A man buys an old house
Every year the storms blow in
And he hammers
Repairs
Underpins
Every year more parts of the house are destroyed
It is untenable
Yet he fights on
Determined not to be
Defeated
Until one day
After a particularly bad storm is repeated
The man throws his arms in the air
Surrendering
Let’s it go
He loosens all the nails
Watches the iron lift and blow
Until all that is left is debris
Piled in a heap down below
And when it’s cleared away
He builds a brand new home
With strong footings
Deep walls
Designed to take the load
Some structures are doomed to fail
Houses
Relationships
Places
They reach a certain point of decay
The repair of which is too great
To personally expend
Financial loss incurred snowballs
No longer can we gloss things over
They are what they are
It is what it is
Let them go
Build something new
Let the old crap blow away
As humans we expend a lot of energy
On holding on
People
Jobs
Things we have out grown
Instead of like nature
Letting go
What blows blows
Let it go
See what stays
Work with that
*i was reading a book called “the Magicians Way” that spoke about structures. How a cube is difficult to roll, how a sphere does it naturally.
How humans have these same structures that sit just below the level of where they’re making decisions from. What these structures mean for our decision making processes.
I often weave philosophy into my poems because that’s how my subconscious speaks to me and I believe poetry also speaks to the subconscious in others.
Having said that once the words have left me, I have no control over how the reader absorbs them or layers the words into their circumstance.
I am not inciting anyone to demolish anything – it is merely an invitation to look at structures.
In economics they call it “the point of diminishing returns.” In life, we might call it “the point of diminishing emotional growth.” Philosophical points enrich your poetry. Thanks for sharing it.
Thanks Dan
I can totally relate to this and have cut ties with many people go because I was no longer interested in trying to maintain friendships with them.
Which would lead to increased energy and focus no doubt.
Yes, indeed.
I love this – material things can always be replaced but people cannot. We cannot hold on to things, because there’s more to live for than that. Thanks for sharing this piece!
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Hi Nancy thanks for stopping by 😊
“Things we have out grown”. Indeed. This is a great poem.
Thanks guys
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Plans. Letting go of our plans for life. No one can plan, how absurd. Oh but we do it anyways and then are so surprised when things don’t go according to plan.
What’s the saying something like when man plans God laughs – still we cast our New Years goals out there – just got to be flexible I guess
Hahaha! I almost said that and decided to rephrase it. Yes, must be flexible
Structures. Wow. I’ve a picture in my mind of ‘The Unshakeable kingdom of God… things that can be shaken away/ things that remain…” cant remember the quote from bible. Profound post here.
Thanks 😊
I like it. Been learning to let go for some time. And I can tell from this short experience that it’s a powerful thing to learn!!!
Really enjoyed it.
Thanks Amittras – it’s very freeing when you realise you can drop the things you’ve been carrying.
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Thankyou! Very kind – I will do a post soon 😊
There are some things in life that as much as one would like to, one can’t drop them.
That true too.
That’s why I like your poems – because there’s philosophy in them. Spheres roll better than squares. How true. We aren’t all meant to do the same thing. I’m actually finding that difficult to accept right now, but I’m learning to do that.
I’m sure you’ll get there in the end.
Reminds me of a Rumi quote I read yesterday: “Life Is A Balance Between Holding On And Letting Go”.
For many of us, the tendency is to hold on despite all signs, because we are creatures of habit, and fear the unknown. But success lies not in either extreme of holding on always, or letting everything always go…but rather reading life with wisdom and finding the right course of action each time.
Thank you for a beautiful, thought provoking poem.
Thank you for a beautiful thought provoking comment 😊
I loved this. Reading Mark Nepo recently he too says how we should stop holding in so tight. Our adventure of living in France has showed us that, so many times! The Tao Te Ching also says that if we hold on tight we can not allow new things to come to us, it makes total sense to me. I am going to share this if that is okay. ❤️
Share away, thanks for your lovely thoughtful comments. I will have to look into Mark Nepo. As for the Tao Te Ching – I wish it was taught in schools – plain simple common sense. It settles the mind just to read it.
Life is full of Plan B’s. It sounds like you are in deeply on this concept.
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