06-08-2021, 04:44 AM
Edit: if someone could enlighten me on how to post something only once, or how to delete a thread, i would be very grateful. apologies for the multiples.
Small amount of context: this poem started from the line "balance is not always symmetry " which was rattling around in my head after a support group session. I'm not sure if my point has truly gotten across and its been a relatively quick write but I'm curious to see what people who don't know my intention get out of it.
Which weighs more,
A hundred pounds of brick,
Or of feathers?
Months of daily struggle,
or a few weeks of contentment,
stolen?
Which tastes sweeter,
water that was never gone,
or the memory of thirst quenched?
Balance
is not always symmetry.
Feathers take so much space
to weigh anything at all,
While just one brick can
tip the scales.
Something little, and hard,
will never be something big and soft,
even when the scales are in perfect
balance.
Small amount of context: this poem started from the line "balance is not always symmetry " which was rattling around in my head after a support group session. I'm not sure if my point has truly gotten across and its been a relatively quick write but I'm curious to see what people who don't know my intention get out of it.
Which weighs more,
A hundred pounds of brick,
Or of feathers?
Months of daily struggle,
or a few weeks of contentment,
stolen?
Which tastes sweeter,
water that was never gone,
or the memory of thirst quenched?
Balance
is not always symmetry.
Feathers take so much space
to weigh anything at all,
While just one brick can
tip the scales.
Something little, and hard,
will never be something big and soft,
even when the scales are in perfect
balance.