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WindWalker
Senior Member

since 2001-10-12

Posts 1218

0 posted 2007-08-21 11:00 AM

What is this thing we label “sorrow” –
this bottomless pain of the heart
we feel at the worst of times?
Sorrow - emptiness - lostness -
here, nothing gives pleasure;
nothing satisfies; nothing –
only the endless ache,
no comfort, no place to hide.

What to do when sorrow
suddenly claims a piece of life?
Are we helpless?
Victims of circumstances
that only time can heal?

Ah, but is time such a great healer?
Observe: do the old get better?
No, time does not heal – time kills –
a bit faster in sorrow!
What to do, then?

Sorrow is a double-edged sword,
one edge jagged and rough,
that is the selfish sorrow –
the one that leaves a raw cut
which every little aggravation
exacerbates;
one edge sharp and smooth:
this is the great Cosmic sorrow –
when one's sorrow is all-sorrow,
no longer a burden, but a part of life
and this sorrow, if understood
becomes the stuff of joy.

Sorrow may slice through the heart:
we choose either the murderer's blade
or the surgeon's scalpel.

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

1 posted 2007-08-21 01:04 PM

"Cosmic sorrow" as opposed to "selfish sorrow"... a poetic way to differentiate sorrow. As always, you offer food for thought with your poetry.

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

2 posted 2007-08-21 02:13 PM

very wisely sculptured....enjoyed

TomMark
Member Elite

since 2007-07-27

Posts 2133
LA,CA

3 posted 2007-08-21 04:55 PM

oh, we do need to disect life to have a clear look at it.

Love the read.

Tomtoo

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

4 posted 2007-08-21 08:40 PM

powerful , effective, and erudite (as always)!

I am especially fond of the ending:

“the great Cosmic sorrow –

no longer a burden, but a part of life
and this sorrow, if understood
becomes … joy.

Sorrow may slice through the heart:
we choose either the murderer's blade
or the surgeon's scalpel.”

Seious applause!

Tom Zart
Senior Member

since 2006-05-18

Posts 682

5 posted 2007-08-22 01:20 PM

Great poem lots of passion.

Tom Zart

The Lady
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-12-26

Posts 7634
The Southwest

6 posted 2007-08-23 11:35 PM

"Ah, but is time such a great healer?
Observe: do the old get better?"

ahhh... indeed WindWalker!
what a thought

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