NeXt Curtain

A Verse in 12 Lines

Not knowing,

Never knowing for certain,

What awaits us,

Behind the next curtain;

Is it our Undoing,

Our Achilles’ heel?

Or our Strength,

Our instinctive Steele?

Is it what makes us,

Or what breaks us?

What renders us lame,

Or braces our Aim?

__________

Author's Note

Pennies for your thoughts ...

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

I do believe that having a strong faith can help deal with life's adversities.better. Thinking you are all going to end up in heaven surrounded by your loved ones when you die, definitely has a certain appeal. Not knowing what is going to happen next can be more troublesome. I guess the latter could be an achilles heel, if you let it. I no longer buy into heaven. I wish I did. I buy into stardust. Thought provoking poem.

Chris

[Dylan Macadham]

Speaking of Heaven, I'm with you, Chris ... a warm'n fuzzy illusion for so many, wish I was one, but in the words of Frank Sinatra, My heart just ain't gonna buy it.

[Chris Shaw]

A Sinatra fan? I was brought up on Sinatra :)

[Dylan Macadham]

... Yeah! and don't forget Elvis! :)

[Dave Brown]

probably best not to know what is waiting around the corner.
It would eliminate the word 'surprise;
And trying to avoid an issue often just makes things worse
but not always
maybe

[Dylan Macadham]

Thanks Dave,
I think Surprise, good or bad, is a key ingredient in what shapes what we call our Character, and and keeps the Curious among us especially engaged.

[Fran Marie]

No one knows where or when our final
curtain call will be..with so much chaos in
a troublesome world of today ,death may be welcoming guest..

however; I prefer not
knowing the where or when of it..

[Dylan Macadham]

Hi Fran Marie, I've written of heaven as the Next Curtain, without realizing it! :) I thought I was just writing about the next Thing, whatever that may be, but I'm happy you took that meaning.
Somebody once said to me: Its funny, everyone wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die :)

[Fran Marie]

well if there's a heaven and a
hell.. I'm pushing the up button 😊

[emmajoy]

Fine words, a mystery for many to contemplate or equally to cold shoulder maybe. But in whatever we put our trust - faith or not.. perhaps tis better to live for the day, EVERY day, trust in whatever happens - then , look.. see.. consider and remember.

You'll set minds working with these brief but coherent thoughts.. or should.

[Dylan Macadham]

Funny :) I didn't actually have heaven in mind when I wrote this, but it seems the popular interpretation, which is great! :)
Thanks emmajoy,
Dylan

[emmajoy]

I didn't especially mean heaven in the 'faith' sense so have altered some of my review.

[barleygirl]

Nice thing about being old --> not an issue anymore. Who cares what's behind anything anymore? I'm just checking to see if I'm still breathing *wink! wink!* Maybe this narrator needs to relax & not do so much frenzied anticipating (((HUGS)))

[Dylan Macadham]

But, is Frenzied Anticipation not the Human Condition? haha ... I'll have a word with the narrator about this :)