Looking Back

by zvikov chirema   Dec 15, 2019


A time comes
We look back
To find only vanity
In the toil of our hands
For all that remains
With meaning
We got for free
And have no idea
To whom it belongs

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  • 5 years ago

    by Milly Hayward

    This is wonderfully thought provoking in the way that it makes the reader think about life. It is a reminder that whilst we spend our lives toiling for what we think defines us that the most important things in life are most often those that come free. That to all of us comes the passing of time and eventually at some point we will come to question the trappings of our successes and wonder if in the scheme of things that they were really that important at all. A thought provoking piece. Milly x

    • 5 years ago

      by zvikov chirema

      Couldn't have explained it better, thanks Milly!

  • 5 years ago

    by Megan Chapman

    I love this poem zvikov. It's such a pithy and thought provoking exploration of value and meaning.

    Only we can make the meaning something has for us - so ultimately the meaning belongs to us, but too often we just accept a meaning without examining it ...
    Thank you.

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