Tuesday, January 17, 2023

joyous child meets cynical adult

 

are we surfer, or flotsam?


one of my students this week

wrote of his preschool self, that he could feel him

as a surfer who can control his waves,


how opposite to the powerlessness experience can bring,

that the waves are beyond any control,

and that we are not surfers but just flotsam,

our will in control of nothing but letting in doubt,


the joyous child in us believes all is possible,

the cynical adult in us knows despair more than hope.



by Henry H. Walker

September 22, ‘20

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