I sat and marvelled one day
At a snail, as I watched him toil away,
'Oh! Mr Snail can I please ask
Why you need to set yourself such a task,
How long does it take to scale the wall
On the side of my house, so tall?
And why, I ask, if I dare
Do you travel a journey to nowhere?'
'I climb the wall because I can
And I can do it with one foot unlike a human!
I know it takes a long time and my journey is slow
But I don't know how far I go
Because of people like you - I loose track -
You and your kind keep knocking me back
To where I began - so I start again
To climb the wall in your garden,
And in answer to what else you ask
About why I do such a task-
I don't know it's a journey to nowhere
Until I arrive and see what's up there!
But what can I do? I've many hours to fill
And this is my job, it's God's will.'
And then he was gone, annoyed at me
For questioning his right to be!
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sue.evans (
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- Comment from author about the poem: Another strange observation from me!!😂
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To kind sir! I think I have warped sense of humour 😢😢
Wicked! Absolutely love this. As you'll see from my stuff i love entering into kiddies poetry and nonsense. This is outstanding> I'd love to hear you read it - voice it! MORE !!!! +fav's
Thank for such a great response 😊
A fine write Sue. SOS - Save Our Snails. I hurry some on their way on damp days, when they come out. I move them across the path to grass. Saves them getting trampled on with a sickening crunch!
Makes me shudder to think of that sickening crunch!
A quirky take - just love it.
Thank you 😊
excellent! this is what real poetry looks like
What a lovely comment - thank you
Good write. We all have journeys in our life and many of them seem to have no reason except curiosity. We just need to know.
I totally agree - I had the same thoughts as I wrote it.
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