641 : A Life in the Day

Sunday Whirl (Wordle #138) presents a list of words

that we must incorporate in a writing piece.  

The words this week are:

prison, cloak, become, lens, goods, cash,

pursuit, skirt, cruel, wild, Venus, beloved

A Life in the Day

We emerge

From a prison 

Of sorts,

A safe house

Some say,

Into the light,

Into a world

That is harsh,

Wild even, 

Wildly uneven,

Sometimes comforting

Often cruel,

And frequently unfair.

What we do,

What we become,

In our pursuit 

Of purpose,

How we skirt, 

—Or not,

Disasters 

And the vagaries

Of our fate

Is as unpredictable

As the landing 

Of a falling leaf.

Our life when viewed 

Is through a lens

But darkly so.

Venus,

The Morning Star,

The Evening Star,

The goddess of love,

Is with us

All the way.

Who will be

Our ‘beloved’?

And who us for them?

And for how long?

And why?

If we follow

The approved

Pathway

We will worship

Cash

And accumulate

Goods.

But of what value

Are these things?

The day

Of our life,

The small flicker

In the fabric of time

Will, like the sun,

Rise,

Peak,

And decline,

Until the night, 

Like a cloak,

Is laid upon us.

We must use the time

Wisely.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2013

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