A Truly Momentous Memory: Poem 77

'A Truly Momentous Memory' is about friendship and about caring enough to love the life of another. In a few simple words the New Zealand poet Pearldiver, shows how powerful and unexpectedly beautiful the art of true friendship can be. Or perhaps, this is more about love, or faith, or hope and kindness, than it is about friendship. Actually, why don't you decide what the profound words of the poet are really saying, in this thought provoking short poem. Can the power of love really bring a creature or human back to life? Can true friendship exist between a wild thing and a person?

Do creatures remember a kindness given to them unconditionally? Are creatures really reincarnated into people and visa versa? Is it possible that we really don't know that much about ourselves, let alone other creatures? Should we care, if we only perceive the lives of other creatures as being of far less value to the world, than ourselves? Is it possible, that we could learn to appreciate, how much other living things, actually contribute to, the improvement and well being of our collective world? Is it possible? Think about it; what have you learned in your life, nature-wise and what have you taught your children? Do they really care?

Are we as a race, now so well evolved, that we no longer notice something so beautiful as a free and wild bird's song? Are we as a race, always going to be so arrogant as to believe, we are superior to creatures with no apparent ability, to spend their lives concerned about, designer products, internet traffic, social networking exposure, geek gossip along with, increasing poverty, health problems and expanding backsides? Please, get real people!

Would we just not be better of, overall, if we just ditched all the BS, got real and took time to genuinely care, if our friendships were mutual and something, almost as angelic, as a bird's song in the early morning, in your world, is no longer heard? Who are we becoming if we, don't even care enough to genuinely know how others feel, how others love, and why birds sing to those they trust, with their lives. Enjoy 'A Truly Momentous Memory,' enjoy this poem #77.

Copyright © 2013 Pearldiver – Art of the Diver with all rights reserved.

‘A Truly Momentous Memory'

Poem # 77.

I am sure, that throughout my life, I will always remember…

The last time I felt, the racing, frantic heartbeat of a fallen bird...

And how, all of its fears, just disappeared, in one last blink...

A beautiful life lost in my hands, a song no longer, to be heard.

“Throw it away!” others said, “It's just a bird!”

“Just a common, everyday thrush, I think!”

Yet I couldn't, I felt too sad and too numb, to feel that way

And then I realized, that her heart was still beating, now, oh so slow.

So, I just held her to my heart, to relax her, before, I let her go...

But I remember, when the sun came up, on this New Years Day

I remember, as it shone, so brightly, across my cluttered kitchen sink...

I felt a great pride, well up inside me, at least equal to its glow...

And the beauty, of my thrush's song, first heard, came into play

A truly momentous memory, of a friend, I'd like to think...

I wonder if, I protect and love her well, along the way…

Will she always remember, and will she sing to me, again, next Valentines Day...

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* Words by Pearldiver *

Copyright © 2013 Pearldiver – Art of the Diver with all rights reserved.