Sunday, June 08, 2008

A day of reckoning



Today, I look back at my past till birth, and I wonder...
Who do I want to be?

The kite, soaring high
with a guiding tail of hangers-on
anchored to a playful hand
on the ground holding steel string


Or a rolling stone,
at intermittent strife with the ground,
facing destruction any second,
yet unfettered, hardly used


Not an easy choice, no...


7 comments:

  1. wow... amazingly put!... the choice indeed is tough...
    To me the kits represents safety/comfort zone, but with a "limited freedom"

    the stone represents difficulties, excitement, adventure, possible directionlessness, but absolute freedom.

    i am tending towards the rolling stone... thats how its been for long now. But u never know what the safe confines of the playful hand and the comfort of a guiding tail feel more freeing to the spirit.

    PS.
    replied to your sci fi comment on my letters from moon. :)

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  2. Beautiful contrasts girlfriend!! Another one that will go on my fridge to remind me of things that should be remembered.

    The kite.. or the stone..?
    I aspire to be the stone.. but right now I'm the silly kite struggling to break free.. and that hand isn't all that playful either.

    Sometimes I want to chop it off - during my weirder moments :D

    *hugs*

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  3. @Crimson Feet - Glad you liked it :)! Freedom of the spirit, thats an angle I didnt think about ... Yeah that would depend on trusting the hand holding the kite right?... Its an idea, I must think about it :( ... Thanks a lot! I'll be there :)!

    @Macadamia - Mackie, me too in almost exactly same situ!! Except I wanted to cut the string instead (u got a step ahead :D :D!!) ... I'm right now trying to decide if the hand is what I need versus what I want, if u get what i mean :( ... I think I am taking symbolism to new depths here :(:( ... Thanks darlin!!

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  4. The greedy person that I am, I want to deal with the kite, tightly wound on the stone so it is all in place - just strings to the stone that won't move or budge

    :((

    Thats some serious contemplation...

    PM

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  5. I totally get it!!! Because.. surprise.. surprise.. SAME PINCH!
    LOL! I don't even know why I'm laughing, but I'm grinning anyway :D

    P.S. I think 'this' kite is going to come down for a bit, bit the hand and then run away ;) If we're getting insane might as well go the whole nine yards.. what say?

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  6. Watcha doing? :D
    Haven't see you around... :(

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