Time does tick quickly, more as one ages
We can’t believe during early stages
Sometime, some will see; yet many won’t know
Perceptions permeate but one shadow
Tone-deaf debris may wreck potential gains
Break twigs to grasp hold, see over mountains
Lost in a dell, lacking decent vision
One must ascend with an aim to freedom . . .
Lest be buried in implicit bias.
Age is a lead you gift yourself as you
Traverse sudden dips, ascend tangled hills
Come to know valleys, climb their vast mountains—
Your way may be choked, and some will throw rocks
Not all flights approved, runways remain blocked
Boulders positioned that may not be moved
Lest aid takes note and checks you through!
The poem “Pilot, Co-Pilot, Passenger, or Grounded” is a stretched sonnet, and was written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge #266. Follow Reena’s link for participation guidelines.
Featured photo “Dell in the Little Carpathians” by Stanislav Doronenko, via Wikimedia Commons
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Oh, I read this as just that journey we all travel, how life is just like that, and that it never is as easy to follow a smooth past.
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Very nice…. Many of us will move in and out of each of these roles. Thank you for your visit and your thoughts . . .
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Nice Hopkinesque compressions in phrases like “some will see; yet many won’t know / Perceptions permeate but one shadow” and “Age is a lead you gift yourself as you / Traverse sudden dips, ascend tangled hills.” Everything jangling and moving in a hurly-burly of perception. It does make one feel assured that the journey is the destination …
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I’ve learned so much in your comment alone. Thank you for offering your impressions and insight to me.
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As long as you can hear the trickle of the stream through the undergrowth, you’re on the path… Nice reflective poem.
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So true, we must remember to listen and otherwise keep our senses open . . . thank you for your visit 💙
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You’re very welcome ❤
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Aging definitely has its challenges as you have so well shown. Each step gets more difficult it seems. Well done.
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So happy you can relate, thanks so much for visiting!
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You are most welcome!
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Sometimes for me, time moves really fast as I am busy. Hopefully the blocks in the runaways will be removed.
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Thank you for your lovely sentiments. To the thrill of flight keeping us busy in gaining altitude 💙
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Good take Angela
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💙Thank you, Sadje, thanks for visiting!
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My pleasure
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Nice picture.
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Yes, Doronenko’s image is interesting and reminds me of my most common childhood landscapes—thank you!
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applause! This is so wisely and beautifully written, Angela ❤
~David
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💙 Thrilled you liked this, David, thank you!
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Approaching 82 this year, I confess your (beautifully composed) poem hit me hard .. like the lead you describe. Well done, well done.
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Thank you very much for your comments, so appreciated . . .
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