Decades ago he said to you:
"Finish it all, I didn't do."
and now I wonder what that was to mean
is there some understanding I am to gleam
from this peculiar dream.
And just before I heard that comment,
I heard him say again to you
"The doctor's advice came true"
when he said to the man
"Get a dog you understand."
These snippets of a life,
where his often perplexing misunderstandings
kept his body anguished by the confusion
of crossing intersections,
needless to know
misconceptions
of where to head or where to go.
Pondering the circles of indecision,
looking down at his feet
rather than the landscape vision
he could complete
and happily travel and sometime meet
new opportunities.
When loitering is helpful
and meandering is a pleasant path,
wisdom shows "We grow by delays".
So we know
by going back to look again,
dreams may then flow
to let blocked emotions go.
"We grow by delays" is a quote by the author of
"The Cloud Of Unknowing" (see my previous post
September 21, 2024)
Photo credit: Nigella, flower seeds for sale
Lambley Nursery, Ascot, Victoria, Australia
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