The Practical Application Of What We Forgot Poem by Christine Austin Cole
The Practical Application Of What We Forgot
For better or worse
We become accustomed
To our lives.
Witnesses to our
Own lifelong experiment,
We unconsciously
Go about the business of
Defining our norm,
Our ‘average day’, through
The passing of years.
Until,
Falling to foolishness,
We begin to expect
Nothing more
Than more of the same
And call a day ‘good’
Merely for lack of change.
By then,
We have long since
Set down the magic sword,
Said goodbye to the invisible friend,
Escaped from the secret kingdom
And been told
That only birds can fly.
We…have, then, begun to end.
But, sometimes
Someone somewhere,
Somehow
Manages, in some way,
To pause for a moment
And consider
What it would be
To refuse
Another average day.
And if
Some small part of them
Still believes
That life is nothing more
Than what we dream
It to be
Maybe, just maybe,
Fate will intervene.
Life, perhaps,
Will be somehow
Transformed, changed -
Whether quickly or slowly
Dramatically or quietly,
Some certain something
Will be
Irreversibly altered.
And someone… can begin, again.
circumstance often rules the day but you are right, I hope every day this is just a dream and when I wake things will be oh so different, mind the choices we make always have benefits, sometimes we tend to think the lives of others seem much more exciting than our own when the truth is often the opposite, thinking now of the fianl scenes in Beaches, 'did i ever tell you you were my hero', sometimes there is comfort in the norm, we all have if only's lurking in the backs of our minds but would if only have made us any happier, maybe for me the answer is yes, liked this, rgds Smiffy
Hi Christine, oh, yeah....wingin' it..........beautifully......! ! Love, D.
i really enjoyed this poem. it's got that whole daily drab idea, which is truth sadly haha. but the ending is excellent because renewal happens. thank you.
Thanks for retrieving the unnamed temperature of sword and infinitely named strangers sans alienation thanks for touching up the chimney of my dream house, brook and invariably triangular mountains as I sit there tirelessly unmoved yet un-bored I believe that something has changed irreversibility
The practical application of Life 101......required reading! Profound composition.
I was sent a link to this poem today and have to say it had a delightfully uplifting quality in it's message. Too long alone and too sure of uncertainty is the way I have lead my life for some time now, but tomorrow is indeed another day.. excellent read! Wendy
Well placed, and well composed Christine...We do second guess ourselves in life but we always seem to get to where we want to be in the end...and that's out of trying and listening and following our heart...The Heart is the best GPS system on the market...it can lead us to places that only life it self can show us....and it all becomes good in the end...somewhere magical and sometimes unexplained...but what a feeling when we reach life's destination. Great job Christine, I'm really starting to get into your amazing creations. *10* Warm wishes Jon.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Christine you have said it like it should be said. I have been saying something like this for decades, but no one was listening. It is too bad that people in the world are so concerned with what they themselves are doing, and not paying attention to what anyone else is doing. They just don't care. Thank you for sharing yet another poem of the human condition. Love & hugs, Barbara