(with apologies to Tony and Phil)
It amazes me now
How impressive it was to me
That drive to live beyond
The grave
The ordinary
The normal
Flowers watched, unfazed
Mountains couldn’t be bothered
They were wiser than I
Alone of all the planet’s inhabitants
Only man dares
Through struggle
Against odds
Sundering all around him
For a chance to write his name
In a ripple of water
A fight I once admired
A folly I can never forget
The blinkers
Applied in youth
Once removed
Can never be replaced
Without the wearer knowing
The true world is so much bigger
Than a man can ever understand
Or change
We sprout
We grow
We flower
We wither
We die
As it is with all things
As it will always be
