The Living
What could he tell me of life?
Sitting in the creaking rocker
smiling through a wrinkled face.
Do not wander as a rootless tree he said
plant a tree, have a child, write a book
create and enjoy and avoid the land of the dead.
Life is about leaving something behind.
It is culture that remains and
it reveals the creations of the mind.
He closed his eyes and said
The earth is all that lasts
and lost are the dead.
(c) 2024 Larry Kilham
Sitting in the creaking rocker
smiling through a wrinkled face.
Do not wander as a rootless tree he said
plant a tree, have a child, write a book
create and enjoy and avoid the land of the dead.
Life is about leaving something behind.
It is culture that remains and
it reveals the creations of the mind.
He closed his eyes and said
The earth is all that lasts
and lost are the dead.
(c) 2024 Larry Kilham
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