CARPE DIEM

I wrote this piece on the 12th September 2013 and it's clear that the anniversary of '9/11' the previous day, had made a lasting impression on me.

'CARPE DIEM'

Seize the Day

(knowing so much yet understanding so little)

 'I'VE JUST RETURNED FROM A BRISK LITTLE WALK IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WHERE I HAPPENED TO NOTICE TWO RATHER PLAIN, (BUT BRIGHT-EYED) GREY DOVES ON THE TARMAC, NODDING THEIR LITTLE HEADS, AS IF INDICATING TO EACH OTHER, THE UNEXPECTED PUDDLE OF WATER IN FRONT OF THEM..... I COULDN'T HELP BUT THINK HOW SHORT THEIR LIFE SPAN WAS, AND YET, HOW THEY HAD MANAGED TO REACH SUCH MATURITY AS FAR AS THEIR EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE WAS CONCERNED. THEY WERE PLANNING A MORNING DIP INTO A DELIGHTFUL LIQUID POOL THAT REFLECTED THE BLUE SKY AND A FEW DRIFTING CLOUDS.......

WHILST ELSEWHERE, IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE, ARROGANT, 'INTELLIGENT' HUMANS, ARE SCHEMING AND PLOTTING TO WIPE OUT OR MAIM THEIR OWN KIND, WITH-OUT THEM EVER HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, TO CELEBRATE OR SHARE, THE GIFTS OF NATURE WITH EACH OTHER. '