P. Gordon Kennedy
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Number of posts : 1076
Registration date : 2008-01-13
Age : 35
Location : Crystal Falls, Michigan
 | | Subject: In Futility Tue Dec 23, 2008 1:59 pm | |
| We’re here for a moment and then we’re gone
Only for a moment in the vastness of eternity
Wasting time chasing after rainbows
And gold that isn’t there
Chasing after money
That only goes down the drain
Or up the chimney into the void
All to make facades that fall down in the end
When all is done and we see it has been in futility
Chasing after treasures that rot and rust
And things here and gone
Wasting time chasing after rainbows
We’re here only for a moment and then we’re gone
Only for a moment in the vastness of eternity
When all is done and we see it has all been in futility |
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Carol Troestler
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Number of posts : 3827
Registration date : 2008-06-07
Age : 86
Location : Wisconsin
| | Subject: Re: In Futility Tue Dec 23, 2008 2:10 pm | |
| Maybe what is important is the chasing, the journey, not the gold or the destination. It is what we learn along the way of that chasing and what we figure out is really important.
In Abe's book, To Beirut and Back, he speaks of embattled Beirut and his realization he had lost everything, but in that he also found out he really still had what was most valuable.
We can chase after things that will rust and rot or just live and watch what goes on around us and one day hope that we'll figure this whole thing out.
Good poem.
Carol |
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Dick Stodghill
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Number of posts : 3795
Registration date : 2008-05-04
Age : 98
Location : Akron, Ohio
| | Subject: Re: In Futility Tue Dec 23, 2008 3:16 pm | |
| Hate to admit it, but you're right, Gordon. So is Carol. It's the chase that makes life interesting. |
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P. Gordon Kennedy
Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1076
Registration date : 2008-01-13
Age : 35
Location : Crystal Falls, Michigan
| | Subject: Re: In Futility Tue Dec 23, 2008 3:28 pm | |
| - Carol Troestler wrote:
- Maybe what is important is the chasing, the journey, not the gold or the destination. It is what we learn along the way of that chasing and what we figure out is really important.
In Abe's book, To Beirut and Back, he speaks of embattled Beirut and his realization he had lost everything, but in that he also found out he really still had what was most valuable.
We can chase after things that will rust and rot or just live and watch what goes on around us and one day hope that we'll figure this whole thing out.
Good poem.
Carol It is the journey that's important in life, not the destination. It's not so much where you end up, but how you get there. |
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