Wonderful! You certainly do capture a state of mind, a moment in time.
What is important? This changes as the years pass. We let go, we hold on...why? What matters? What doesn't matter?
One practical application of this essentially impractical poem 😇: The more you own, the more you have to worry about. The more expensive your possessions, the more they seem to matter and thus the greater grip they have on your life.
Everything we own weights us down. Our relationships, our loves and friendships anchor us.
Great poem....
Thank you! I'm thrilled when the intended message of a poem is received. Poetry can be such a subjective thing sometimes people interpret them altogether different from what was running through my mind when I write them.
It's interesting...I was just 'talking with azircon on another blog, and in a way he said the same thing. Different, but the same. He was telling me about Sanskrit passage (I believe it is from the Gita) that speaks about attachment. One hopes to think about such things long before the horizon is clearly in view😄. It's an important message, better realized early than late, but important at any age.
I don't like to analyze poetry, because it is so personal. However, there is nothing obscure about your verse. You 'speak' in plain language.
There's so much wisdom in the Bhagavad Gita. I read it in my mid-20's (the Self-Realization Fellowship version) when I was going through the Kriya Yoga classes. I think that book is very likely significantly older than than is widely accepted.
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