Slow Down
Take it easy, take your time,
For you are swimming in another's mind.
A Mother's story, and a Father's glory,
Carrying the weight of stranger's lives.
A broken heart and a new start,
A timeline of horse behind the cart,
Rolling down that slippery slope,
Skinning knees and tearing worlds apart.
Slow down, Slow down.
One foot first, then the other,
The reflection seen is not the brother,
The Light blown, and the Bird flown,
The past is ever-present unlike no other.
Time moves forward endlessly spinning,
Toward an end that is beginning,
A perfect circle mindlessly turning,
Win to lose, and loss to winning.
Slow down, Slow down.
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That's a fine poem...was it written with smallsteps in mind or geared more at the general population?
I think we all carry the baggage of our upbringing.
Spoken well and truly
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Slow down, slow down. Think carefully, analyze, and decide accordingly. Don't let a small mistake lead to irreversible regrets :)
This is how I see it. Speed of action without clarity of thought, generally ends up not so great.
Very nice. I wish that time would slow down just a bit more. Then maybe I would be able to slow down as well. Or maybe the one needs to come before the other!
If time flies when having fun, the trick to slowing down life is just to be miserable.
Slowing down gives us the chance to think, recover, and really connect with the people in our lives.
And evaluate what we actually need to do right now, rather than what our defaults are making us do.
This is a beautiful poem, the repetition of 'slow down' is just a reminder to us as individuals that we should take a pause even in the midst of chaos, sometimes we just need to enjoy our present moment and find a way to balance life and time.
Maybe it is not about enjoyment at all. Perhaps when in chaos, the slow down is to be able to focus on what is actually needed.
True, that's another view to it
A fine poem you've penned which hammers on the Importance of making the journey of life with ease and carefulness. We often make bad decisions if we are in a haste. Slow and steady often wins the race. Speed is not all that matters.
A joke with my daughter is about "chicken panic", where panicking only makes things worse. And speed doesn't mean competence.
The slower I live, the more I see in this world. When I hurry, I notice very little.
I wonder if the perception of life length would be altered if we could change the speed of our experience.
Yes, of course. There is one of my favorite Ray Bradbury stories on this topic - Frost and Fire (1946).
The rhythm and how the words flowed was amazing! The message was simple, but with how fluid and well placed the words used are made it even more elegant.
Thank you.
Dear @tarazkp !
I wonder if Smallsteps is currently living in the story of her mother and the glory of her father!
What story should a mother tell, and what glory should a father have?
Perhaps you will be a glorious father who leaves her a wonderful home?😄
When we are driving fast in top gear, we should slow down and take a break. Since we cannot achieve anything by going fast, we should slow down, gain time, minimize accidents, and reach a successful destination.