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| Image by Mostafa Habibi |
The boat,
the means of escape
is there.
He could easily
step aboard,
cast off, set sail
and once afloat,
be free, unburdened.
Does he?
No.
He could go
yet always procrastinates,
always finds a ‘but’,
an ‘I can’t’
or ‘I’d better wait’
and buries himself
deeper
in the sand.
He could go,
could leave the land,
but won’t cast off the burden
of his self-made anchor,
his self-made shackle.
He will stay stuck,
he does not want
the uncertainty
that change might bring.
He will stay stuck,
remain the landsman
while gazing
longingly out to sea,
wondering,
“What if… …”
With thanks to Tess at Magpie Tales for the inspiration.
Anna :o]
26 comments:
I just love this take on the picture, Anna. And as an expert procrastinator, can totally identify with it!
"Buries himself deeper in the sand..." The life story of so many. Well done.
Oh Anna - so insightful and authentic. We don't need supernatural grimness as the real kind is always close to hand.
Well done
So much truth in this....lovely writing! :-)
Sometimes we all stay a little stuck...
A great truth in this for so many. Excellent.
i do not ever want to be this man...but i know many...the fear of change is great and there is always an excuse...
Hard to get away if not in actual pain. Well-expressed. K.
Ah yes, so perfectly true of so many of us as others have said. Good Magpie, with such an easy flow, Anna.
Thank you for your kind comments folks.
Sometimes it appears easier to stay stuck than to effect change. I am a great procrastinater - but only about little insignificant thinks - like housework!
Hopefully I will always have the strength to fight things I regard as wrong.
Anna :o]
Erm... that should be things!
Oh my, you've got the human condition there perfectly.
'He could go,
could leave the land,
but won’t cast off the burden
of his self-made anchor,
...but instead he looks longingly at the sea, and great last line. Wow!
I'm the world's biggest procrastinator,and only wish I didn't understand this piece so well. Maybe I should print it out and put it on my fridge. Well done!
Seems you and I had the same idea on this prompt! Maybe we're both our own worst obstacles!
Excellent! Some people are stuck by their own doing and, unfortunately, will stay there. Well expressed.
We are caught in our own glue of fear of change...wonderfully written poem
True of so many of us - familiarity is to be preferred to adventure or uncertainty. Nice write:-)
Yhank you for your kind comments folks.
I am at present using blogs as a means of procrastination - there are other things I should be doing!
Anna :o]
a perfect description of the picture of a procrastinator.
digging him/herself ever deeper into the sand.
Perfect.
well i think procrastination is in human nature...we all do this... postponing different things... like i will need to buy something and would go to the shop and then say okay i will come back..for no reason... marvelous poem with a great them :) real hypercryptical :)
Thank you so much Friko and Israr for your kind comments.
Anna :o]
"He does not want the uncertainty that change might bring." You captured the fear that lies within.
Beautiful composition:)
The best response to this prompt that I've read so far! I think this holding back of oneself is a universal failing. Great writing.
Thanks for your much appreciated comments Tarang and Laura.
Anna :o]
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