Folly

A re-rewrite

Folly

 

Dead men don’t weep no more,

stagnant life lead to deluded ending,

Pretty things can hide the hidden truth,

nothing gain-nothing lost.

 

We can ascend and we can fall,

the echoes of today and the echoes of yesterday are what we become,

we can be consumed or be condemned.

 

The old man logic is. Men will rise and men will fall, we will cry and we shall know laughter. Each of us will walk upon the floor of rice paper, believing we are invincible.

 

The folly of men is, death will call one day.

 

We will be the witness to life. Remembering old faces, old words and the good days. Life is lessons. Some lessons written deep and hard into our mind and heart.

 

I am sixty years old and I have learned.

 

Pay attention to your family and your friends. Lead with concern, kindness and love. The world is hard enough on them already. Kind words and safe place to rest, may save a life.

 

Insure you make time for the pleasures of life. The children will grow like weeds and we don’t slow down. We will miss the special days and moments. Make time for family meals, family field trips and show your children, how to love the lakes and the sea. Show them the great forest and how to be kind. Be kind to nature and to each other.

 

Life is our decisions. Know joy, laughter and song or learn too late. Life is too fast and if we blink. We will miss the best part.

 

John Castellenas/Coyote

Author's Note

Just words.

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

We do not fully understand the important things in life until we are older and start to slow down and reflect. Life for the young is too fast moving, too busy. It is up to our generation to teach the wisdom of the true meaning of what really counts. I am pleased to say Coyote, we sing from the same page and I like you sing that song to my younger ones.

Chris

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Chris. We must teach the children. Travel, test life and have some fun. We are young just for a second.

[Moonie]

A very thoughtful piece, Coyote! It's so profound and wise, methinks, its beauty cannot be captured in a single review, not even in several. You've touched on so many topics, that are learnt and realised only with age. And even though the ones who are elder to us fear for our safety, wisdom comes only with pain, and the youth must trip and fall several times, before he matures.

[Coyote Poetry]

You are right dear friend. We may listen to our elders but we shall fall-down often and learn. Thank you for reading and the comment.

[Island Hippy]

Some lovely words John, wisdom filled. Sometimes experiences become our teacher as surely as time and age does.
Moving poetry. Many mahalo.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you my friend for reading and the comment. I do appreciate.

[Carola]

wow what an insight on life.
"Pretty things can hide the hidden truth" & "Life is our decisions. Know joy, laughter and song or learn too late. Life is too fast and if we blink. We will miss the best part." .....your words ring true.
love your poetry coyote
cheerio carola

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Carola. Sometime we must slow down life and smell the roses.

[Carola]

so very true!

[Stella Armour]

indeed John, life is a learning curve and for most of us we are still little more than children when we have children of our own; we often learn with them and often learn my making mistakes but that is how this journey we are all on unfolds.
it takes time to realize that the world does not revolve around us , takes time to learn patience with oneself and others, so as our journey gets closer to its destination hopefully we have learned the three graces and are fit to move on to the next journey in peace.

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree Stella and thank you for reading and the comment. We must make time for family and pleasure.

[Neville]

I have yet to read anything you post that does not move me Johnnie C and those that either teach me something new and or reinforce some of my existing beliefs is always a bonus... today, I got lucky.. cheers brother... Neville

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Neville. I appreciate your kind words.

[Neville]

my pleasure and truly so...

[gram linski]

Excellent sentiment, Coyote, most people learn the important stuff far too late, we are all a missed heartbeat away,

[Coyote Poetry]

You are right and this is sad. We must slow down and enjoy the good days. Thank you for reading and the comment. I do appreciate.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Some very sage and true words set in prose which espouse living life, smelling the roses and spreading love despite our lived experiences and because of them. Indeed death is inevitable.

[Coyote Poetry]

You are right John. Must make the good days last longer and forget the bad days. Thank you for reading and the comment.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, life is too fast if we blink it is gone, and we don't want to regret how we treated those who have loved us...we get wiser as we get older i think, don't you?

a thoughtful piece, here, Coyote.

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree Jacob and thank you for reading and the comment my fried.