Take It Slowly Poem by Clyde King
Take It Slowly
I like graveyards. They're peaceful and quiet.
Here no one fights or argues, curses or kills.
Here all have reaped the wages of sin: death.
Now they lie acquitted in peace and rest.
Their loves and hates, joys and griefs,
Victories and defeats matter no more.
Their memories will fade like a photo,
Getting dimmer and less distinct as their headstones.
Set your heart to this: live each day
As if it were your last on this earth
As if this day was the first day of eternity
Live each day as if you had
A second chance to live your life over again
As if you were about to make
The same mistakes you did before.
Life is an exhalation, a brief moment,
Yet in it we sense eternity.
Take it slowly.
March 2017
There's a sense of darkness in this wonderful poem (that I all too well understand) , and yet, an incredible sense of eternal light, and therefore hope. Enchanting.
Lovely lines that are loaded with lessons!
Really a profound, insightful philosophical reflection. Very well penned.
It's a watercolor, and thank you. I call it "Wabi Sabi, " a Japanese phrase for appreciating the old, used, and worn out
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Beautifully written, we have something in common..I like graveyards they have a peacefulness about them.
Hi Kaldorei (Edgar Allen Poe would have loved your macabre poems) thanks for reading. I don't look at this site often but I appreciate your words. Graveyards are peaceful places to me too.
Thanks again Make Shift.