Listen: You Might Endure To The End Poem by Yorgos Blanas

Listen: You Might Endure To The End

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Swift is the Soul
swift and soft.
Remember it.
If you are alive it is because it can run
faster than Life
and pass through the holes of Death
unscathed.
Life follows you, slow and stiff:
panting, lagging, breaking at the ends.
But in time it gets used to your pace
softens, overtakes you - wherever you are.
Your soul slowly hardens and slows down
and this is called Death. Remember it.


Translated by Yannis Goumas

Thursday, June 9, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: life,soul
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Dr Antony Theodore 19 August 2018

Life follows you, slow and stiff: panting, lagging, breaking at the ends. But in time it gets used to your pace softens, overtakes you -..experiences that teach a poet........... and the lines he writes thus has great value.. life, love, struggle......... thank u dear poet. tony

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Kelly Kurt 16 June 2016

Nicely written piece, Yorgos. Thanks

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Dr Antony Theodore 09 June 2016

Life follows you, slow and stiff: panting, lagging, breaking at the ends.. coming to an explanation of death........at the end. using words, flow of ideas....... thank you. tony

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