.......What This Minute Is Worth......... Poem by wardha jawdat
.......What This Minute Is Worth.........
All these choices,
All these notions.
All feasible,
All veritable solutions;
Which one is for me?
That ‘s what I have to see;
The power I have today, castes
Long shadows over my destiny.
Upon the shoulder of this second…
Lies the fate of a million more
In my “yes”of today
I can say “yes” forever more.
This is all, I shall perhaps have,
This moment, when my mortal self shall
Purchase for my immortal self
A niche in the heavens above.
O my children, o my progeny
Would that
Within the shadow of this certainity
Shall I lay in my grave
with sweet dignity.
And shall you live too
sheltered from ignominy
Be that my decision of today,
Become cause of some such fame,
That I steal a page for my name
In the book of tomorrows history….
...........That in death……
Be dead, for only me
...........And yet, live on ……
Till eternity.
Although I'm a hard determinist and don't think we actually have choices but nevertheless you have carved an immaculate statue personifying the importance of time out of the crude stone (of time) ! I especially like the way you work with the unpredictable future and the sweetness of hope in the last lines. wonderful, cheers...
Be dead for self and live for many...very insightful poem this...what we do right now...right at this moment in life has definitely a bearing on generations to emerge...a well thought out write, Wardha 10
This is a very good composition. excellent subject, very well penned..........10
for a presence tailgaing, racing and finally throttling past eternity 'absence' a fuel worth burning- excellent mon ami
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/26/2024 8:55:34 PM # 1.0.0.1119
i dont really know what it was all about, but i like enjoyed the words that you used :)