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So well written..
posted by
dark_mistress
on June 9, 2008 at 6:16 PM
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Your opening lines practiclaly paints the picture. Brava! It is similar to
a tale from India my parents used to tell us, especially my mom. But both Dad and Mom knew that tale about the grass being only apprarently greener on the other side. That is largely why I fought apartheid (not for East Indians but on behalf of all S.Africans) in those decades before the Bushs changed the rules of public culture, warmaking, "defense" and "constructive engagement and disengagement" both. Shalom
posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on June 9, 2008 at 2:23 PM
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Such captivating imagery! sam
posted by
sam444
on June 9, 2008 at 10:44 AM
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Sinome
When I come to your blog it's almost as though I prepare myself for a quiet and inspiring read. Today's message - or at least the message I drew from the piece - that the grass is always greener on the other side is so very true. Why is it we're rarely content with the life that we have? Thank you for yet another wonderful read!
posted by
Troosha
on June 9, 2008 at 10:16 AM
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Yet, we still wish. So, I buy a lottery ticket here and there. Twenty bucks in winnings will do!
posted by
Soul_Builder101
on June 9, 2008 at 7:29 AM
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You are so right, Sinome
But the restless human heart cannot but wish for the unattainable, as you yourself probably know well...
posted by
Nautikos
on June 9, 2008 at 5:42 AM
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I love it .... and isn't this a universal truth ... we want what we can't
or don't have. The grass always looks greener on the other side .... why do we so rarely sit back and make the best of what we are given ... appreciate what we have? You're poetry is always a great read. Hope all is well and that you had a good weekend
posted by
VictoriaP
on June 8, 2008 at 8:02 PM
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~ wonderful analogy --- just wonderful ~ certainly truth rings throughout this excellent poem.
~Elyse
posted by
elysianfields
on June 8, 2008 at 7:57 PM
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Sinome
So beautifully you have touched the lives of ones yearning to be free, and its opposite, of ones yearning to live a warm cosy life. To be free entails its toils, nonetheless, it's of an immensely greater value. Excellent poem. Good Morning
, and thanks for your encouraging comments on my blog.
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on June 8, 2008 at 7:29 PM
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I love this poem! Its great! Bravo! we never seem to be happy with what we have, huh. Ironic.
posted by
Nataluna
on June 8, 2008 at 5:41 PM
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mmmm sweet!
posted by
lestate7
on June 8, 2008 at 4:38 PM
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Re: A Pretty Poem!
ooops Bardolicious... thanks I am fixing it :-)
posted by
Sinome
on June 8, 2008 at 3:59 PM
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Oh how we never know what the heart wants! This was a lovely poem with a lot of truth in it about life in general. Those who have certain things, always want what they don't have, and it is a pity because no one will ever by happy with that kind of logic. When I first read your poem, I thought the top half looked like a round gilded cage...
Magnificent poem!
posted by
NiteTide
on June 8, 2008 at 3:24 PM
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A Pretty Poem!
Don't look now, but "guided" should be "gilded."
posted by
WindTapper
on June 8, 2008 at 2:42 PM
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Somehow I liken 'wishing' to 'hope'-(maybe I'm wrong)-but we have to have
HOPE! To have HOPE-I feel first there must be a wish-(otherwise why would we have hope?) This is a Beautiful poem Sinome! It is also quite thought provoking! Chris.
posted by
Scramble
on June 8, 2008 at 2:38 PM
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..very well done! my guru say happiness lies not in getting what we want but, in being content with what we have...if only we could...moon 
posted by
magic_moon
on June 8, 2008 at 1:50 PM
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