The DU Lounge
Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsBack when we were beautiful and strong and filled with pride
Last edited Tue Dec 27, 2022, 03:09 PM - Edit history (2)
And thought we'd surely be the ones to finally turn the tide
Of hate and greed in a world we saw as rotten to its core
We'd do things so much better than the ones who'd gone before.
Then death took some of our best and apathy took a few
And dreams seemed less important---there was just so much to do
For we had "obligations"---rent to pay and mouths to feed
And we found our lives quite different than the lives we'd prophesied
Despite our good intentions and despite the purest hearts
As the bard said, we're but players and most have minor parts
Though we may have made things better yet now wish we'd done more
We've now become, to our children, "the ones who've gone before".
OAITW r.2.0
(24,278 posts)The nature of being human? You start with the raw hope of idealism and get tempered with reality over time.
Well said, my friend. A Martini gimlet raised for such an eloquent insight on the human condition!
Atticus
(15,124 posts)AndyS
(14,559 posts)calimary
(81,085 posts)you ARE INDEED performing a service - AS part of the solution!
Karadeniz
(22,461 posts)dhol82
(9,351 posts)Atticus
(15,124 posts)I was feeling great after Christmas....
I am satisfied with my life.
Could I have done better?
Yes.
Do I wish I had?
Yes
Did I do my best?
For the most part, yes I did.
I have made a difference.
Hekate
(90,527 posts)JudyM
(29,181 posts)Well done, Atticus.
Response to Atticus (Original post)
Prairie_Seagull This message was self-deleted by its author.