizon.

Now. Fill your hands with water,
Foam, the sea. The Mother.
What do you feel...what do you
Sense?
They are all there...in your hands...
Dinosaurs, Neanderthal, ancestor
Reptiles, Rameses, Montezuma...

Eternity cannot compare to their
Peace.
All now gone...have found the
Beginning.
No more will they return.
We have lost them...not to bones,
Ashes.

To a place in Time where they come
And go as they please.
They will know you, eventually,
By the feel of your hands...
Reverence in your eyes...
Sorrow in your heart.
For there is no Heaven, only
Continuity...
In the Sea.

Elysabeth Faslund...Poemhunter.com

Answer 1

You inspire me to write again!

Answer 2

This is so lovely . I can almost hear the old man speaking . It is also an interesting philosophy and you have captured it in tremendous and moving imagery . I love it.

Answer 3

Nice poem

Answer 4

whats your point to that??????????????????