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Moments Ravaged

1/25/2015

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By Tony DeLorger © 2015

How can I not mourn the time,
its fleeting passages slipping through my fingers,
while I swipe my hands in thin air,
trying to capture but moments,
hold them close and imbibe their beauteous avail,
but elusive they are to my desperation,
once passed, the crumbs of memory console only,
so momentary, one dimensional.

In youth this focus trite and pointless,
exuberance the great magnifier of rapturous experience,
each moment a blissful rendition of joy or pain or a soul bereft,
and now each moment seen and appreciated,
is whisked away like a cinder spark, a flash in darkness,
lost to time, with barely a moment to conceive,
and I, feeling inept for the loss,
and wanting for the experience.

How age defines life,
segregates those wonderful notions of fantasy,
with those harsh truths gleaned from all the pain,
and in that understanding an irony of proportions,
old enough to see, and not young enough to do anything about it,
and a smile relents my furrowed brow, knowing,
for that is life, the cycle, the knowledge,
and though I groan about it, I am content.

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Lewis Goldenberg
2/9/2015 09:55:23 am

I was considering Wisdom yesterday. It is something that only comes with age. At thirty one could be a genius but that is not wisdom. At 40 you're old enough to think you're getting old but still feel strong so maybe you'll never get old. By 50 wow look how old I am now. But not nearly wise and at 60 still feeling strong you can think that getting old is not so bad. When I turned 70 something changed. The cycles of life started to come clear and wisdom raised it's head and said hello. But I am still a fighter and that's not wise. It's coming I can see it but Wisdom only comes with age. That doesn't mean you can't get old and not be wise. It is not an automatic thing. My mother has some wisdom but at 92 she'll never be wise. I'm working on it

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Tony DeLorger
2/9/2015 10:03:53 am

Hi Lewis, you're finally back home. Hope you enjoyed your trip, and your Mum's well as can be expected. Wisdom is a dicey one, as age doesn't guarantee it, but it allows it to unfurl to those who are open enough. It;s something we all have to work on. I've been busy on two poetry sites: AllPoetry.com and Writers Network.com both of which are good for me, reading a reviewing. Bubblews is still there, but very quiet. I drop in every now and then.

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    Tony DeLorger is a novelist and poet and has written for both HubPages and Bubblews and presents here both inspirational prose and poetry, about nature, philosophy, spirituality and the human condition.

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