Sunday 26 May 2019

Unpin



I am stabbed by questions. Questions.
You’ll get a different set.
Will you remember to write home,
will you text, or forget?

Those who start with new beginnings
from moorings must unpin.
Will you pivot from everything?
shred the old like a worn skin?

Face forward, onward, be fearless,
never a shooting star.
Be steady and rise, step by step,
but don’t forget who you are -

forgetting the tap roots, and address,
doesn’t make for peace, or happiness.











10 comments:

  1. I am grateful that my umbilical cord remains connected, to home and my essential self.

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  2. Me 3! And I share the same with for my grandchildren.

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  3. Excellent poem. Good to move on and evolve, but always remember the root, the foundation, the core of your being.

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    1. Yup, without the roots the shoots are nothing. :)

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  4. Wonderful poem. I just loved the last too line! It was subject of some discussion I had with my friends this weekend. So glad to read it here... :)

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  5. Rise high. But have the feet on the ground.

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