Headstall's Reflections - 80. Chapter 80 Sea of Candles

Great Poems Gary 

Just now, Albert1434 said:

Great Poems Gary 

Thanks, Albert.  

I think you've captured some of the mood of the world, Gary. Time should never be wasted the way some have been doing it lately. It's left us individually looking for a way out.

Fortunately,  we do all seem to be heading in the same direction!
 

9 minutes ago, Geron Kees said:

I think you've captured some of the mood of the world, Gary. Time should never be wasted the way some have been doing it lately. It's left us individually looking for a way out.

Fortunately,  we do all seem to be heading in the same direction!
 

Thanks, Geron. Some of the world got it right.   

Well yes BUT the rest of the world does not have a half-assed, narcissistic, yellow buffoon as their supposed leader!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry I just had to put that out there!  I also agree your poem captured the mood of many of us Gary!  It is a strange feeling - almost like feeling empty or even worse but I do have faith that most of us are heading in the same direction!

Please Stay Safe. 😘

34 minutes ago, KayDeeMac said:

Well yes BUT the rest of the world does not have a half-assed, narcissistic, yellow buffoon as their supposed leader!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry I just had to put that out there!  I also agree your poem captured the mood of many of us Gary!  It is a strange feeling - almost like feeling empty or even worse but I do have faith that most of us are heading in the same direction!

Please Stay Safe. 😘

Lol. I'll leave that alone... but yeah... I hear you.  

It is a strange feeling... knowing the world is going on around you but you can't participate. I miss my kids and grandkids, and sometimes I get angry... and feel sorry for myself. It doesn't help that all of us are going through the same things. These are supposed to be my 'golden years' and it's only been four months, but it's starting to seem like it will never end. For the most part, I'm okay... but it takes effort. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and for making me smile, my friend.  

Gary,

I like many many others have been through some tough times, rough issues and bleak futures......but the present state of the country and the entire planet seems overwhelming for my mind to make sense of it.....A feeling of hopelessness is something that I have fought throughout my life; I think hopelessness is winning....AND, I for once don't have a backup plan.....can't even come up with something...anything that will make a difference.............

I've always liked the lyric......."better to burn out than fade away"............It now is so more special to me...........Mike

51 minutes ago, flamingo136 said:

Gary,

I like many many others have been through some tough times, rough issues and bleak futures......but the present state of the country and the entire planet seems overwhelming for my mind to make sense of it.....A feeling of hopelessness is something that I have fought throughout my life; I think hopelessness is winning....AND, I for once don't have a backup plan.....can't even come up with something...anything that will make a difference.............

I've always liked the lyric......."better to burn out than fade away"............It now is so more special to me...........Mike

I like that lyric too, Mike. It does seem like we are fading away some days, doesn't it? My days have become indistinguishable from each other, and that is worse than disconcerting. I feel my age at a time I need to feel alive, and like you, it's hard to maintain hope. But, as I said in my poem, I am a determined man by nature... we have to remember that about ourselves, and we have to ride this out. We can't let this defeat us. Thanks for sharing with me... stay strong and stay safe, my friend... Gary....  

Thanks for putting into words what so many of us are thinking and feeling. 

1 minute ago, JeffreyL said:

Thanks for putting into words what so many of us are thinking and feeling. 

It's so hard not to be angry about the pandemic. A lot of this was so unnecessary, if we'd just had smart and caring leadership throughout the world. Now it's become a political football... how is that possible. As far as aging, I can deal with disappearing options, but I can't deal with outright callous stupidity. Thanks, Jeff!  

I like your metaphor in Sea of Candles. It really works for me. Perhaps there are fewer candles now; but maybe the ones we carry burn brighter, enough to be part of another’s sea. Thank you. 

1 hour ago, Parker Owens said:

I like your metaphor in Sea of Candles. It really works for me. Perhaps there are fewer candles now; but maybe the ones we carry burn brighter, enough to be part of another’s sea. Thank you. 

Thanks, Parker. Maybe so... but lately they've been harder to see. I guess there are more behind me than there are in front of me.  

2 hours ago, Valkyrie said:

  

Thanks, Val.  

I love your imagery, my dear friend.  Think of it linked to birthdays also...there will always be more ahead than behind, we just have to wait for them....
Times are rough right now, and politics have hindered the cooperation needed to combat this virus more effectively, but we have more knowledge now and just have to rely on sanity and facts rather than fear and division.
On a side note: this isn't the worst pandemic we've had--the Influenza outbreak of 1918 killed tens of millions worldwide and while not much could have been done, the government at that time issued no guidelines or bulletins on it at all, though the military knew about it in 1917 when it began.  It impacted the war in Europe on both sides, and here at home mass graves had to be dug for the dead.  It had such an impact that there was even a children's rhyme about it.
All that in a time with less people and fewer modes of quick transport, so I think we're not doing too bad in comparison.....
Coincidentally, my late father was born in late March of 1918, and I think it's a wonder that he lived through the epidemic.  I saw the grave of his older brother who died in 1914 of diphtheria at age three.

Hugs and much love, my dear Gary.

On 7/8/2020 at 6:06 PM, ColumbusGuy said:

I love your imagery, my dear friend.  Think of it linked to birthdays also...there will always be more ahead than behind, we just have to wait for them....
Times are rough right now, and politics have hindered the cooperation needed to combat this virus more effectively, but we have more knowledge now and just have to rely on sanity and facts rather than fear and division.
On a side note: this isn't the worst pandemic we've had--the Influenza outbreak of 1918 killed tens of millions worldwide and while not much could have been done, the government at that time issued no guidelines or bulletins on it at all, though the military knew about it in 1917 when it began.  It impacted the war in Europe on both sides, and here at home mass graves had to be dug for the dead.  It had such an impact that there was even a children's rhyme about it.
All that in a time with less people and fewer modes of quick transport, so I think we're not doing too bad in comparison.....
Coincidentally, my late father was born in late March of 1918, and I think it's a wonder that he lived through the epidemic.  I saw the grave of his older brother who died in 1914 of diphtheria at age three.

Hugs and much love, my dear Gary.

Sorry I missed this, buddy. Unfortunately, I'm in the same place I was when I wrote these poems. I'm still lost and still angry. As far as this not being our worst pandemic, I'm beginning to wonder, because it isn't over yet, and the mistakes keep being repeated. It seems to a lot of people in power, some lives are considered negligible and I find that callousness abhorrent. I still have faith in people, but not in the societies we have built. Wearing a mask is still an issue up for discussion for god's sake. How utterly ridiculous is that? 

Anyway... I am trying really hard to stay positive... stay safe, my dear friend... cheers... G-man. xoxoxoxo