Whether you look
left or right
west or east
north or south
there is no complete
truth in the words
of humanity
living in
superficiality.
The future is all pure
clean and untainted.
And if you look
far enough to the past
when humanity
lived with nature
it looks maybe.
But I wasn’t there
so I don’t know
how true that is.
And the only time
in the future
I know will be true
for me
is when I cease
to be.
Those who succeed
are not the ones
who see the iceberg
and it try to dismantle.
They are the ones
who ready themselves
on approaching the iceberg
and go around it.
Hi, it’s William Wolfsworth, poetry correspondent at the Greenygrey inspired by legendary Romantic poet William Wordsworth.
Sorry about the long poetic introduction, but I was inspired by Marc Latham’s See Below Sea poem and its reflection, which it was paired with in his 242 Mirror Poems and Reflections book.
I just noticed the book has come down to a new super low price of £2.83 in the U.K. on Amazon; which is about a penny for each of his thoughts; and lots of other currency equivalents I’m sure.
The above See Below Sea link is for fmpoetry.wordpress.com, and an original version of the poem was also published on EveryDayPoets.
I know you’ve all got busy Saturday things to do, and I include relaxing in that, and think I am in danger of overstaying my welcome, so here’s Reflection 6 of 121:
Although inspired by nature, the iceberg of this poem is a metaphor for the human psyche.
As it is only an iceberg’s tip visible above the surface, most people only have a little of their personality, experiences and thoughts on show in society at any one time.
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