Monday, July 23, 2012

A Blur

(photograph courtesy of Francletography, ©2011, www.Francletography.com)

A Blur


It all goes so fast.
Things move, change, adapt, grow, stop, start – 
How, why, where, what, when – who knows?
Movement is all I can see.
All that I do know –
The only thing that I can say with certainty –
Is that it comes and it goes
Always in motion,
In a blur – life, passing by.
Never waiting for us to catch up.

 © Jill Elizabeth Arent Franclemont
Jill Elizabeth Arent Franclemont, a  former corporate attorney and government relations and health policy executive, walked away (well, skipped actually) from the big-city worlds of corporate and political America and headed for a more literary life (equally challenging, but infinitely more enjoyable).  Visit Jill at All Things Jill-Elizabeth and leave a comment about her poem below.
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jillelizabethadmin 23p · 667 weeks ago

Thanks for your comment Claudia. I wrote this one in a fit of pique when I suddenly realized that weeks were flying by and I wasn't taking nearly enough time to appreciate each day... The picture was taken by my husband on one of our photo walks. It's a shot of a train (intentionally blurred, serving as the inspiration for the poem and a tangible reminder of the fleetingness of time) on the tracks that run behind my parent's house. When I was small, I listened to those trains every day and night - always wondering where they were going and what they were carrying. I still find trains rather magically mysterious, and thought this one was rather a great metaphor, myself... :)

Thanks for the comment and I'm glad you liked the poem/picture!
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claudia messelodi · 667 weeks ago

I like this metaphor of the blur to convey life's going by so quickly..brilliant!
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ScarlettRains 52p · 667 weeks ago

It certainly serves as a reminder to slow down and appreciate life, doesn't it?
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