Friday, March 23, 2007
No Great Secret
Some people are born with broken hearts,
never healing, at best only coping.
Fearful of both life & death,
if they have any sense at all,
they follow their youthful inclinations,
slipping into a quiet life,
a transparent job, a marriage
to someone who embraces them with such
patient acceptance that there's
small chance of ever breaking apart,
no matter how much they stretch
& push against the bondage.
They will always be children,
always need someone to "take care" of them.
In return, they are doggedly loyal,
mostly content with routine,
creating traditions they can honor -
they do it to channel their anger
at the unfairness of being born
with no memory of eternity.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
never healing, at best only coping.
Fearful of both life & death,
if they have any sense at all,
they follow their youthful inclinations,
slipping into a quiet life,
a transparent job, a marriage
to someone who embraces them with such
patient acceptance that there's
small chance of ever breaking apart,
no matter how much they stretch
& push against the bondage.
They will always be children,
always need someone to "take care" of them.
In return, they are doggedly loyal,
mostly content with routine,
creating traditions they can honor -
they do it to channel their anger
at the unfairness of being born
with no memory of eternity.
