The Tragedy of Seeing Life as a Broken Enterprise

"Why do we complicate the nature of flowers,

even as they sway flawlessly on branches

unencumbered as they are with

either our memories of storms

or visions of a merciless autumn.

Maybe, maybe, I'm not ignited enough

to burn out visions of life which find fears

where I should have found the air to soar."

 

We see the world through the lens of our brokenness. Every time our mirror cracks and pieces of us lie at our feet, we scream into the elements. Much before we understand the potential of solace in the world's unflappability, we find symbols of intent and hurt. We lie bruised and we see blood in the claws of the skies, our hearts crumble and we find the miscibility of dust as perfidious, the world grows intractable to our desires, and we have problems with the hard ground we walk on. Time and again we weep and see flooded rivers in our rivulets.

 

What is it about the world that we first see it as an opponent rather than a facilitator? What is it about nature that we ignore it’s nurturing and only sense it’s destruction. As we walk through the fallen flowers of a storm’s  aftermath, we could drown in the incessant floods of grief, or make our peace in the infinite tenderness of a sky which still glistens. And learn that light is inside what might lie ruptured and torn.

 

If you liked this poem, consider listening to these other poems on complexities of relationships  -

• Why Don't You Make Love to Me Anymore?
• That Gorgeous Evening When You Left
• He Made Lasagna Before He Left

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The details of the music used in this episode are as follows -

Golden Journey Under The Sky Of Autumn by MusicLFiles
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6202-golden-journey-under-the-sky-of-autumn
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license