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. '
