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A Life
Wake early in the morning
Sometime pray, sometime not
For similar seem the days
Like night - or light.
Walk or commute to work
After some light breakfast
Sun on her back
Or rain soddening her hair.
Future in her arms
Memories of life to bear.
Endurance like mountain carries
Till all is set in destiny.
Watch receding humanity
Down into some obscure slope
Letting it shape up like a ball
And tie its common knot.
I enjoyed this poem. One? Because no matter, life goes on. Be it sun, be it rain. One day follows another. Two? Because it is true, we all go down the slope to become "a common knot". It is a good poem.
Thought provoking. Yet meaningful and real in its exploration of human experience. The imagery of waking up in the morning evokes the memory of new beginnings and hopeful journeys through life. Then, in the following lines, Milton captures the reality of our hopes and dreams: "Future in her arms Memories of life to bear. Endurance like mountain carries Till all is set in destiny..." Thank you so much, Milton, for giving us "A Life"! Ugonna