Afraid

Dasim

What will become of you

As you begin that long journey

Towards the ever receding gate

Of promised dreams?

Alone, on an unmarked road

Flanked by life’s random visitors,

Speaking in strange languages,

Pulling you in, pushing you out.

Will quiet nights follow happy days

In that endearing living room of yours

Where your goodness shines

Through every little thing?

And will the smiling faces  

On your walls and shelves

Urge you onwards

Or hold you back?  

Shall you walk on lightly

Without hunger or thirst,

Thanking the Universe for love and kindness

Without fear of darkness?

Or will your steps be heavy

With regret and loneliness as friends,

Always wondering, always longing

Perhaps a song or sudden light

Will show a way to that place

Where love and thoughts

Are tender friends.

Or maybe a magical prayer

Will calm our troubled hearts

So anxious to love,

So afraid of strange places.

  • Author: Dasim (Offline Offline)
  • Published: October 22nd, 2020 09:39
  • Comment from author about the poem: I wrote this as one of my daughters chose a path that I did not comprehend.
  • Category: Unclassified
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  • dusk arising

    Between your words is the dilemma of caring when someone chooses a path into a place we would not go. But there should be no holding back of another soul, each must tread their path as well as they see fit and if there be such a thing as destiny, then that destiny is theirs alone.

    I hope it turns out well for your daughter.

    • Dasim

      Thank you, I agree although it's easier said than done (as it almost always is..)

      • dusk arising

        I think sometimes we just have to step back and watch without voicing too much disapproval because that could alienate us and really the most important thing is that contact is never lost and you become a very readily available safety net if it all goes wrong for her. Yes easier said than done, and down right unfair when youve put years of love and care into her.... but who ever said life is fair.
        Wisdom and love will win the day.

        • Dasim

          👍

        • L. B. Mek

          'Or will your steps be heavy
          With regret and loneliness as friends,
          Always wondering, always longing
          Perhaps a song or sudden light
          Will show a way to that place
          Where love and thoughts
          Are tender friends.'
          wonderfully insightful and subtle in tone, underlining that tight rope parent's have to traverse: yearning to pass-on their hard-earned wisdom - fruits from their own mistakes, while being careful to not discourage or belittle the opportunities presented to their most cherished of treasures.

        • Bragee

          wonderful write.
          All we can do is pour good into our children and hope that end they find their way to pour that good back out into the world.

          • Dasim

            you are right, thanks for your comment. I am glad you enjoyed it.



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